Bevel Ripping on a Table Saw With Right Tilting Blade

I can’t say definitively what is correct, but I never cut a bevel with the wood trapped under the blade
and between the fence.

-- Gary - Never pass up the opportunity to make a mistake look like you planned it that way - Tyler, TX

I’d be leery of doing it.

-- I've been blessed with a father who liked to tinker in wood, and a wife who lets me tinker in wood. Southern Delaware karson_morrison@bigfoot.com †

Always seemed like loading a gun aimed right at yourself. I’ll take awkward over dangerous.

-- "Bordnerizing" perfectly good lumber for over a decade.

Beveling with the wood trapped like this is an accident waiting to happen.

-- Challenges are what make life interesting; overcoming them is what makes life meaningful- Joshua Marine

Trapping the cutoff never was a good idea.

-- Bob Vila would be so proud of you!

Thats just Dangerous.

-- Andy Stark

Really depends on what you’re cutting. Beveling the edge of a wide plank is no problem. Beveling thick stock with the blade close to the fence gets a little precarious.

-- "The way to make a small fortune in woodworking- start with a large one"

id dial 911 first then make your cut . lol

How long is the wood you are cutting?
I have used my crosscut sled (24”) for this cut as I built it with a vertical hold down so there is little risk of tossing the stick out from under it.
The base is Mdf and I just glue in a new strip of it to close the gap from the bevel when I’m done.
p.s. it’s not an everyday event here BTW.

Bob

-- A mind, like a home, is furnished by its owner

Recently there was a very ‘heated’ argument on a different forum that I frequent on this very subject with several European woodworkers weighing in on the debate. There was also a neat video to watch using a low rip fence and also a “short fence” on the right tilt table saw. (I guess it is illegal to use a left tilt saw in any commercial shop in most of Europe. Also all their saws must have riving knives instead of splitters.)
Anyway, I’ve got a right tilt saw and I think I’ll continue to move the fence to the left side when making a angle rip cut even if does feel awkward.

-- Jim

Yesterday and in direct conflict with my preceding statement I made up a 45° bevel crosscut sled.
It is similar to the one shown above and uses the same hold down to avoid more clutter.
My joints are dead on with this jig and you cant put a hair in the line between the parts.
If only for accuracy I would build this but the safety is unchallengable.

In esscence this does move the wood to the left of the blade.

p.s. Jim, what forum were you looking at with the debate on North American tools.
Surely those “Europeans” must have something else to do with their time.

They seem so caught up on doing what the “state” dictates that they cant think .
Imagine a tablesaw designed by bureaucrats. <g>

Bob

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I can’t imagine why left-tilt would be more dangerous than right-tilt. I’ve had both types of saws and I move the fence to both sides of the blade depending on the operation. The fence spends more time to the right of the blade with a left-tilt saw.

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I have two right tilt saws and have, for the past thirty years, done bevel ripping with the fence to the right of the blade. On the very rare occasion, the piece has come out like a bullet.

I NEVER stand directly behind the piece being ripped (always off to the side) whether beveled or not

I always lock the shop and make sure no one is standing near the area of danger.

-- "Good artists borrow, great artists steal”…..Picasso

Okay I wasn’t sure about posting a link to another forum and have now found out that it’s okay with everyone.
Here is the link that other debate on left and right tilt saws and ripping:
http://www.woodworkingtalk.com/showthread.php?t=2970
Check out the video link that is within one of the postings on using a short fence. Very interesting concept.

-- Jim

I wasn’t sure Jim until you gave us the link but that guy has been on a mission all over North american wood forums endorsing the European standards while at the same time undermining the safety of North American tables saws.
I really don’t understand why he can’t just leave it be.

Not taking sides right now, just a little tired of the constant malarkey and continuous cross posting of same.

Bob

-- A mind, like a home, is furnished by its owner