ripping harwood/ blade wander

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?

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?

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