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   IMERC | Nov 17, 2006 05:25pm | #1

   negative hook tears the bottom side....

    

    

   Life is not a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely in a pretty and well preserved body, but rather to skid in broadside, thoroughly used up, totally worn out, and loudly proclaiming

   WOW!!! What a Ride!

   Forget the primal scream, just ROAR!!!

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   artacoma | Nov 17, 2006 05:36pm | #2

   The blade will be rated for speed so thats not a problem but I don't think a neg rake blade will make a cleaner cut on a table saw than a a standard ATB or a triple chip made for the purpose. But if its the only blade ya got give it a try and dont forget to report back.

   Cheers Rik

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   willflysatellitesforfood | Nov 17, 2006 08:41pm | #3

   Also, make sure your blade-to-table and blade-to-fence alignments are trimmed up.  Negative hook angles can increase the liklihood of kickback...

   Miter saws have a fence behind the blade as it's rotating - table saws will chuck it right back towards the operator...

   And, make sure you don't raise the blade any higher than necessary to cut cleanly through the top - usually no more than half the height of the carbide tip works best...

   Be careful!

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   JIMMIE | Nov 17, 2006 11:16pm | #4

   Thank You for the info.

   Instead of being careful, I'll use a different type of blade.  The 'tech support' person where I bought it said it would be ok to use but your input plus what I've seen at some web sites about saw blade design make me think it may not be a smart idea. 

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   jerseyjeff | Nov 18, 2006 12:50am | #5

   One thing that might make you realy happy is to get a zero clearance throat plate on the saw.  I picked one up that is made up of UHMW polyethelyene (cutting board) mounted it to my contractor saw and get much much nicer cuts!