ripping harwood/ blade wander

[mark]

I find when ripping 1"kiln dried birch my blade does a bit of wandering. I tried a 36 tooth flat tooth for ripping and a 40 tooth atb for comparison and they both do it. Both blade a sharp. Is this normal, would blade stabilizers help prevent this? Does not do it with pine.

[Leon]

If you are using a thin kerf blade consider stabilizers. Is the board flat? Are you using feather boards in front of the blade? Is the fence parallel to the blade?

[Frank Drackman]

Are you sure that it is the blades? If both blades wobble would check to make sure that it isn't the saw. Have you given the saw a tune-up?

[Teamcasa]

Even cheap, thin blades should not wander. Wobble maybe but wander? Review your ripping technique. DAGS - Check your blade - fence alignment. Get a good quality ripping blade.

Dave

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[Enoch Root]

I have to compensate for the flexibility of the fence on my proxxon table saw, usually by clamping a piece of stock to the table behind it.

And, like Leon says, use a featherboard or similar to keep the board up against the fence.

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[mark]

[Woodhead]

[CW]

If the motor bogs, feed slower. If the wood burns at that slow feed rate, get a blade with less teeth.