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Old 02-03-2009, 05:02 PM   #1
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Something Wrong With My Saw.


I am doing finish work and am working on baseboards. I have cut this 1 board 3 times and it is still too short...Do you think there is something wrong with my saw or is it defective wood?

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Old 02-03-2009, 05:04 PM   #2
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I am doing finish work and am working on baseboards. I have cut this 1 board 3 times and it is still too short...Do you think there is something wrong with my saw or is it defective wood?
The heat generated from the blade is shrinking the wood.
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Old 02-03-2009, 05:09 PM   #3
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It might be a carbon based error
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Cut it again,
maybe it'll fit.
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I am doing finish work and am working on baseboards. I have cut this 1 board 3 times and it is still too short...Do you think there is something wrong with my saw or is it defective wood?
You need a new tape measure.
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You need to go to the rental place and get a board stretcher. Works every time.
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I had a strange experience this weekend. had a bunch of rips to make shelfing cleats in my boats liner. brand new diablo blade, put on rip fence on saw start rippping 2x6, blade wandered binded all over the place, the cut looked like a damn sine wave, this was a first, the 2x6 was from lowes, tossed it in the dumpster, went and got another from a local yard, no problem???
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It may be your tape.
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I will usually collect the sawdust from the Bag and glue it to the end. Then when it is tacky shape it to the profile
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You should take the wood back to the original manufacturer and tell them their wood is too short.
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Old 02-03-2009, 07:40 PM   #11
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Hand me your lighter, let me steralize it.............WTF ?
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I got a new bosch saw for just this occasion. I shows me an error code for whatever the problem might be. In this case it's usually an id 10t error.
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Put the wood down, step away from the saw & surrender your contractors license imedeatly Sir.......easy now, no sudden movements
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wrap it with aluminum and caulk it
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This is easy. I had the same problem just flip it over and try cutting the wood from the other side

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Haven't you heard? its not the length, its the girth!
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I had a strange experience this weekend. had a bunch of rips to make shelfing cleats in my boats liner. brand new diablo blade, put on rip fence on saw start rippping 2x6, blade wandered binded all over the place, the cut looked like a damn sine wave, this was a first, the 2x6 was from lowes, tossed it in the dumpster, went and got another from a local yard, no problem???
Should bought it from Home Depot... ~~~~~~~~~ It would been straight from the start
They call that .. box wood
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I love it ; I have cut this 1 board 3 times and it is still too short...Do you think there is something wrong with my saw or is it defective wood?

Drugs and a saw do not mix.
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