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Thu Mar 17, 2011 8:12 am

Gippeto wrote:
It might take a few fingers to learn how to cut tiny pieces on a table saw with a stock fence. My friend Bart has 4 fingers on his left hand; the table saw owns his other finger.


Not rocket science...rarely is.
Can you show us a video where a saw safely cuts a short and narrow piece of wood in half?
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Thu Mar 17, 2011 2:45 pm

boyntonstu wrote:Can you show us a video where a saw safely cuts a short and narrow piece of wood in half?
Do you want me to go outside and film myself cutting a short and narrow piece of wood in half with a hand saw?
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saefroch wrote:
boyntonstu wrote:Can you show us a video where a saw safely cuts a short and narrow piece of wood in half?
Do you want me to go outside and film myself cutting a short and narrow piece of wood in half with a hand saw?
Yes, go outside and cut a 1/2" wide by 2" long piece of wood using a POWER saw.

If you want a hand tool thread, I suggest that you start one.
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Thu Mar 17, 2011 4:46 pm

I could do that using a jig saw with ease. What's your point?
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Thu Mar 17, 2011 7:22 pm

saefroch wrote:I could do that using a jig saw with ease. What's your point?
Make a video and prove it.
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Thu Mar 17, 2011 10:11 pm

Well Stu...if you want to play with itty bitty pieces of wood...that's your call...idiocy like that might be why your friend is missing digits?

If I want a piece 1/2" x 2" long...I'm much more likely to rip a piece 1/2" x 12+" long using the method I linked to and then either use a miter sled with the table saw to cut to length...or use a miter saw.

Heck...I betcha a radial arm saw could cut it to length too. :lol:

But what do I know.. I still have all my fingers...must be doing something wrong eh? :roll:
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Gippeto wrote:Well Stu...if you want to play with itty bitty pieces of wood...that's your call...idiocy like that might be why your friend is missing digits?

If I want a piece 1/2" x 2" long...I'm much more likely to rip a piece 1/2" x 12+" long using the method I linked to and then either use a miter sled with the table saw to cut to length...or use a miter saw.

Heck...I betcha a radial arm saw could cut it to length too. :lol:

But what do I know.. I still have all my fingers...must be doing something wrong eh? :roll:
If it is your style to call a fellow member of the forum an idiot, you will have to live with it.


I used the tiny piece of wood as an example of how a very dangerous power saw procedure could be accomplished with complete safely on my saw.
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Fri Mar 18, 2011 4:28 pm

So...your friend with the missing digits is you now?

I showed how proper technique can cut the piece in complete safety on factory equipment. Proper technique over re-invention.
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Gippeto wrote:So...your friend with the missing digits is you now?

I showed how proper technique can cut the piece in complete safety on factory equipment. Proper technique over re-invention.
Calling my friend an idiot is not acceptable.

When did you show a power saw cutting a 1/2" x 2" x 3/8" thick piece of plywood in half lengthwise?
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Fri Mar 18, 2011 6:32 pm

Table Saw Challenge - Double Bevel

Take a 3" x12" x 1/2" piece of stock.

Bevel a 45* angle half way down edge of the stock at this angle \

and continue the bevel the rest of the way at this angle /.

You may not turn the stock upside down or lift it from its flat, on the table position.

Can you do it on your table saw?



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Fri Mar 18, 2011 6:39 pm

Why are you always arguing about table saws? thats easily done on a miter or jigsaw.
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turner wrote:Why are you always arguing about table saws? thats easily done on a miter or jigsaw.
Do you have have an answer to the challenge?
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Fri Mar 18, 2011 7:01 pm

boyntonstu wrote:This scenario is similar to my homemade elevator. I could have spent $15,000 for a commercial elevator. I chose to re-invent the wheel for $100.
You shouldn't be to quick to point to your "elevator" as an engineering success. It violates building/safety and fire codes in every county within the United States. Anyone with access to an auto wrecking yard could do the same.

Instead of a hobby of making things cheap, maybe you could change to making things of quality. Not everything you make is an "Invention".
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Fri Mar 18, 2011 7:05 pm

so you want it pointy like afence post? You could use a v shaped jig behind the blade probably. But there are better ways to do it, or just flip it over lol.
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Fri Mar 18, 2011 7:16 pm

It's about lateral thinking, not efficiency.

Regarding the challenge, I don't own a table saw, nor can I answer the question. I look forward to the solution though.
/sarcasm, /hyperbole
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