First Woodworking Project

[lilgodwin]

And to keep y'all from having to do anymore detective work on the blade, here ya go [emoji1]

[ERLover]

I’m sure it is a rip blade,,I hope/take it it was a typo, that is NOT a rip blade. Here is what they look like
http://www.amazon.com/Freud-LU87R010-10 ... +rip+blade

[jsburger]

I’m sure it is a rip blade,,I hope/take it it was a typo, that is NOT a rip blade. Here is what they look like
http://www.amazon.com/Freud-LU87R010-10 ... +rip+blade

Huh Too many cocktails too early?

[ERLover]

I’m sure it is a rip blade,,I hope/take it it was a typo, that is NOT a rip blade. Here is what they look like
http://www.amazon.com/Freud-LU87R010-10 ... +rip+blade

Huh Too many cocktails too early?

"I am sure it is a rip blade" was a paste and copy from his post.

[thunderbirdbat]

And to keep y'all from having to do anymore detective work on the blade, here ya go [emoji1]

The blade actually states "Not recommended for Rip Wood". A combination blade or a rip blade should be used instead.

[lilgodwin]

Typo... I'm sure it ISN'T a rip blade... Autocorrect strikes again...

[BuckeyeDennis]

First off, thank you all for the feedback. I know I’m new at this, but I’m always open to take advice, especially all the well thought out responses. I intend to be safe by most standards, so I’ll be taking the advice and making those adjustments.
Dusty – I wasn’t fully aware of that (obviously). Though I did look around at my inserts and found that one to be the most narrow of them all. So, I’m definitely missing a necessary element. I thought about using the fingerboard (featherboard? I thought that was the name, or is it a different product?) But by that I time I was already set up and cutting. I was using a guide block and thought that was the same thing. Certainly there were some mistakes that I made, though none intentionally. I know, ignorance is hardly an excuse. :-/

ERLover – I’ll study up on the blade types and be sure to use the right ones. I have a few ShopSmith brand blades, one of which sounds like what you’re describing. But they look cheap? I know I don’t know my “stuff”, but they just scream low quality. If ya’ll say otherwise then I’ll go with that. I didn’t think this one was a bad one to use.

Algale – Dually noted. I’ll be looking for a zero clearance insert. Is there one for each blade thickness? Or just one that covers most blade sizes well enough? And for clarification, the main piece (right side) is thicker than the entire gap of the insert, so certainly thicker than the gap beside the blade.

Reible – I do have a copy of PTWFE. I’ve skimmed through it and looked up a few things, but I haven’t memorized it. I didn’t see that technique in the book, but that’s actually what I did on some other pieces of wood that were too big to resaw, just to trim off the sides a little. Cut a little over half, then flipped it over and finished the job. This one pictured though was all the way through (through-cut?). As it was mentioned before, I’m sure it is a rip blade, and the wrong one for the job. I’m not fully aware of how important it is to use the right blade, but I’ll just assume that the answer is “VERY!”, and try to use the right ones for now on. What’s a splitter? I googled it and it looked just like a riveting knife… which I don’t have. Is the riveting knife and upper blade guard the same thing?

If you do all that, you'll be well on your way to safe woodworking. And should you need any more motivation to follow through, just check out the video below.

[youtube]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u7sRrC2Jpp4[/youtube]

[lilgodwin]

Believe it or not, I had a few minutes earlier and found that exact video. Crazy!

[ERLover]

Typo... I'm sure it ISN'T a rip blade... Autocorrect strikes again...

Ya I just hate that when it happens.

[JPG]

Looks like the tooth is setting on the insert.?

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ZCI are not purchased for different blades. They are made from a blank that has the kerf cut by lowering the table down onto the blade thus cutting to fit.

This pix puzzles me. Looks like it cannot fit into the insert slot. Was the table lowered, then the blade rotated on to the insert? The blade may have been hitting the insert. Check for missing/loose teeth.

Regardless that blade is not suitable for that task.