This thing really does a great job cutting right through. no binding, removes a lot of wood very quickly. The first one I bought I planed both sides of 2 large slabs of hickory, 2 large block circles, 10ft 3" red oak and now both of my 5ft 3" thick slabs of red oak. . It went through pretty much everything before it got boring and I had to replace it to finish the final red oak panel. Put a new one in and it went through, no problem, no problem.