On 1/25/2012 2:53 PM, Steve Barker wrote:
On 1/25/2012 1:04 PM, m II wrote:
That's what people are starting to realize ... that the mfg. have
decreased some of the parameters so that a 12" saw doesn't really cut
anything larger than a 10" saw.

They will wait until enough 12" saws have been peddled and then drop the
new improved capacity units on the market. **SIGH**


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"Pat Barber" wrote in message ...

Read the specs really carefully....

Normally it says "vertically nested" for crown mold.

Which means it's leaning against the fence not standing
straight up.

Go here and compare a 10" & 12" saw side by side.

http://www.dewalt.com/tool-categorie...ter-saws.aspx#

you have to consider that the "tip" speed of the blade may make better
cuts also. Given the first two saws in this example, the 10 and 12 inch
dewalts, the 12" running at 3800 will produce a tip speed of about
135mph, the 10 inch running at 4000 is only 112mph. I'm not saying this
is a great big deal, because i don't really know. But i can tell you
from experience that on lawnmowers, "tip" speed is the name of the game.
The faster, the better the cut.



A blade with 20 teeth turning at 4000 rpm will produce as smooth of a
cut as a 40 tooth blade at 2000 rpm assuming feed rate is the same for both.

SO you do not have to have a 80 tooth cross cut blade to produce a
smooth cut if you simply feed a 40 tooth blade at about half the speed.

But yes the faster the blade spins with all things being equal the
smoother the cut will be.