I finally figured out why my miter saw cuts were drifting

Was at a job site in Portland last Tuesday installing some oak trim and kept getting gaps no matter how careful I was with my measurements. Turns out my saw blade had a tiny wobble that I never noticed because I always just grabbed whatever blade was sitting on the shelf. Swapped to a fresh 80-tooth Freud blade and the cuts came out dead perfect. Anyone else ever run into a blade going bad slowly without realizing it?

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emma_lee2213d ago

Casey's got a point about fence alignment, but a bad blade can definitely mess things up gradually. Did the wobble show up right away when you put the new blade on, or did it take some time to develop?

casey34213d ago

Bro cmon. A little wobble in a blade is gonna cause a tiny bit of drift but not huge gaps unless you're cutting really thick material or just rushing. I've used the same cheap 60 tooth blade for two years straight cutting hardwoods and it still tracks straight as long as I don't drop it. Maybe check your saw's fence alignment before you go blaming the blade. That's usually the real issue.

max_schmidt7713d ago

@casey342 ever checked if the blade wobble is from the arbor washer being slightly bent instead of the blade itself?