Tino Posted January 11, 2016 Report Share Posted January 11, 2016 Rookie question here. What is the difference in titling the table to the left or to the right? And should you cut clockwise or counter clockwise? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LarryEA Posted January 11, 2016 Report Share Posted January 11, 2016 Great question. Now the rules will be set! Obviously I don't know. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spirithorse Posted January 11, 2016 Report Share Posted January 11, 2016 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 wombatie, bobscroll, WayneMahler and 3 others 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tino Posted January 11, 2016 Author Report Share Posted January 11, 2016 Thanks Zen Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spirithorse Posted January 11, 2016 Report Share Posted January 11, 2016 Greetings, I just saw a post in Bragging Rights about Welcome Hearts which displays the letters protruding above the stock. That may help visualize the end result of tilting the table. God Bless! Spirithorse Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jerry1939 Posted January 11, 2016 Report Share Posted January 11, 2016 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 Sawing Direction.doc Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LarryEA Posted January 11, 2016 Report Share Posted January 11, 2016 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. Tommy Johnson 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fab4 Posted January 11, 2016 Report Share Posted January 11, 2016 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 LarryEA 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
amazingkevin Posted January 11, 2016 Report Share Posted January 11, 2016 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 ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
amazingkevin Posted January 11, 2016 Report Share Posted January 11, 2016 Rookie question here. What is the difference in titling the table to the left or to the right? And should you cut clockwise or counter clockwise? I haven't seen this question in 14 years here,good one! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fab4 Posted January 12, 2016 Report Share Posted January 12, 2016 I haven't seen this question in 14 years here,good one! Yo! Kevin: Is it possible that in all of those years, you missed a post or two and that's when it was asked With close to 20,000 posts I wouldn't think so but just maybe there was that one day where you missed that one or two Just wondering....lol Fab4 LarryEA 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tino Posted January 14, 2016 Author Report Share Posted January 14, 2016 Thanks everyone for your help. This is a very nice group. I think I will stay a while. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
heppnerguy Posted January 15, 2016 Report Share Posted January 15, 2016 Thanks everyone for your help. This is a very nice group. I think I will stay a while. And this is the best news I have heard today Dick heppnerguy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FranMike Harley Posted January 15, 2016 Report Share Posted January 15, 2016 Hi all.. I found the attached in one of the woodworking books I have. Might be helpful to print out and keep handy next to the saw ? (well.. At least until you memorize it !!) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim Finn Posted January 18, 2016 Report Share Posted January 18, 2016 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. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spirithorse Posted January 18, 2016 Report Share Posted January 18, 2016 Thanks, Jim, I actually had you in mind when I posted it with that verbage because I had read posts you made about your inlay and which way the wood revolves around the blade. God Bless! Spirithorse Jim Finn 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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