Greeting from a novice!
I was recently ripping some 8/4 hard maple for table legs and I noticed that the feed pressure was a lot more than I anticipated. I had some burning and stunk up the shop pretty good (enough for the wife to complain ;-) ) I am using a brand spankin new Forrest blade 40T with an 1/8" kerf.........should I be using a 24T for this kind of ripping? I also noticed that two of the four legs I cut had a slight bow in them.....the block I cut them from was jointed, planed, and perfectly square......any ideas??
Thanks Again!!
Frank