Gary Chester
04-23-2017, 5:19 PM
Broke a blade and it was pretty exciting!!:eek:
I'd been cutting some green Black Locust and just getting ready to start on the last log. I walked around the back of the saw while it was running and BANG!!
I can't remember if I've broken a blade before but if I did it was on the little 14" Delta and it wasn't much to talk about. This was a 1" blade on my MM16 (Late gloat).
As you can see in the pics it got pretty bent up... is this normal? It looks like the break happened just as it was nearing the top wheel and went straight up and jammed in the top corner and the inertia bent the rest of it.
Another bit of respect for big tools has been gained...
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I'd been cutting some green Black Locust and just getting ready to start on the last log. I walked around the back of the saw while it was running and BANG!!
I can't remember if I've broken a blade before but if I did it was on the little 14" Delta and it wasn't much to talk about. This was a 1" blade on my MM16 (Late gloat).
As you can see in the pics it got pretty bent up... is this normal? It looks like the break happened just as it was nearing the top wheel and went straight up and jammed in the top corner and the inertia bent the rest of it.
Another bit of respect for big tools has been gained...
358761358762358763