I am an artist and I make my own frames for my canvases. I use maple – making a shadow box style – the wood has an inner ridge or lip (if that makes sense). My mitre saw is chipping a corner off the wood- the part of the moulding that faces the back of the saw. I cannot for the life of me figure out why it is doing this. My husband seems to think it is the nature of the wood – that it is being "ripped" off in a sense – at the end of the cut. Can I tape the wood to help prevent this? We have a really good fine blade on it – fairly new (only used for making my frames – although it has not always been a problem.

Any suggestions or comments would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks
I am very impressed with the response time here!
I just read in another question that the higher the teeth count the better – for fine cuts (for something like making picture frames)? Excuse my relative ignorance on this subject – I am an artist not a trades person….But should I be looking for a blade with a negative rake? And the diablo blades where might I find them?

Thanks again