Was cutting some '8/4' ash that was actually a full 2" thick- was just over 2" rough and staightline ripped and planed on one side.
I was ripping 1.75" strips from a 10' x 7" section with my Ridgid 3660 and on the first rip, I actually stalled the motor. As in blade stops moving with power still on. I immediately hit the power off switch, and then was able to back off the kerf a bit and carefully restarted the motor and continued cut with less aggressive feed rate. Got through rest without a problem on the first rip. Ripping 2nd 1.75" leg I used more mellow feed rate, and while the motor loaded and slowed a bit, didn't stall.
When ripping a smidge off the unsurfaced side (planed side on fence, side I ripped earlier facing down) to square up to 1.75 I had no problems cutting through even with a more aggressive feed rate.
I was kind of suprised I actually stalled the motor, I'd basically been feeding into the Ridgid with a 30T WWII blade about as fast as I could guide it, and it was eating it with no problems before.
Is Ash a species known to be a kerf grabber? Or did I just get a funky piece?
Is a 2"/sec. feed rate really that aggressive? This is about what I'd done previously, but had to back off a bit to keep from stalling with the ash today.
Other stuff to add: had blade guard and splitter on with anti-kickback pawls. Checked for blade-miterslot-fence parallel and was within 0.003" as if 4 days ago.
I was ripping 1.75" strips from a 10' x 7" section with my Ridgid 3660 and on the first rip, I actually stalled the motor. As in blade stops moving with power still on. I immediately hit the power off switch, and then was able to back off the kerf a bit and carefully restarted the motor and continued cut with less aggressive feed rate. Got through rest without a problem on the first rip. Ripping 2nd 1.75" leg I used more mellow feed rate, and while the motor loaded and slowed a bit, didn't stall.
When ripping a smidge off the unsurfaced side (planed side on fence, side I ripped earlier facing down) to square up to 1.75 I had no problems cutting through even with a more aggressive feed rate.
I was kind of suprised I actually stalled the motor, I'd basically been feeding into the Ridgid with a 30T WWII blade about as fast as I could guide it, and it was eating it with no problems before.
Is Ash a species known to be a kerf grabber? Or did I just get a funky piece?
Is a 2"/sec. feed rate really that aggressive? This is about what I'd done previously, but had to back off a bit to keep from stalling with the ash today.
Other stuff to add: had blade guard and splitter on with anti-kickback pawls. Checked for blade-miterslot-fence parallel and was within 0.003" as if 4 days ago.
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