blade deflection in thin kerf miter saw blade

[Chris Padilla]

Travis, I hope it's ok to bring up this long dormant thread.

Checking Travis' profile, he hasn't logged into SMC since November, 2015, so he may not get the word on your question, Ben. Just an FYI.

[Ben Murphy]

Thanks Chris,
I've received some good answers anyway. The deflection I was observing in the thin Kirf 12" blades was with red oak. Now I've done a test cutting 1x6 t&g pine at 45deg miter, 30deg bevel, something I've done literally thousands of times with 10" saws. I could only get near perfect cuts 2 out o 10 times with my 2 thin Kirf 12" Freuds (I sh*t canned the dewalt blade). I finally found 6" Amana stabilizers w 1" arbor which I'm sure would fix the problem but I'm considering retuning it and getting the DW717. I need accuracy all the time and the increased cutting capacity rarely.