Wrecked Aluminium from chopsaw

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Originally Posted by CENTURION

Usually clamping on both sides of the blade is considered to be a very bad idea (Blade binding and all that). We have had no problems clamping with the built-in clam and a C-clamp on one side.

If you follow the "Don't bring the blade up until it stops" rule, then I don't think clamping on both sides is an issue, but I would still stick to the one side.

I've never had any issue with it at all (been doing it for ~7 years now), and it does a great job of ensuring that your work piece stays right where you want it.

We never let the students bring the blade up while spinning regardless of material; we find it better to keep the procedure the same.