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James D Kountz
 
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Ditto Nova

Jim


"Nova" wrote in message
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EugeneC173 wrote:

I have a Shop Fox 3hp cabinet saw equipped with an Osborne EB3 miter

gauge with
a stop for repetitive cutting. The blade is aligned dead on parallel to

the
miter slot using a calibration plate and dial indicator for reference.

When
using the miter guage I am advancing the miter gauge and work piece

until it is
cut. After the cut is completed, I retract the workpiece with miter

gauge
towards me, I don't pass the board past the rear of the blade and then

turn off
the saw. I feel kind of unsafe doing it this way because I do have a

trapped
piece of wood risking a huge kickback. I see Norm do it the way I

described
every week. I would like to have some opinions on this, how do you guys

do it?
What is the normal method of crosscutting with a miter gauge?

Incidently, there
is no play in the slot on the miter guage, Zero! TIA.......

Gene


When I'm not using the stop I'll retract the miter gauge after slightly

moving the
stock away from the blade. If I'm using a stop the the stock is removed

off the
back of the saw or the saw is shut off with the blade stopped before I

retract the
miter gauge.

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Jack Novak
Buffalo, NY - USA
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