"Ron Truitt" wrote in message
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I'm using an old Craftsman radial arm to crosscut cabinet plywood pieces
to length and seem to have a problem with surface tear out.

The tear out is only on the left side of the blade(a combo carbide blade
still in good shape). I get a clean cut on the right side.

Any ideas why this might be occurring, and only on the left side?

Thanks,

RonT

The blade does not spin parallel to the path it travels.