Humpday Triviola
Gullets on saw blades are important for sawdust and chip removal. So why would gullets be designed narrow on crosscut saw blades?
Tommy
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Could you repeat the question slower?
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Bob is onto it and gets today's trivia points:
The gullet is the space cut away from the blade plate in front of each tooth to allow for chip removal. In a ripping operation, the feed rate is faster than in crosscutting and the chip size is bigger, so the gullet needs to be deep enough to make room for the large amount of material it has to handle. In a crosscutting blade the chips are smaller and fewer per tooth, so the gullet is much smaller. The gullets on some crosscutting blades are purposely sized small to inhibit a too-fast feed rate, which can be a problem, especially on radial arm and sliding miter saws.
Kudos Bob!