I taught myself to do the same thing, narrow repeated strips at same
time gets done with one rip fence setting then a LONG fence riding
push jig holds the front end down and pushes the end out of the way of
the blade. Biggest problem is transitioning from hand pushed long
piece to fence riding jig without burning some woods from the stall in
movement.

On Mon, 4 Oct 2004 13:00:56 -0400, "firstjois"
wrote:

John McCoy wrote:
"jtpr" wrote in
news:1096835894.eYlvSgVjg6IsV/Z5Ix8+Lw@teranews:

Also, he cuts thin strips with the waste side between the fence and
the blade. So if he wanted to rip a 1" piece off a 6" board, he
would have the 5" side between the fence and the blade. I do it in
reverse. I never really thought about it. How do you guys do it?
Which is safer/better?

I dislike having a significantly wider piece on the outside of the
blade. It just feels funny as it's being pushed thru, especially
at the end of the cut (like it's trying to rotate away from the
fence). So if I was ripping several thin strips off a wide piece of
stock,
I'd have the waste against the fence. If I was ripping it from stock
not much more than twice the width, I'd do it with the waste outside.

John

While I can visualize what you mean, I was taught to keep the best edge
against the fence, your way you are making a new edge every time and for
some reason that was frowned upon. Maybe because we were students???

Josie