Saw blade recommendation for crosscutting ebony

[Tony Dentino]

Need to make a bunch of Gabon Ebony dowels; making the dowels is not a problem but am not able to cut them to length without chipping. Am using a 10" Woodworker II. Should I get a 60 tooth crosscut blade or an 80 tooth laminate/trim blade?

Tony

[Van Huskey]

Need to make a bunch of Gabon Ebony dowels; making the dowels is not a problem but am not able to cut them to length without chipping. Am using a 10" Woodworker II. Should I get a 60 tooth crosscut blade or an 80 tooth laminate/trim blade?

Tony

You want a high top bevel for that. Infinity Ultrasmooth 010-080 or Forrest Duraline would be my choices.

[scott spencer]

You want a high top bevel for that. Infinity Ultrasmooth 010-080 or Forrest Duraline would be my choices.

Mine too. The Freud LU80, CMT 210.080.10, and Amana 10-800 are pretty similar configurations too.

[Mike Henderson]

One thing you can try is to make a "case" for the end of the dowel - two pieces of wood with a groove down the center of each, sized to the dowel. Surround the end of the dowel with the case and then try cutting it, sacrificing a small amount of the case with each cut.

Mike

[glenn bradley]

I'm with Mike. Mostly my dowels are not for aesthetics but, when I need a clean exposed end, I drill a matching hole through a block so that the dowel fits quite snug and use the table saw and a sled. High ATB 80T from Carbide Processors/Jerrimy Snook currently but, with the total support of the block a good High ATB will do a nice job.

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[John Terefenko]

I agree with the other especially wood that is chippy like that. I have to do that with acrylics too for pen making. The problem is the top of the round dowel is not supported on either end so it is not the blade that is causing the problem. Good luck.

[harry hood]

I just went through the same thing making 54 ebony pegs and 14 ebony wedges for a project...Man that stuff is a nightmare to work. I ended up cutting them to length by hand with a very fine dozuki which worked really well. No matter how well supported the piece was I kept getting chipping but I was just a WWII blade like you, not something specialized.

[David Hawxhurst]

i would try the bandsaw or do them with a handsaw.

[Tony Dentino]

Thanks guys... I'll give the "case" method a try first then go to a finer blade if needed.

Tony

[John Coloccia]

Chipped ebony can easily be fixed, btw, by filling with ebony dust and super glue. When it's sanded and buffed, no one will ever know.