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Which way to tilt?


Tino

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Greetings,

When tilting the table, you can make cuts such as letters that can then be put back into place and

lowered into the main piece of stock or raised above the main piece of stock.

If you tilt the table to the left and keep your cut on the right side of the blade, the piece you cut

will be larger on the top than on the bottom. Because of the size difference and the size of the kerf

from the blade cutting, the piece you cut can be inserted back in and recessed.

If you tilt the table to the right and keep the cut on the left side of the blade, the piece you cut

will be smaller on the top than on the bottom. Due to the size difference and the size of the kerf from

the blade cutting, the piece you cut can be re-inserted and pushed upward raising it above the stock

it was cut from.

 

This could probably have been answered much more briefly and explained better but, if you test

cut some sample circles or letters from scrap, you will see how the tilt of the table can make a difference.

God Bless! Spirithorse

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Hi Tino,

 

You have good answers for table tilt.  Attached is my idea of which way around the pattern to go.  Possibly different blade manufacturers do it differently.  Flying Dutchman blades seem to be stamped out, putting a kerf only on the right side of the blade, as you face the saw.  Left side is flat.

 

EXPERIMENT!!  With a FD blade, if you are cutting out a tiny circle, at works far better to turn the wood CLOCKWISE.  This way, the kerf will help you cut inward.  If you go counter-clockwise, you would be trying to get the flat side of the blade to turn inwards.

 

jerry

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Please correct if I'm wrong!

All blades cut the same. A burr on one side makes no diff on table tilt.

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Table tilted left:

Cutting clockwise, the top will be larger than the bottom.

   cutting counter clockwise, the top will be smaller than the bottom.

 

Table tilted right:

Cutting clockwise, the top will be smaller than the bottom.

    cutting counter clockwise, the top will be larger than the bottom.

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Please correct if I'm wrong!

All blades cut the same. A burr on one side makes no diff on table tilt.

*******************************************************************

Table tilted left:

Cutting clockwise, the top will be larger than the bottom.

   cutting counter clockwise, the top will be smaller than the bottom.

 

Table tilted right:

Cutting clockwise, the top will be smaller than the bottom.

    cutting counter clockwise, the top will be larger than the bottom.

I'm with you on this one Larry -

We may have to be both corrected but that's the way I see it too

Fab4

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Greetings,

When tilting the table, you can make cuts such as letters that can then be put back into place and

lowered into the main piece of stock or raised above the main piece of stock.

If you tilt the table to the left and keep your cut on the right side of the blade, the piece you cut

will be larger on the top than on the bottom. Because of the size difference and the size of the kerf

from the blade cutting, the piece you cut can be inserted back in and recessed.

If you tilt the table to the right and keep the cut on the left side of the blade, the piece you cut

will be smaller on the top than on the bottom. Due to the size difference and the size of the kerf from

the blade cutting, the piece you cut can be re-inserted and pushed upward raising it above the stock

it was cut from.

 

This could probably have been answered much more briefly and explained better but, if you test

cut some sample circles or letters from scrap, you will see how the tilt of the table can make a difference.

God Bless! Spirithorse

very good logic !

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I like what spirithorse posted. 

      I do a lot of double bevel inlay work and tilt my saw table down on the left.

    

  I do not like to use the terms "clockwise and Counterclockwise" because some folks then ask." "do you mean the blade goes clockwise or the movement of the wood?" 

 

       I just keep the image to the right of my blade and do not get confused that way.

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