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A couple of questions


rdatelle

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Hi everyone. First, I started cutting some of the 3D birdhouses out of oak, ash, cherry, cedar and bass. It seems when I cut the oak or cherry, I'm getting burning. Not sure if I'm going to slow or to fast. I'm using a #5 blade. The rest are coming out pretty good except for the harder woods. Also does anyone have a pattern for those 3D reindeer. I looked on here but couldn't find any. Thanks, Ralph.

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Cherry is especially prone to burning.  What kind of #5 blade?  For compound cuts, a skip tooth blade or something similar with larger gullets (no reverse teeth) is usually recommended.  They clear the sawdust out of the kerf better, thus reducing heat build up.  If you don't have any of those available, use the biggest blade the pattern will accommodate.

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Depending thickness of stock (¾", 1") a number 5 or 7 skip or double tooth should be fine (speed being a factor). As Wayne indicated wrapping packing tape helps. Lube stick (Bees Wax) used for lubriating blade works well (band saw blades as well).

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Ralph,

 

What brand of #5 reverse tooth?

 

There are #5 reverse tooth blades and there are #5 reverse tooth blades. Not all are equal.

 

My go to blade for really hard hardwoods is the Pegas Modified Geometry #5 reverse tooth blade.

 

Available at your local Woodcraft store. Or by mail order from a number of sources.

 

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Hi Brian, how you doing. My blades are from Mike,s workshop. I was using 5 ur because I was out of the polar skip. As I remember, I do have some of those Pegasus blades that you told me about a while back. I forgot all about them.lol. I'll try using them tomorrow. Thanks for reminding me.

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So yesterday I cut purpleheart with Pegas Modified Geometry #5 reverse tooth blade and my cuts were burning terribly.  Then I remembered that I had bought theLP-Lube Stick at Lesley's Patterns.  And let me tell you, after putting that on the blade, it cut through the purple heart almost like it was butter.  No more burn, no more effort.  http://www.scrollsawbladespatterns.com/scrollsaw_accessories.htm I repeated the process several times and the blades lasted a lot longer too!

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