Will a few crosscuts damage a rip blade?

[davidtu]

Wondering how stupid I was being by making several 3-4" crosscuts of a 3/4" thick (at most) douglas fir scrap. Will crosscuts damage the blade a) easily, b) after a LOT of crosscuts, or c) not at all, but the cuts will be poor quality?

Thanks!

[Uncle Hook]

I am no expert, but I doubt you will damage a ripping blade doing a few crosscuts. Quality of cut may suffer, and blade may need sharpening a bit sooner.

[SARGE..g-47]

Uncle Hook nailed it...

Regards...

[LCHIEN]

Wondering how stupid I was being by making several 3-4" crosscuts of a 3/4" thick (at most) douglas fir scrap. Will crosscuts damage the blade a) easily, b) after a LOT of crosscuts, or c) not at all, but the cuts will be poor quality?

Thanks!

If order of problems incurred:

1) cuts will be rougher, the higher tooth count and tip configuration of crosscuts blades is to slice the grain better.

2) not even sure if it will be slower cutting, probably not.

won't damage the blade (ripping with a crosscut blade not really a problem either). I do it when I need a crosscut and I'm not too picky about quality and I don't want to change blades to make that one cut. - Altho most of the time in that situation I'd do it with my miter saw.

The main reasons to make blade changes is to make cleaner crosscuts or to make faster rips. Has very little if anything to do with wear and tear.

[Wood_workur]

...The main reasons to make blade changes is to make cleaner crosscuts or to make faster rips. Has very little if anything to do with wear and tear.

Unless you are getting yor combonation blade sharpened. You know, the one that comes with the saw.

[jabe]

It won't harm the blade just the quality of cut will be poor.