On Jan 20, 1:18*pm, "Leon" wrote:
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Ripping a narrow board and cutting to length a short piece of wood are two
different matters. *...

Both of these are ripping operations. The 5" length is plenty long
enough for bearing against the fence imo.

I'd concur w/ the opinion of "if you're not comfortable, do something
else" but this certainly isn't in the high-risk category.

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