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Article: Keep your saw blades operating with optimal efficiency, safety.(Education in Print)
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- Wood Digest
- Article date:
- August 1, 2008
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Keep your saw blades operating with optimal efficiency, safety
Mount Wachusett College and Wood Digest have teamed up to present a series of college-level wood technology courses. This is the 10th installment in a series of 12.
In last month's article on repairing saw blades, we outlined the steps to repair a saw blade including cleaning, tip soldering, grinding and a method to perform a ring test on a grinding wheel. This general understanding will help the saw owner analyze the quality of the repair. The new saw tips are part of the repair process. The saw needs to run true at the designed rotational speed when ripping or cross-cutting wood. A ...