On Jan 6, 11:25*am, Chris Friesen wrote:
On 01/06/2010 07:19 AM, Larry Jaques wrote:

Q for Left-tilters: Is LT really that much more beneficial than a RT
blade, or is it just a tad more safe?

Swingman's got it.

It's safer on a beveled rip cut. *The primary benefit is that the offcut
is not trapped between the blade and the fence. *If you put the fence to
the left of the blade you can get he same effect with a right tilt saw.

This is an unusual configuration with tablesaws for some reason,
although it's common with bandsaws. *Go figure.

Which leads be to ask, why are miter gauges normally set up for the
left side of the fence?
The extension table is on the right, so...