Soft wood splitting on Morso F
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Soft wood splitting on Morso F
Hi, I’m planning to make box frames from Redwood Pine (planed from a local sawmill ) and somehow the edges are really frazzled. Is it better to get a manual mitre saw for this type of wood? Is it maybe too soft for the Morso?
Re: Soft wood splitting on Morso F
Try slipping a sacrificial strip of MDF between the fences and the moulding. This will prevent break-out in some cases.
* It might throw the measuring scale off-kilter so compensate if necessary.
* It might throw the measuring scale off-kilter so compensate if necessary.
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Re: Soft wood splitting on Morso F
I'm assuming that you're talking about properly seasoned wood and not green wood?
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Re: Soft wood splitting on Morso F
Are your blades sharpened properly?
Does other moulding cut okay?
Some moulding is just so soft that the back catches and in those instances I will either use a scrap piece of backing board in behind, or keep cutting until I get to a better piece of wood.
Does other moulding cut okay?
Some moulding is just so soft that the back catches and in those instances I will either use a scrap piece of backing board in behind, or keep cutting until I get to a better piece of wood.