On 4/1/2010 7:05 PM, Max wrote:

Plus it keeps you from needing to install a rear stop on the guide
rail when making the initial plunge ... a step not needed if the
plunge is made before the blade engages the stock.

Max (in appreciation for your patience) {:-)

Well, I think this has somehow gotten blown out of proportion with
regard to the real world.

If you put a stop on one end of the guide rail and just leave it there,
it becomes a moot point and you can indeed use two 55" guide rails to
cut a full sheet easily.

My personal preference is to not keep a stop on all the time and the
only way to get away with that, with full regard for safety, is to let a
bit of the guide rail hang over the workpiece and plunge the saw before
moving it forward.

In practice I don't think you will have a problem doing it either way.

It is really not a problem to leave the stop on.

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