Woodworker's Journal 2001-25-1, страница 69

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Your questions ... answered by our experts online

E Burning hardwoods: This woodworker was having problems with his table saw burning hardwoods on one side of the blade. He heard that some hardwoods are more prone to burning than others. Is that true?

B Michael Dresdner: "Yes, il is true. Cherry is a good example of a wood prone lo burning. However, the problem is most likely in the saw setup, the blade trueness, or the speed the wood is being fed into it. A well set-up saw with a good blade will not burn wood that is fed at the right speed. Take another look at your setup — it is too soon to be blaming the wood."

DIan Kirby: "It very much sounds like the fence isn't aligned parallel to the blade. Slow feeding, even with a brand new carbide blade, will cause burning because there's too much friction."

Ellis Walentine: "Certain woods, whether hard or soft, are more prone to burning from the friction of a saw blade or router bit. If your wood is burning on just one side, it suggests that you need to align your table saw blade with your rip fence."

Cherry, an otherwise wonderful wood to work, does have a tendency to burn.

Scrapers Vs. Planes: Hope nobody gets flattened!

This was a discussion I summarized from rec.itvodwvrking. It went for 51 messages before I gave up on it. There wasn't any real conclusion, and how could there be? Some woodworkers swear by their scrapers and some love their planes like their own children. The first message was from someone who, because of an injury, could no longer hold a scraper. He wanted suggestions.

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Someone immediately suggested he try a smoother plane, but the injured woodworker already had four of them and it wasn't exactly what he needed in this case. He said he had someone who could loan him a #112 plane and would give that a try.

that the only wood he's encountered that should be scraped, rather than planed, was desert ironwood. He finished off with. "I think scraping is something that should be abolished." That, as expected, touched off "the difficulties."

Steve Knight, a regular on this group (and a noted plane maker).

The reply was, "You can have my scrapers when you teai" them from my cold, dead fingers." And. of course, that didn't do much to cool down the rhetoric ....