Murphy's Law - I spent some time in the shop this past weekend, for the first time in several.
I needed to cut a 45 deg. miter in some 5/4 Cherry stock, so I tilted the blade to 45, and proceeded as usual. When I contacted the wood, i almost immediately smelled the blade burning in, and felt it bog down. I gave up before making it through the wood, and resorted to using my table saw instead, (though w/ the blade cranked to full height, I have a slight - 1/32 or so gap in the joint). I've made this simple miter cut several times in the past w/ my CMS no problems. Any ideas?
Details:
Wood - 3/4" KD Cherry
Saw - 10" Dewalt single bevel CMS. Approx 4 years old. Freud 40T TK 10" crosscut blade.
I needed to cut a 45 deg. miter in some 5/4 Cherry stock, so I tilted the blade to 45, and proceeded as usual. When I contacted the wood, i almost immediately smelled the blade burning in, and felt it bog down. I gave up before making it through the wood, and resorted to using my table saw instead, (though w/ the blade cranked to full height, I have a slight - 1/32 or so gap in the joint). I've made this simple miter cut several times in the past w/ my CMS no problems. Any ideas?
Details:
Wood - 3/4" KD Cherry
Saw - 10" Dewalt single bevel CMS. Approx 4 years old. Freud 40T TK 10" crosscut blade.