Quote Originally Posted by Hoosiersmoker View Post
Full rotation of the cutter seems like a lot of wasted motion and . Push pull would seem easier and faster?
Reciprocating motions are immensely more complex and troublesome to maintain due in part because every cycle must start and stop twice to complete a full cycle . Not to mention in this circumstance if the saw blade was traveling in the reverse direction the possibility of the tissue stack unfolding the top layers could be an issue. Rotary motions take advantage to continuing kinetic energy built up in the flywheel effect greatly lowering the power requirement