Saw Blades
How to reduce chipping and get cleaner cuts
Using a main blade and matching scoring blade can reduce the chipping and give you cleaner cuts. Chipping of material can be a real problem and can ruin a woodworking project. Using a scoring blade along with your main blade … Continue…
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Lucas Saw Mill blades
Save on Lucas Saw Mill Replacement Blades Lucas Mill, manufacturers of the Lucas Mill Portable Saw mill provides high quality portable saw mills and at reasonable prices, making it even easier for anyone to own their very own saw mill. In … Continue…
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Choosing the right wood species for your woodworking project
Species surface hardness When working with various woods, there is always the consideration whether we can substitute a less expensive wood for the species we are using and still get the same performance. When looking at a potential substitute, cost, … Continue…
Tags: hard woods, soft woods, wood species
Finding the Best Tools
When looking at the game of pool, we all know that the precision of the cue is extremely important. We all want some thing that’s going to last, hold up, and not become warped. We want perfection. When Keith Josey … Continue…
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How to Minimize Tearout on Veeneered Wood
When cutting veneered wood, there is often tear-out on the bottom side of the wood, or where the blade is cutting out of the wood. The tearout is created from the teeth of the saw blade pulling the fibers of the wood when … Continue…
Fun Marble Run Woodworking Project
For a fun woodworking project that will be just as enjoyable to make as it is to play with when it’s done, check out this Marble Run. For tips on how to make it, visit: http://woodgears.ca/marbles/run.html Save on … Continue…
Rip Blades and Crosscutting Blades vs. Combination Blades
A combination saw blade is a great saw blade to have in your shop. If you’re needing to switch between ripping and crosscutting often, then a combination blade will definitely get the job done. The 4 Tooth Alternate Top Bevel … Continue…
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Testing the Hardness of Carbide
I had a question today about whether an end-user can test the hardness of carbide. The official way to test carbide hardness is with a Rockwell tester or similar but nobody even pretends that this way is particularly accurate. In … Continue…
Testing Steel Saw Plate
Testing Steel Condition You can get an excellent idea the condition of the steel after brazing by the color of the steel. There are two other ways of easily and simply telling the condition of the steel. The … Continue…
Ripped and Torn Shoulders on a Saw Blade- Part 3
In our last blog, Ripped and Torn Shoulders on a saw blade- Part 2, we introduced the problem and gave some insight from some very knowledgeable saw filers on why the problem with ripped and torn shoulders may have been … Continue…
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