Hey All,
I just replaced my 10″ makita sliding dual bevel compound saw with a 12″ a few months back. I’m disapoited that the blade seems to have a bit of wobble to it. Bent arbor I’m thinking. Have had more than one blade on it. Anyone else with this saw and issue?
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It’s the feeling of falling further behind.”
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I can't speak to your specific saw or the amount of wobble your seeing but, I've heard that the 12" blades can have deflection which is most noticable when making thin edge cuts in small material. As you might expect thin kerf blades can make the problem worse.
Does the blade have a wobble when it is running. Blades are tensioned so that they are without wobble when run up to full speed. Large blades can be like a floppy disk when on at low speed and then are fine when run up to the speed at which they are tensioned for.
http://www.fpl.fs.fed.us/documnts/pdf1993/danie93a.pdf.