"Leon" wrote

The problem with lowering the blade at every opportunity is that you will
soon tire of that practice after doing it 3 or 4 hundred times during a
project and it certainly will introduce inconsistencies when cutting to a
specific depth.

Simply put, lowering the blade at every opportunity can increase safety
but it is not practicle as production can grind to a halt if you observe
and take every precaution to the letter. When you don't prescribe to the
letter you take risk. When you take risks you open up to the chance of an
accident. You have to weigh the risk and be your own judge.

It is practice with such negligible benefits, I don't see a need to do it.
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Jim in NC