TS-55: Wood Scorched on Bevel Cuts

[Brice Burrell]

David, clean your blade and give it another try as Corwin suggested.  If that doesn't take care of the problem don't waste anymore time, call Festool's service department.  They are incredibly helpful and they'll likely offer some suggestions for you to try before advising the saw be sent in for service.  I have all the confidence in the world they will get this sorted out faster than our guessing here.

 

[darbo]

David, clean your blade and give it another try as Corwin suggested.  If that doesn't take care of the problem don't waste anymore time, call Festool's service department.  They are incredibly helpful and they'll likely offer some suggestions for you to try before advising the saw be sent in for service.  I have all the confidence in the world they will get this sorted out faster than our guessing here.

Will do. Thanks Brice!

 

[zapdafish]

yeah, try cleaning. I had scorching problems too when i first bought my TS55. One of my first test projects was cutting a bunch of pine. When I started cutting ply and mdf, the sap from the pine had accumulated on the blade and was leaving scorch marks.

 

[Nigel]

 

        I recommend you buy a new blade and try it.You'll need one at some point anyway.

    It's  possible that you have warped the old one if it has over heated.I wouldn't mess with calibration of your saw just yet,it's not as simple as it sounds.So I suggest you try a new blade and if that's no good then follow Brice's advice on the Festool service.

 

[anm8tr]

I still haven't resolved this issue yet and it's even worse than I previously thought. Even simple non-bevel cuts are scorching when I cut through 3/4" birch plywood. Although it is definitely worse when I slow down my feed rate, it's happening whether I push the saw at max speed (as fast as I can push it) or slower. The only answer I can think of now is that my blade is bad. It does look a bit gummed with pitch build-up and could certainly stand a cleaning, but it just shocks me that the blade would already need cleaning/sharpening after only 1 1/2 months of modest use. I'm planning to order a Tenryu 28 tooth blade to replace the stock blade, as that blade appears to be an excellent one for the TS-55; so maybe that will fix the issue. If that doesn't work, then I guess I'll have to send it to Festool to look at... [scratch chin]

I have a brand new and just out of the box TS55 which I used yesterday with some 3/4 ply, it was not Birch , and I cut up one 4x8 sheet yesterday, with numerous thin cuts and had no burning issues at all. I bought a small sheet of 3/4 Birch today, took it home to do a few more cuts. Long story short, the Birch was burning in misc. spots all along the edge of the material under the track, but not on the other piece. I also noticed that the saw was really dragging unlike yesterday. It was definitely not cutting anywhere near as smooth as yesterday.

So I just checked on this issue here and found this thread. I guess I will try cleaning my blade also. I have the stock 45 tooth blade as well. I hope that will fix the problem. I have a 10 year old $80.00 Skilsaw with a $30 blade that would have run circles around this TS55 at a cost of $500, so whats wrong with this picture? Why would a one day old blade already need cleaning? Something is really wrong here.

Regards.