On Sun, 24 Jun 2012 13:20:57 -0700, Artemus wrote:


I've seen this too, even with proper blade tension. As Yooper says it's
the chip load filling up the gullets on a wide piece. A blade with
bigger gullets (fewer TPI) or reduced feed rate/pressure usually fixes
the problem.
Art

A good point on the teeth per inch. I hadn't considered that.