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Leon[_7_]

On 2/11/2014 5:50 PM, wrote:
On Tue, 11 Feb 2014 09:13:17 -0600, Leon lcb11211@swbelldotnet
My trick is to raise my blade about 1/8" above the table surface and
make my cut. I then raise the blade to make the complete cut and pass
the work through again. I only do this when cross cutting plywood.

So, essentially you're jury rigging your own scoring blade. Simple but
effective trick. That's a good idea. I'll have to give it a try.
Thanks.

That trick is as close as you can probably get to a TS equipped with the
up front scoring blade. The advantage to actually having a scoring
blade TS is that the smaller front scoring blade rotates in reverse to
the main blade so that the teeth are cutting up into the bottom of the
panel vs. down. Still the shallow cut tends to work very effectually
and the blade raised modestly high for the through cuts helps to cut
down on splintering on the top side.