Saw Blade Wood Burn

Next make sure that you are cutting with a quick continuous motions.

Saw blade wood burn.

As wood pitch builds up on the surface of the blade it will be more likely to bind up and scorch the wood. When too much friction and burning occurs it can leave you with a burning smell or smoke that is often enough to set off the fire alarms in your workshop. Dirty or dull saw blade. A dirty blade can also affect the cut.

Three minute video showing how to quickly and easily clean your table saw or circular saw blades with a simple cleaner. The heat will scorch the wood as it passes through. Pushing the stock through the saw too slowly is a common cause of saw blade burn. Dull blades are much more likely to scorch and burn wood because the teeth are not cutting the wood fibers effectively.

Too low and you make your blade work too hard causing friction. It could be something as simple as the blade being either dull and in need of a sharp or dirty and in need of a clean that s causing it to burn the wood. Dull blades obviously make it much harder to cut wood quickly and as we ve already discussed a slower feed rate increases the chances of the wood getting burned. Wood burns when it is fed too slowly goes past a dull blade grabs the back of a blade when it moves while being cut as with case hardened or reaction wood or rubs against a heeling.

Blade height affects the angle that the teeth hit the wood. If you are still seeing burn marks try giving your saw a tune up. A dull blade will make it hard to cut quickly and the slower the feed rate of the saw the more friction against the wood and the greater the likelihood of scorch marks. Most wood burning incidents are caused by a dirty or dull blade.

First check your blade. Keep your saw blades clean to ensure smooth cutting. 5 blade height in one forum i read where a fellow kept getting burns on his cherry. Do what it takes to avoid burning by setting up your saw correctly keeping your blades sharp feeding the wood at the proper speed and using a good splitter.

Make sure that the blade splitter and fence are all aligned exactly how they are meant to be. Make sure that the blade is sharp clean and free of pitch. Burn marks on the cut wood result from too much heat on the saw blade.