Popular Post Brendon_t Posted June 30, 2015 Popular Post Report Share Posted June 30, 2015 It's because you put it on backwards. This may also explain why your cut quality sucks.. Lastly, this wasn't you, it was me and I'm am idiot. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rodger. Posted June 30, 2015 Report Share Posted June 30, 2015 D'OH!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brendon_t Posted June 30, 2015 Author Report Share Posted June 30, 2015 Yeah. . I felt like a real short bus commando Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
..Kev Posted June 30, 2015 Report Share Posted June 30, 2015 It's because you put it on backwards. This may also explain why your cut quality sucks.. Lastly, this wasn't you, it was me and I'm am idiot. I'd be willing to bet most of us have done this.. It's a big club! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Larry Moore Posted June 30, 2015 Report Share Posted June 30, 2015 Yup been there too Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ponderingturtle Posted June 30, 2015 Report Share Posted June 30, 2015 Remember only you can talk to your Dado stack about smoking. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tim0625 Posted June 30, 2015 Report Share Posted June 30, 2015 Don't forget the band saw blade too. Done that Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom Cancelleri Posted June 30, 2015 Report Share Posted June 30, 2015 I've never put a blade on backwards. I was however watching a car show on TV and they were restoring a pickup and they were doing a wooden cargo bed in the back. They had a small dewalt jobsite saw and they were trying to rip a piece of oak. He said "wow it's so hard to cut this material. Then it started smoking and they looked at each other and inspected the blade and realized it was on backwards. I guess this is why we fix cars and not build stuff with wood" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tim0625 Posted June 30, 2015 Report Share Posted June 30, 2015 come on Tom....never? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Immortan D Posted June 30, 2015 Report Share Posted June 30, 2015 As crazy as it sounds, I've seen a video of Mathias Wendel cutting a panel with a skil saw, moving the saw in the wrong direction. On the video he says he did it to avoid tear out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coop Posted June 30, 2015 Report Share Posted June 30, 2015 I do it sometimes to remove the pitch and tar buildup on my blade Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wdwerker Posted June 30, 2015 Report Share Posted June 30, 2015 You really need to worry when you start putting router bits in backwards ! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trip Posted June 30, 2015 Report Share Posted June 30, 2015 Haven't done that one yet... I've mounted the first plate of the dado stack backward, and then noticed the orientaiton when mounting the first wing... I've mounted standard blades and got as far as threading the arbor nut... Once dropped a ½” solid carbide router bit upside down and got as far as reaching for the collet wrenches... Depending on mood, I meet these circumstances with a laugh and comment about early-onset or swear like a sailor... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chet Posted June 30, 2015 Report Share Posted June 30, 2015 Don't forget the band saw blade too. Done that 32 years as a meat cutter and I never put a bandsaw blade on backwards. But when I got the bandsaw for the wood shop that was the first thing I did Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trip Posted June 30, 2015 Report Share Posted June 30, 2015 ==>Don't forget the band saw blade too. Done that Done that... Got as far as adjusting the upper guide... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Immortan D Posted June 30, 2015 Report Share Posted June 30, 2015 You really need to worry when you start putting router bits in backwards ! I ruined a centering cone by starting my router loaded with it. It was the first time I used it, just thought I was suppose to do that. It's now an "ovaling" cone Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stobes21 Posted June 30, 2015 Report Share Posted June 30, 2015 Never done the whole dado stack backwards, but I did flip a single chipper once. I knew immediately something was wrong because I had to push so much harder to get the material through. Still took me a bit to figure out exactly why though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ColinF Posted July 1, 2015 Report Share Posted July 1, 2015 I can't say I've ever put a blade in upside down or backwards, but I did witness my ex-BIL put a wobble dado in a radial arm saw backwards, then proceed to tell me what a great carpenter he was, I just smiled at all the smoke and ruined oak plywood. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brendon_t Posted July 1, 2015 Author Report Share Posted July 1, 2015 Never done the whole dado stack backwards, but I did flip a single chipper once. I knew immediately something was wrong because I had to push so much harder to get the material through. Still took me a bit to figure out exactly why though. I had laid the stack out and dialed in the thickness with shims on my table top. I guessential I just grabbed the stack and on it went. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TerryMcK Posted July 1, 2015 Report Share Posted July 1, 2015 LOL - never happened to me as my saw won't take a dado. It sure is very possible to put a regular saw on backwards though - never done that either. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom Cancelleri Posted July 2, 2015 Report Share Posted July 2, 2015 come on Tom....never? Never. I check my setup very thoroughly anytime a blade is involved. I'm really crazy about machine setup and safety. Sent from my 831C using Tapatalk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brendon_t Posted July 2, 2015 Author Report Share Posted July 2, 2015 Well Tom, never say never. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coop Posted July 2, 2015 Report Share Posted July 2, 2015 If they would put the printing on the blade on the correct side, I.e. Where the nut goes and you can see it, it would make life easier and a no brainier. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tpt life Posted July 2, 2015 Report Share Posted July 2, 2015 If they would put the printing on the blade on the correct side, I.e. Where the nut goes and you can see it, it would make life easier and a no brainier. I can see it now, left tilt and right tilt blades... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Raefco Posted July 2, 2015 Report Share Posted July 2, 2015 Went cheap and bought a 10" carbide tipped Blade, for my job site saw, from Menards, it would not cut a straight line even in construction grade pine for some concrete forms. I messed with it on and off for 2 days coming to the conclusion the saw was junk. I checked the blade direction, kerf, saw alignment, all looked ok. In one last effort before replacing the saw I bought a $50ish blade, a year later I am still using the saw and blade. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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