Breathing Too Much Sawdust?

[crokett]

So I was cutting my daughter's hot dog with a pizza cutter since the adults were having pizza for dinner. I cut it from the top down rather than rolling the cutter through it because I wanted to minimize tearout.

[ironhat]

You could have taped the kerf to eliminate tearout but there is the possibility of compression damage on the infeed side. That is unless you can get you attack speed up and the cutting edge keen. Nope. I don't see anything wrong with your thinking at all.

[Uncle Cracker]

Seek help from a tree doctor immediately...

[gsmittle]

Did you use a backer dog to help with the tearout? Be aware of the grain direction, too.

I think Woodcraft sells a sled for this.....



That would be a Dog Sled.

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[Uncle Cracker]

One other thing... Do not try to do it on a SawStop saw. They don't cut hot dogs worth a hoot...

And you might think about hiring Lorena Bobbitt to do it. I hear she's pretty handy with a knife. (with a name like "bob it", one might expect that to be the case...). Did y'all hear that her idiot ex, John Wayne, is so fed up with the continued publicity that he's gone to court to have his name legally changed? Now he goes by the name Les Johnson...

[Richard in Smithville]

I hope you followed the pizza cutter with a splitter. Hot dog kick-back is not a pretty sight. Did you stand to the left side of the cutter blade?

[cabinetman]

An 80T TCG works much better than a 60T, but make sure it's at least 7 deg neg hook.

Or for resaw, the old question should the dog be laid down or stood up?
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[Tom Slick]

I always use a zero clearance insert when using a pizza cutter. pre-scoring first with a knife also helps tear out. watch those speeds and feeds.

[JSUPreston]

Taping over the area to be cut with blue painter's tape is supposed to help with tearout as well. I wonder if it would work if you scored the cut line, then put the tape on and then cut.

[ironhat]

An 80T TCG works much better than a 60T, but make sure it's at least 7 deg neg hook.

Or for resaw, the old question should the dog be laid down or stood up?
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If you're planning on standing that puppy up to resaw it you're a better man than I, bud! Or, did you build a jig for this?

[linear]

Be aware of the grain direction, too.

You probably need to quit buying the cheapo tube steaks if you can read the grain (eurgh).

[crokett]

Did you stand to the left side of the cutter blade?

Actually yes. But then I am right handed. Any 'kickback' would somehow end up in my mouth I think.

[Hellrazor]

So I was cutting my daughter's hot dog with a pizza cutter since the adults were having pizza for dinner. I cut it from the top down rather than rolling the cutter through it because I wanted to minimize tearout.

Too much sawdust would mean you cut it on the bandsaw...

[cabinetman]

If you're planning on standing that puppy up to resaw it you're a better man than I, bud! Or, did you build a jig for this?

After years of research, definitely a jig is necessary. Many dogs were resawed in an effort to get 1/32" slices out of them in order to lay out so it looks like a whole meal. A guy named Oscar, who hung out at the ball park with Jimmy, I think was one of the first dogsawyers. Rumor has it that he lost his ruler, and used a dog instead.

Anyway, the problem was the "squish" factor as they were being cut. They wouldn't hold still. So, he tried freezing them, and I guess called them "cold cuts", which later became terminology for other resawed meats.
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[Stytooner]

You guys really need to be careful. You cannot resaw a hot dog while he is standing on his end. Flex factor. You must lay him down. A pizza cutter is totally the wrong tool for such a precision job as resawing. A filet knife is obviously the best choice of tool here. Minimal tear out with low HP. Speed can even be varied to achieve the desired result. Let's all start working a little safer and start using the proper tool for the job, eh!


The above statement was NOT sanctioned by the Leeway Workshop!