"Chris Friesen" wrote in message
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MikeWhy wrote:
The concept seemed simple enough, and it didn't occur to me that I had
never tried cutting anything this long before. I have to cut some 8'
sheets of plywood the long way on the TS.

Get/make outfeed support for both the cut and offcut. Infeed support is
good as well.

Hold the plywood at the back left corner. I like to have one hand on the
back and one on the left side. Start the cut, applying pressure towards
the front right corner to keep the board against the fence. Once you get
fast the first few feet, move directly behind the sheet and push it
through.

I envy you that. It just wouldn't start straight for me. The long leverage
made it especially easy to over correct. (It turned out to be pretty
manageable just by adding some support at the far end, behind me. I just
stoood at the table and fed it, just like any other rip. Maybe some day in
the far future, I'll try it again... but I suspect I'll just happily pay the
$1/cut.)