Makita LS 1013 and damp wood

I bought this Makita LS 1013 compound chop box and love it ton's, has done everything so far without a hitch till now...just a quick question. I bought some 1x4x10' wood to finish up the storage area above my garage (it took 35 pieces total) any way when I was loading the wood up some of it felt damp, not soaking wet but damp, so I didn't give it another thought but when I was crosscutting it (I do go slow but not too slow or too fast) I notice the blade wanted to bind up about half way thru the cut (scared me alot) so I switched back to my Ryobe to finish the job and had no problems , was it because the wood was damp or the combination of sliding cutting on damp wood the problem?? I won't be cutting damp wood again on that saw........................TIA

Tina

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Damp at the beginning of the cut, that's for sure. Friction of the blade heats it up, expands the torn fibers, grips the blade, causing more friction ....

Turners know the importance of keeping a wide kerf and few teeth as they bandsaw their uncured blanks.

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sense.............thanks again... Tina

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