On 1/21/2011 9:23 PM, Lew Hodgett wrote:

as well as only raising
the blade only until the top of the material was equal to the gullet
of the blade.

While I agree for most instances, IME, a higher blade can actually help
to keep you out of trouble with some types of wood, like reaction wood.

Just another example of where rule of thumb can, and should be, trumped
by experience, which, in the real world, ultimately dictates what is
safe(r) and what isn't.

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