diggerop wrote:
"Kent" wrote in message
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I would like to know if what I am doing on a table saw is safe. I have
ripped a board to 4" in width. I then have a piece of 3/4" plywood
that is approximately 5" X 5" and I would like to cut this to 4" wide
to exactly match (in width) the first piece I ripped. I am sliding
the 5" X 5" plywood through by hand holding it tight to the fence.
Pushing it through with a push stick does not "feel" safe to me. There
is plenty of clearance for my fingers when I slide it through.
However, since the board is only 5" across, it also does not feel safe
to me to have the plywood fully behind the blade with nothing on eiter
side as I am sliding it through. Miter saw would liekly be safer,
however, I am trying to exactly match the first board I ripped.

Is what I am doing safe or not?



I concur with Leon, ... Not safe!

A while back I attempted something similar with a small piece of wood, -
had done this many times before, - this time I nicked the end of my
middle finger on my left hand on the saw blade.
Still too sore to fret a guitar string. Laziness and stupidity on my part.

Don't do it. : )

I would not feel comfortable making that cut, I'd use a sled. If the
piece has to be *exactly* the same width, cut it a tad over sized and
use a hand plane to trim it to width.

Greg M