Which side of a 45 does the cut off go on?

I have a right hand Jet. Drop the cutoff under the blade. I have to jump the blade with the rip fence to rip 45’s.Move the miter gauge to the left slot. I normally use mine in the right one.

-- Thos. Angle, Jordan Valley, Oregon

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Hi Doug;

Good question, better safe than sorry. If you consider that if the cut off is above the blade, if actually has to slide down the blade to the tabletop. Even sounds scary.

With the cut off below the blade, it will fall away from the blade to the table top. Sounds better, no?.

Lee

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ditto, offcut should fall away from the blade

Hi All, Thanks for the reply’s. Guess I had a senior moment there. I posted the question then went into the shop and made a cutoff sled. I should have made one years ago but guess I never got around to it. The off cuts are not a problem now. When I made the cut on the sled the cut off from the fence portion fell under the blade and exploded. Just what I was afraid of, the cuts on the box came out beautiful though. Thanks for all your input.
Later,
Doug in AZ.
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