"BoyntonStu" wrote in message
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On Apr 1, 9:22 pm, Markem wrote:
On Tue, 1 Apr 2008 17:15:57 -0700 (PDT), BoyntonStu
wrote:

How do you rip without pushing?

Tablesaw!

Mark

Thanks a lot.

What is the difference between pulling a RAS towards yourself and the
board, and keeping the RAS fixed and sliding the board on a sled away
from yourself into the blade?


Done correctly the RAS fence keeps the board from moving backwards. If you
are using a sled to push the board into the RAS the blade could aggressively
grab and bad results could happen. For those that think pushing the blade
is correct, the blade is always trying to lift the board. When correctly
pulling, the blade is pushing the board down against the table and against
the fence.