Trying to cut some baskets for some x-mas presents out of some 3/4" Red Oak I had lying around. I'm a FD man but I ran out and am waiting on order to arrive. So I used some SEARS #5 reverse blades I had from when I first got started and didn't know about the FD's. Well the basket rings are about 12" around and it took 2 blades per ring to cut. Halfway through the oak would start chattering and jumping, blade got harder to feed to the point where the blade was flexing backwards and not side to side. I could see it moving back. All was tight. I slowed up on my feed rate and it seemed to help (lesson learnt). I got about 3/4 a ring done before blade change. I went through about 2 dz. blades cutting these baskets. I know the SEARS blades are not on par with the FD's because I cut the largest ring with a FD-PSR #7 and it cut at the end like it did in the beginning.
Is the Red Oak just that **** tough, SEARS blades just that **** bad, my feed rate just to **** fast or all **** 3?
I also noticed that where I cut that the edges look dark and dicolored. Almost burt and glassy looking. It's like that from the beginning cut with a new blade all the way around. Is that just how the oak's gonna look? I hope it'll sand out. I even used packing over my pattern to help eliminate burn.
My FD order should be in soon so I'm gonna try it again.
Is the Red Oak just that **** tough, SEARS blades just that **** bad, my feed rate just to **** fast or all **** 3?
I also noticed that where I cut that the edges look dark and dicolored. Almost burt and glassy looking. It's like that from the beginning cut with a new blade all the way around. Is that just how the oak's gonna look? I hope it'll sand out. I even used packing over my pattern to help eliminate burn.
My FD order should be in soon so I'm gonna try it again.
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