I bought a new blade for my 10 inch delta table saw. The blade rpm is rated higher than the saw rpm so I think I’m ok there. Question is: is it supposed to wobble? I noticed when I first turn the saw on the blade wavers back and forth some, so, to see what was going on, I got off to the side and pushed it with a stick and it wobbled even more.
Also, I did some cutting for my tile guy. . . he handed marked tile through the window to me so he wouldn’t have to come all the way outside. . . . anyway, that blade wobbled too!
What’s the deal, are these blades supposed to wobble like that?
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Most blades are not supposed to wobble. Hopefully you have a bad blade which can be replaced not a bent arbor.
Did the old blade wobble?
Look for crud on the flange and the washer.
Cutting tile on a table saw?
Joe H
Yep! Check for crud on the flanges.
Don't try to flatten the blade if it is out of whack. Return it. Try a Forrest blade (Woodworker I or II) if you want to use the best.
Try a Forrest blade (Woodworker I or II) if you want to use the best
I'm thinking forrest doesn't make tile blades?
Joe H
Old age setting in...
Not cutting tile on the table saw. . . . two different blades, two different saws. Blades don't wobble when not cutting just when finishing a cut on the table saw and when the blade first touches the tile on the tile saw.
Sorry I didn't make myself perfectly clear.
Thanks for help. I'll get a new blade on the table saw. The tile saw wasn't mine. I was just helping with the cutting.xpayroll
Sounds like the bearings are bad."Put your creed in your deed." Emerson
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Blade made in china ???
Cutting tile on a table saw?
That does seem a bit odd."Put your creed in your deed." Emerson
"When asked if you can do something, tell'em "Why certainly I can", then get busy and find a way to do it." T. Roosevelt
Tile saws are pretty notorious for minor wobbles, but the TS should not. Try another blade to get a clue if it is the arbor or the alignment.
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If you mark the arbor and blade orientation with a sharpie and then mark the edge of the blade wobble, then turn the blade 180 degrees you'll quickly see if the wobble goes with the blade or stays and is more a function of the arbor.
Many people fail to clean the mating surfaces of the blade and arbor and get some wobble from that.
Have you ever seen someone in a factory hand straightening a blade? They essentially bend it so it wobbles straight.
On thin kerf blades I have been known to whack a blade from time to time with a rubber mallet to get it to track straight. Many times the wobble comes back, but many times it doesn't.
There's little substitute for a quality blade.
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