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Cutting Purpleheart?


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Just wondering if anyone has any tips on cutting purpleheart. I'm cutting a fretwork with 3/4" purpleheart, and no matter which speed or which blade I use, I cannot cut it without it burning. I've been cutting the interior holes with a #3 German blade.. I have no complaints with the blades, they go forever. Now I'm cutting the outside edge of the pattern with a #7 blade. I've tried different speeds, but this very hard wood always burns and smokes when it is being cut. Any comments and suggestions appreciated. Tnx.

Trevor

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There is something about that wood that is next to impossable to cut with out burning! The only thing I have found that helps(but not elemenate) is to use a smaller blade #5 or #3 and slow the speed down to about half of what you would nomally use. Use packing tape first than painters tape on top of the clear packing tape. Follow all of the above tips and see if this helps. Also use a skip tooth blade with out the reverse part. The thickness of the wood you are using is going to make this even harder to control the burning! Good luck!

Ervin

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Most have mentioned it by using tape. I don't know if more than one layer would help or not. I would rather put one layer on the front and on the back. Many are now using the blue painters tape on the wood with the pattern on top of that.

Using a skip tooth over a double tooth would also help. I have a blade that has off-set teeth. That is the Polar blade. The draw back is that you might get fuzz on the bottom.

Don't turn the speed down too much, you might start pushing too hard into the blade. The blade would start cutting with a bevel. Let the blade do the cutting they say.

Mike

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