Hardwood store I frequent owner had board "kick" as he was pushing his
RAS. Kicked his leg a few times and changed his shorts then walked
away from it. I never tried pushing the blade when I had one.

On 2 Jan 2006 10:07:23 -0800, wrote:


Toller wrote:
I am using my new RAS for real work for the first time today?
I am cutting lap joints with a dado set.

The instructions say to always pull the saw through the work, never push it.
But I can see the work much better if I push it; pulling it puts the blade
in the way when I position the material.

I have tried it both ways and it seems pretty much action either way. What
is the big deal about pulling rather than pushing?

You _will_ pull the material up off of the table someday if you push
through. By pulling through, the blade rotation forces the material
dwon at the intersecting point of the table and fence. Optimum.

My problem with a dado on a RAS is that the saw wants to climb over the
top of the material and I'm constantly fighting that. I'm still
convinced that there's nothing faster for cross dados and half lap
joints.

Tom in KY, Be careful Toll one :-)