I was ripping 3/4 inch, eight foot sections of oak with my TS75 using the 52 tooth blade. Most of the time it cut through like butter. A couple of times, it seemed like the saw was bogging down(possibly knots) and one time it even stalled and I quickly turned off the CMS and disengaged it. I raised the saw blade higher and it then cut. Normally, I keep blade approximately 1/8 of an inch above the surface of the material I am cutting. To get it to cut this time I had blade approximately 1/4 to 1/2 inch above surface. Crosscuts were never a problem.

My question is twofold: a.) has any one else experienced this? If so, what was causing the problem?
b.) was I using the wrong blade? I have a panther blade but honestly was to lazy to switch blades.
Any suggestions would be appreciated. Thank you.

If you are really ripping with the 52 tooth blade please stop.

Hi Ishah72414, I read Peter's response has having an ironic humour to it. I laughed. The humour was in the terseness of it. I notice that you describe yourself as Still Learning. Aren't we all. FoG is the place to come with any questions, and you get prompt, good humoured responses. I just hope you did not take the response the wrong way.

I use a combo blade for ripping, even though I have apanther blade. I found I have to reduce my feed rate , slow it down and not for the material through the saw, let the saw/blade do the work.

But 52 tooth blade is more of a fine cut blade

The experts have already commented but I thought I could add something as a fellow 'apprentice'.

The 36T 'general' blade that came with my TS75 has worked pretty well for ripping 8/4 walnut.  Definitely listen to the saw on the right speed rate.  Leaves a clean edge and I've only had a couple rough spots where I was pushing too fast.

I had the TS55 before with the standard blade(56T?) and it was great for leaving a clean edge on plywood.  Ripping hardwood, not so much.

at jobsworth,
I am using a cms/vl table attached to a mft with a cms 75 insert. To cut I am using both the sliding table with the protractor head, but, mainly a ls 25 positioner. With the positioner my cuts are dead-on. The only complaint I have is there is friction sliding the wood across the mft. With the track saw( I use mainly to break down my sheet goods), my cuts are getting very good, but take more time to accomplish, due to setup time. Please take what I say with a grain of salt as I am still in a learning curve. Thank you for asking.

Don't forget moisture content in the wood. Dryer wood will cut more easily.

Is there any way to get the CMS insert for TS75 in the USA?

Hi, Just a required posting.

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