Roger, I'm just curious, you said in your last post that Cherry burns very easily...I use a lot of cherry and dont have that much problem with it burning. what size blade are you using?
To be honest, I don't remember what blade I used, I cut those boxes about three years ago. I'm guessing that I used either a #9 or #10 blade because of the thickness of the wood and gentle curves the box has. But, I will tell you this, I have burned cherry wood with just about every power saw I own and even with a hole saw on the drill press. I have cut cherry with a jig saw, a table say, a scroll saw, and a miter saw, and I get some burning in places almost every time. It usually isn't much and not hard to sand off but, I do remember that on these boxes I got absolutely charred wood in places because the blade could not get the dust out of the way because of the thickness of the wood. I made a dinning room table out of cherry and there was some burning when I used my table saw. Cherry wood just won't take much heat at all but, it sure looks nice when it is finished and after it has set in the sun for a year or so. It gets darker from the UV rays regardless of the finish you put on it.
If you have never burned cherry, you haven't cut it very much.
Rog
PS I hope you realize that last smart @$$ remark was meant to be funny and teasing not mean.
