I think it was the tension. I do plan to order some new blades though. This one was cutting nicely. Likely won't now. Everything else I had was just burning the soft cedar.My guess is the blade is dull, or the tracking is off, or tension is too little, or your guides are set too loose.....or all of the previous!
I don't know... It was travelling at a high RPM when it happened and shut down instantly when it did that! lolHow did the blade turn almost 90 degrees and get into the plate? I don't understand.
I was using the rip fence and was starting on about the 4th rip. They were all cutting straight though. The last one never got started cutting into the wood. I may have also pushed a little too hard when starting? I don't really recall.Another thing I'm noticing about this photo is the presence of a rip fence That may just be a distraction, but if you are using that narrow a blade to do ripping you might want to think again. Narrower blades are best suited for tight curve cuts and will drift considerably when ripping thicker woods, as witnessed by the direction of the cut in the insert.
Ummmm... why is that blade behind the guide rollers to start with? They look awfully fat apart for that blade kerf tooNot really sure why, but pretty sure this wasn't supposed to happen.
Was slicing some cedar for coasters and bam.
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In the photo above, the blade was off the rollers due to the 'incident'.I agree with Chris, it appears from the photo that the roller guides are way too far to the front. The teeth should not ride on the guides, only the blade body. Hard to trll blade size but it looks small for ripping, as it looks like that is what you were doing. Another thing, I think you were way under tensioned. So it's really a combination of things. To get an idea of proper blade setup and roller guiden adjust,
Yep, I snapped the pic right after it happened. The blade had jumped off the wheels, so the photo isn't a fair representation of lineage with the guides.Ummmm... why is that blade behind the guide rollers to start with? They look awfully fat apart for that blade kerf too