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Drying Pine Pitch

I know I have seen it posted before, but what is the heat cycle for drying pine pitch?
- NCTurner
- Thread
- Dec 13, 2009
- drying pine pitch
- Replies: 4
- Forum: Wood
Inexpensive Way to Clean Pitch From Saw Blades and Other Cutting Tool

I learned this trick from a seasoned woodworker over thirty years ago and it is much less expensive than using the spray blade cleaners. This can be used for saw blades, router and shaper bits, etc. Make sure you remove the bearing from routing bits before cleaning. Combine a solution of three...
- Sawdust Denny
- Thread
- Oct 10, 2009
- blades clean cutting inexpensive pitch tool
- Replies: 7
- Forum: "How To" Forum
Cleaning Pitch from Saw Blades

I know that this has been discussed numerous times, but I have Freud table saw blades that accumulate pitch on the carbide tips. Freud recommends kerosene as a cleaner, but it just doesn;t seem to cut the pitch for me. I have tried using bristle and brass bristle brushes, but the pitch...
- rick7938
- Thread
- Apr 21, 2008
- blades cleaning pitch
- Replies: 27
- Forum: Power Tools and Their Use
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Band blade pitch

Is there a hand tool out there to set band blade pitch or do I need to get all fancy and get a dial indicator? How did they do it "back in the day"? Thanks
- jeff...
- Thread
- Dec 19, 2006
- blade pitch
- Replies: 4
- Forum: Power Tools and Their Use