Don’t worry, @Stevemopolis has been diligently saving everyone’s extremities one workshop at a time.
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Highly recommend @Stevemopolis’s class; as he does an excellent job helping you to mitigate the danger. Not all safe practices are common sense; so having someone who so selflessly gives his time to keep us safer is amazing.
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Should we have a sign on the saw that says, “Training mandatory before use” …?
Also I might pick up the Diablo Combo blade from HD and maybe donate to the Space.
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Also there’s a chance you have the fence locked on crocked. if the guide isn’t perfectly straight as your guiding the wood through then the saw blade rubs against the side of the wood at the back of the cut.
I know the blade is straight I checked it a month ago unless the blade has been removed recently.
Easiest way to make sure the fence is square measure from the left side of the table to the edge of the fence same distance means its square.
Thanks Dan, great tips. Do you know what type of blade it is in there right now? How many teeth, etc?
Hi. I was wondering if anyone was aware of there being a push stick (as per Steve) for pushing work through the tablesaw? And whether there are any simple dust masks? (I thought I had a couple at my house but can’t find them).
Thanks
-Bob
There are paper masks on the shelf with the other PPE (and I think possibly a respirator, but to me that’s like using someone else’s toothbrush).
I built 2 of the design Steve shared, and on the thread where he shared it I shared a Fusion360/dxf version in case you want to print one out and gluestick it on to some plywood to bandsaw out.
Since I’ve built 2, I’ve only seen one; so I think one went missing. I can help make another tomorrow night if the other went missing.
Thanks Mike, lets do that.
All the best,
-Bob
Has the pdf/fusion…
Thanks Mike for creating the push stick. Unfortunately is was hard to do a lot pre-checking of cuts without any scrap, couldnt find any.
Does anyone know how to set a tablesaw blade to 45deg. I used a plastic tool (not sure what you call it) and found that the markings on the saw for angling the blade are not accurate. I set it for 43.5 deg but now have just found out that all my cuts still aren’t 45, so maybe the plastic tool wasnt accurate either. My guess is that it needs to be set to 42 or less on the saw. Have gotten really confused.
I guess Im needing a metal angle tool to properly set the blade but what Ive found is the teeth interfere with the as well.
Any ideas appreciated,
Thanks
-Bob
@Bobster747 - before I got a tilt box, I found that a large, plastic drafting square was the most accurate way to adjust the blade to 45 deg. Make sure the square is registering against the body of the blade and not touching any of the carbide teeth as that will throw your measurement off.
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I’ve been wanting a tilt box; but if you only need a few angles, we have something available to us that can make precision guides (laser cutter)
If you need a few angles for a project and have nothing to set them, I would recommend making a set of wedges on the laser cutter.
And because I said you could totally do this; here’s what I’m thinking:
And here’s the project you can download…
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Thankyou, this is great, the tilt box etc. I should probably get a better drafting square. I only need 45deg to make nice miter joints on a box.
All the best,
-Bob
Did you end up making a wedge? I can try to cut out a set of various angles tonight
Hey Thanks Mike, no, not moved on this. I think first Im going to work on some left over wood, if I can find any and use the plastic square that we had/have.
There’s also an angle gauge in the metal shop area. Be sure to return it when finished but I last saw it next to the lathe.
Thanks, I can come down this evening and help you with whatever.
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