Tommy T wrote:

| Does anyone have a suggestion before I begin the costly,
| inconvenient, and most like unsatisfactory experience of taking it
| to a sears repair store?

Try cutting on the 'pull'. If the board is slightly curved away from
the fence at the blade, that should cause the kerf to want to open
rather than pinch the blade.

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Morris Dovey
DeSoto Solar
DeSoto, Iowa USA
http://www.iedu.com/DeSoto/