Woodworking Fact or Fiction: Does Tape on Wood Gives Cleaner Cuts / Less Tear-Outs

in wood •  7 years ago 

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In my experience, it helps when cutting plywood or any type of manufactured board. Taping keeps it from splintering and tearouts from happening. We would also always turn the finished side down

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Tape can't stop a dull blade from ripping up a piece of wood... It will, though, keep the splinters from shooting all over, and depending on how dull the blade is, it may stop the tear-outs. It all really depends on how dull the blade is. I did a job with Brazilian Cherry, and once that blade got dull there is no way to keep that wood from splintering.