I was wondering if anyone has come up with a good way to make a stopped cut
on a table saw (say for example to cut an L-shaped piece). The best I can
figure is:

1) raise the saw-blade as high as possible
2) make some test cuts to see where the saw blade will be on top when it
reaches the stop point on the bottom
3) mark a line on the top to stop cutting at the stop point on the bottom.
4) cut
5) clean out the end of the cut with a hand-saw
6) ask Santa for a bandsaw

Can anyone suggest ideas for making the cut easier or more accurate?

Thanks,
Dan

"Daniel Grieves" wrote in message
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I was wondering if anyone has come up with a good way to make a stopped cut
on a table saw (say for example to cut an L-shaped piece). The best I can
figure is:

6) ask Santa for a bandsaw

Can anyone suggest ideas for making the cut easier or more accurate?

Thanks,
Dan
Sample letter:
Dear Santa,
Thanks for all of the gifts in the past. I've been good this year and would
love to have a new 18" bandsaw.
Please send me a Jet or Delta. I promise to make some special Christmas
gifts in the future.

Thank you,
Dan

PS I still believe in you!

On Mon, 1 Nov 2004 12:28:30 -0800, "Daniel Grieves"
wrote:

I was wondering if anyone has come up with a good way to make a stopped cut
on a table saw (say for example to cut an L-shaped piece). The best I can
figure is:

1) raise the saw-blade as high as possible
2) make some test cuts to see where the saw blade will be on top when it
reaches the stop point on the bottom
3) mark a line on the top to stop cutting at the stop point on the bottom.
4) cut
5) clean out the end of the cut with a hand-saw
6) ask Santa for a bandsaw

Can anyone suggest ideas for making the cut easier or more accurate?


Cut it with a very nicely with a router, straight edge, and some sort
of straight bit. Lacking a router, I'd use a hand saw or jigsaw.

Stopped cuts on a table saw can get scary in a hurry. They can be
done, but there are many things that can go wrong, resulting in
damaged work or possible injury.

Barry

What about getting the new 14" Grizzly?

"TeamCasa" wrote in message
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"Daniel Grieves" wrote in message
...
I was wondering if anyone has come up with a good way to make a stopped
cut
on a table saw (say for example to cut an L-shaped piece). The best I
can
figure is:

6) ask Santa for a bandsaw

Can anyone suggest ideas for making the cut easier or more accurate?

Thanks,
Dan
Sample letter:
Dear Santa,
Thanks for all of the gifts in the past. I've been good this year and
would
love to have a new 18" bandsaw.
Please send me a Jet or Delta. I promise to make some special Christmas
gifts in the future.

Thank you,
Dan

PS I still believe in you!

Sorry Ace,
My experience with Grizzly keeps them off my list. YMMV
Dave


Ace asked:
What about getting the new 14" Grizzly?

Sample letter:
Dear Santa,
Thanks for all of the gifts in the past. I've been good this year and
would
love to have a new 18" bandsaw.
Please send me a Jet or Delta. I promise to make some special Christmas
gifts in the future.

Thank you,
Dan

PS I still believe in you!

"TeamCasa" wrote in message
...

Dear Santa,
Thanks for all of the gifts in the past. I've been good this year and
would
love to have a new 18" bandsaw.
Please send me a Jet or Delta. I promise to make some special Christmas
gifts in the future.

Thank you,
Dan

PS I still believe in you!

On Mon, 01 Nov 2004 21:41:15 +0000, Ace wrote:

What about getting the new 14" Grizzly?

When you're asking Santa for new toys, you go for broke. Didn't you pretty
much ask Santa for "one of each" when you were a kid?

Watch:

Dear Santa,

I've been a very, very good boy this year. I ate all of my veggies, helped
others when the opportunity arose, and worked really hard to raise the GNP
of 'Merica. This is what I'd like for Christmas:

Cresent bandsaw in restorable condition, preferably with working motor.
12" or larger jointer, any make.
Large, stationary drum sander.
Unisaw, pre 1970 with 5hp Baldor.
1000 bf of wood, comprised of curly cherry, quilted maple, figured
mahogany, and burls of various species.

Of course, Santa, as you well know (with you're Naughty/Nice radar) that I
have nowhere to place such items. Therefore I ask for the additional
items, because I've been so very, very good:

40' x 60' dedicated woodshop with three-phase service, heated and
air-conditioned, with front and back double-doors large enough to drive a
pickup truck into and a loading dock to the side.
Land to place a 40' x 60' shop, preferable obtained by bulldozing the home
of the annoying neighbors nearby.

Thank you ever so much Santa. Once the above has been delivered, I'll
release Donner, per our previous agreement.

Merry Christmas!

--
Joe Wells

Alas, in recent years Santa has begun using _my_ credit card when selecting
my presents.

Number 6 was close. Amend it to read, "Ask SWMBO for a band saw".
You'll be happier, so she'll be happier.

David

Daniel Grieves wrote:
I was wondering if anyone has come up with a good way to make a stopped cut
on a table saw (say for example to cut an L-shaped piece). The best I can
figure is:

1) raise the saw-blade as high as possible
2) make some test cuts to see where the saw blade will be on top when it
reaches the stop point on the bottom
3) mark a line on the top to stop cutting at the stop point on the bottom.
4) cut
5) clean out the end of the cut with a hand-saw
6) ask Santa for a bandsaw

Can anyone suggest ideas for making the cut easier or more accurate?

Thanks,
Dan

On Mon, 01 Nov 2004 16:29:00 -0600, Joe Wells
wrote:

1000 bf of wood, comprised of curly cherry, quilted maple, figured
mahogany, and burls of various species.

Santa lives in Lapland. If you're lucky you might get some masur
birch, but you can forget the tropicals.

On Mon, 1 Nov 2004 12:28:30 -0800, "Daniel Grieves"
wrote:

I was wondering if anyone has come up with a good way to make a stopped cut
on a table saw (say for example to cut an L-shaped piece). The best I can
figure is:

1) raise the saw-blade as high as possible
2) make some test cuts to see where the saw blade will be on top when it
reaches the stop point on the bottom
3) mark a line on the top to stop cutting at the stop point on the bottom.
4) cut
5) clean out the end of the cut with a hand-saw
6) ask Santa for a bandsaw

Can anyone suggest ideas for making the cut easier or more accurate?

Thanks,
Dan

Very dangerous thing on a table saw..
If you HAVE to do it that way, cut them as close to the cuts meeting
as safe, using stop blocks on miter or rip fence, then finish the cuts
with a flush cut saw of jigsaw.. YMMV

I've done production cuts on my trusty shopsmith with 1x6's standing
on edge and cutting 1/2 way through them, but only with a LOT of
feather boards, clamps and guards...

Having 2 or 3 inches of spinning blade exposed and my hands being
anywhere near it is NOT my idea of fun!

Oh.. last year, we did do something like you're talking about... had
to "notch" a bunch of 2x6's for a deck railing...
We did the ripping part of the notch on the RAS... pretty much the
same as a TS, then used my CMS, with the depth stop set 2 inches above
the table, to do the cross cut... cleaned up the resulting notch with
a touch or 3 on the 1" belt grinder... a hand saw would work fine for
That.. (or for the whole "L" cut... lol)