On Thu, 2 Jul 2015 23:30:51 +0000 (UTC), John McCoy
wrote:

Len wrote in
:

Third, I never
thought to raise the blade. I was always told to keep the blade low
with just the teeth showing.

Yeah, I was taught the same thing, and for crosscuts that's how
I do it. But ripping that puts the teeth at a bad angle - they're
basically pushing along the wood fibers, instead of shearing
across them as they do with the blade raised.

I keep the blade low to improve dust collection. I don't use a
crosscut blade for ripping, though.