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    3 Easy Ways to Cut Mortises(Post)

    Mortise and tenon joints are regarded as one of the toughest types of joinery you can use for your woodworking projects. These joints are often associated with fine furniture making due the critical ...

    Tenryu Plastic Cutting Saw Blade- Cool Customer Video(Post)

    We had a wonderful customer the other day in a panic! It was late in the day, and he needed a Tenryu plastic cutting saw blade-PRP-255120AB3 shipped Next Day Air to North Carolina. Our normal c ...

    Band Saw Troubleshooting(Post)

    Common Band Saw problems and how to solve them.  When it comes to learning what works and what doesn’t, nothing beats experience.  MK Morse has over 45 years of experience in the Band ...

    Cutting MDF and Plywood(Page)

    Cutting MDF Compared to Plywood Both MDF and Plywood can be very tough on the cutting tools.  This is why it is important to use saw blades that are specifically designed for cutting MDF a ...

    Cutting Frozen Lumber(Page)

    As wood freezes the water part becomes more important to the cutting. Cutting unfrozen wood is a matter of severing wood fibers. Cutting lightly frozen wood is a matter of cutting a slushy mix. Cutti ...

    Aluminum Cutting Saw Blades(Page)

     by Lowell Freeborn  The two major problems are galling or sticking of the aluminum to the saw blade, and sawing pieces of aluminum with improper clamping.  Refer to our Saw Blad ...

    Cermet Saw Blade Cutting Speed(Page)

    Cermet II Saw Blades – Cutting Speed  These test were run on Saw Blades tipped with Cermet II Saw Tips and Carbide Tipped Saw Blades for Comparison.  Refer to our Tool Tipp ...

    Steel Brazing- Brazing to Laser Cut Steel(Page)

     Why You Need To Gum Saw Plate  (You can buy saw plate that has been sandblasted to remove the heat affected zone.  This can work but it takes a lot of sandblasting.)    ...

    Saw Blade Wear Cutting Gypsum Board(Page)

    Saw Blade Wear Cutting Gypsum   End of gypsum board – notice saw marks     Two saw blades – top one is as removed.  Bottom one has been cleaned for inspectio ...

    Machine Coolant Filter Units Cut Costs(Page)

    There are four simple steps to cutting costs.  These are proper settings, maintenance of equipment, proper air handling and proper machine coolant management.  Refer back to the Filtration ...

    Making Cermet Material(Page)

    Making Cermet II Materials What follows are some explanations of how to make advanced carbide.  These are pretty short explanations but they will give an idea of all that is possible.  Ob ...

    Cermet II Saw Tips(Page)

    Saw tips that work 2, 4, 5 and 10 times as well as carbide They braze and grind like carbide.  Three Advanced materials Cermet II – proven cermet grades that always work.&nbs ...

    Why plywood needs special tools(Page)

    You quite often get better results with plywood when you use special tools, such as saw blades and router bits,  designed especially for plywood rather than tools deigned for wood.   In th ...

    Saw Blade Side Grinding(Page)

    by Lowell Freeborn The side grinding of carbide saws is the most critical grinding operation as it relates to the saw's performance.  The angles ground in the side are not as important as the u ...

    Pretin(Page)

    Pretin, Pretinning, or Tinning   Tinning, Pretinning or Pretin is applying brazing alloy to one or both parts separately then putting the parts together and heating them to complete th ...

    Timber Processing Article(Page)

    New Cermet Grade Saw Tips Enhance Cutting Speed  and Increase Saw Run Life   ...

    Cutter Failure(Page)

     Bad Surfaces And Too Much Heat    Several problems  Sloppy brazing  - the braze alloy ran all over the steel  Uneven heating.  Th ...

    Thin Kerf Saw Blades(Page)

    Buy Thin Kerf Saw Blades from LongLife® Hobbyists use thin kerf blades so they can cut better with underpowered saws. Industry uses thin kerf saws so they get as much lumber as possible out of e ...

    CSM Diamond Grinding(Page)

    The first question you should ask yourself is: What do I expect from a diamond wheel? Your answer should be a wheel that removes carbide fast and cool. Think this over very carefully and do not get ...

    Diamond Grinding(Page)

    by Lowell Freeborn  The first question you should ask yourself is: What do I expect from a diamond wheel? Your answer should be a wheel that removes carbide fast and cool. Think this over very ...