I finally figured out why my miters kept opening up

Been fighting miters for two years on trim work. Last week a buddy watched me cut and said "you're not letting the blade stop before you pull back." Simple fix but man what a difference.

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phoenixb342mo ago

Bet the blade heat was messing with your cut too

faith_king2mo ago

Yeah the heat can actually change the metal grain structure.

pat_fisher242mo ago

Hang on, wait. So the blade was actually hot enough to mess with the cut? I never even thought about that when working with metal. I always figured heat was just a byproduct, not something that could ruin the cut itself. That's wild, man.