hello,
forgive me if I have posted this in the wrong place as I am very new to this.
Firstly, can I say thank you to the FOG for all the information I have picked off on the various tools that I have needed help on.
Right, I have several pieces of Sycamore that I have planked and dried with the live edges still on and need to cut these off. They are all 6ft long and 2 1/4" thick.
I have the TS75 with a universal blade and this seemed to make hard work of cross cutting and I need a 6 ft rip. I am waiting for a Panther blade I have bought for this but I really am not sure how to use it properly with this thickness of what seems to me to be pretty hard wood. Should I be able to make the cut full depth in one pass or will it be best to cut in 2 or 3 shallower passes.
I understand that the Panther blade leaves quite a rough edge so can I then take another pass of about a millimetre or so with the fine blade to tidy up presuming that this shouldn't damage the fine blade.
Any help would be appreciated thank you.
P.S. I also have the RO150 on order to get these big pieces sanded. Looking forward to that
forgive me if I have posted this in the wrong place as I am very new to this.
Firstly, can I say thank you to the FOG for all the information I have picked off on the various tools that I have needed help on.
Right, I have several pieces of Sycamore that I have planked and dried with the live edges still on and need to cut these off. They are all 6ft long and 2 1/4" thick.
I have the TS75 with a universal blade and this seemed to make hard work of cross cutting and I need a 6 ft rip. I am waiting for a Panther blade I have bought for this but I really am not sure how to use it properly with this thickness of what seems to me to be pretty hard wood. Should I be able to make the cut full depth in one pass or will it be best to cut in 2 or 3 shallower passes.
I understand that the Panther blade leaves quite a rough edge so can I then take another pass of about a millimetre or so with the fine blade to tidy up presuming that this shouldn't damage the fine blade.
Any help would be appreciated thank you.
P.S. I also have the RO150 on order to get these big pieces sanded. Looking forward to that