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- Incorrect blade – teeth too coarse
- Blade tension too high
- Side guides too tight
- Damaged or misadjusted blade guides
- Excessive feed
- Incorrect cutting fluid
- Wheel diameter too small for blade
- Blade rubbing on wheel flanges
- Teeth in contact with work before starting saw
- Incorrect blade speed
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- Use finer tooth pitch
- Reduce blade tension
- Check side guide clearance
- Check all guides for alignment/damage
- Reduce feed pressure
- Check coolant
- Use thinner guage blade
- Adjust wheel alignment
- Allow 1/2” clearance before starting cut
- Increase or decrease blade speed
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- Teeth pointing in wrong direction / blademounted backwards
- Improper or no blade break-in
- Hard spots in material
- Material work hardened
- Improper coolant
- Improper coolant concentration
- Speed too high
- Feed too light
- Teeth too small
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- Install blade correctly. If teeth are facing the wrong direction, flip blade inside out
- Break in blade properly
- Check for hardness or hard spots like
scale or flame cut areas
- Increase feed pressure
- Check coolant type
- Check coolant mixture
- Check recommended blade speed
- Increase feed pressure
- Increase tooth size
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- Tooth set damage
- Excessive feed pressure
- Improper tooth size
- Cutting fluid not applied evenly
- Guides worn or loose
- Insufficient blade tension
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- Check for worn set on one side of blade
- Reduce feed pressure
- Check tooth size chart
- Check coolant nozzles
- Tighten or replace guides, check for proper alignment
- Adjust to recommended tension
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- Over-feed
- Pushed material too hard, too fast
- Insufficient blade tension
- Tooth set damage
- Guide arms loose or set too far apart
- Chips not being cleaned from gullets
- Teeth too small
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- Reduce feed force
- Lower feed pressure
- Adjust recommended tension
- Check material for hard inclusions
- Position arms as close to work as possible. Tighten arms.
- Check chip brush
- Increase tooth size
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- Insufficient coolant flow
- Wrong coolant concentration
- Excessive speed and/or pressure
- Tooth size too small
- Chip brush not working
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- Check coolant level and flow
- Check coolant ratio
- Reduce speed and/or pressure
- Use coarser tooth pitch
- Repair or replace chip brush
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- Incorrect speed and/or feed
- Incorrect blade pitch
- Saw guides not adjusted properly
- Chip brush not working
- Work spinning or moving in vise
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- Check cutting chart
- Check tooth size chart
- Adjust or replace saw guides
- Repair or replace chip brush
- Check bundle configuration/adjust vise pressure
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- Indexing out of sequence
- Material loose in vise
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- Check proper machine movement
- Check vise or clamp
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- Feed pressure too high
- Tooth stuck in cut
- Improper or insufficient coolant
- Incorrect tooth size
- Hard spots in material
- Work spinning in vise - loose nest or bundle
- Blade speed too slow
- Blade teeth running backwards
- Chip brush not working
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- Reduce feed pressure
- Do not enter old cut with a new blade
- Check coolant flow and concentration
- Check tooth size chart
- Check material for hard inclusions
- Check clamping pressure - be sure work is held firmly
- Increase blade speed - see cutting chart
- Reverse blade (turn inside out)
- Repair or replace chip brush
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- Excessive feed pressure
- Insufficient blade tension
- Back-up guide roll frozen, damaged, or worn
- Blade rubbing on wheel flange
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- Decrease feed pressure
- Increase blade tension and readjust guides
- Repair or replace back-up roll or guide
- Adjust wheel cant
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- Dull or damaged blade
- Incorrect speed or feed
- Insufficient blade support
- Incorrect tooth pitch
- Insufficient coolant
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- Replace with new blade
- Increase speed or decrease feed
- Move guide arms as close as possible to the work
- Use finer pitch blade
- Check coolant flow
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- Saw guide inserts or wheel flange are riding on teeth
- Insufficient blade tension
- Hard spots in material
- Back-up guide worn
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- Check machine manual for correct blade width
- Tension blade properly
- Check material for inclusions
- Replace guide
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- Blade binding in cut
- Side guides too tight
- Radius too small for blade width
- Work not firmly held
- Erratic coolant flow
- Excessive blade tension
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- Decrease feed pressure
- Adjust side guide gap
- Use narrower blade
- Check clamping pressure
- Check coolant nozzles
- Decrease blade tension
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- Incorrect blade
- Incorrect feed or speed
- Improper or insufficient coolant
- "Blueing" caused by excessive heat
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- Use coarser tooth pitch
- Increase feed or decrease speed
- Check coolant flow
- Use above suggestions to decrease heat
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Posted by
Robert McDonald
