Steve H Graham
04-06-2016, 3:36 PM
I am installing a Leecraft melamine insert in a Powermatic 66. I don't have the splitter kerf done yet. I just finished the main kerf for the blade.
It made a hellacious racket while I was cutting it, to the point where I turned the saw off and looked under the table to make sure no metal parts had fallen into the way of the blade.
Now the kerf is done, but it's still noisy.
Is this normal? Is there a standard way to fix it without opening the kerf up and defeating the purpose of the zero-clearance insert?
Edit: I finally found the fine print that says various things can cause noise, and that the answer is to sand the inside of the kerf.
The smell this thing gives off is quite remarkable.
It made a hellacious racket while I was cutting it, to the point where I turned the saw off and looked under the table to make sure no metal parts had fallen into the way of the blade.
Now the kerf is done, but it's still noisy.
Is this normal? Is there a standard way to fix it without opening the kerf up and defeating the purpose of the zero-clearance insert?
Edit: I finally found the fine print that says various things can cause noise, and that the answer is to sand the inside of the kerf.
The smell this thing gives off is quite remarkable.