On Wed, 24 Nov 2004 02:58:03 +0000, Andy Dingley wrote:

On Fri, 19 Nov 2004 18:03:03 -0700, Doug Winterburn
wrote:

I can't understand why TS teeth moving towards the operator are OK, but
RAS teeth are scary?

TS teeth move forwards and down, holding the wood down onto the table. RAS
teeth move forwards and up, lifting the wood off the table. You're reliant
on the additional hold downs, not just a big trustworthy lump of iron.

No additional hold downs. There's a standard hold down built into the
blade guard, even on old RAS'. Yes, it does have to be adjusted for the
thickness of the workpiece for rip operations. Not a big problem and
taking around 5 seconds. And, the workpiece is under the hold down
*before* it comes in contact with the blade. Do you adjust the blade
height on the TS depending on the thickness of the workpiece? I do. Is a
RAS an "untrustworthy" lump of iron?

-Doug