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OK, I won't mention past this the stupid mistake I made and came THAT
close...

I have some small pieces of cedar to cut. They are already formed at
3 1/2" long, and 1 1/2" square ends. The problem is that one corner
needs to be more than 90 degrees. If using a table saw, this means
pushing them through a tilted blade for two adjacent sides to form the
larger angle on one edge.

Question ...how to do this safely? I thought of planing by hand, and
might wid up doing that after I've ruined a few pieces. Safety is the
issue. I made one mistake, and now look like I'm getting ready to
weld inside an old chemical drum with all the protective gear.

Thanks.


If I understand the problem correctly, it shouldn't be too difficult
to make some kind of jig that will clamp the workpiece, perhaps using
stop blocks of some kind to set the correct position & angle of each
piece. The jig could attach to the miter gauge or run along the rip
fence, whatever is easiest for you to build. In either case, position
it so that the top ot the tilted blade is furthest away from the
workpiece.


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Larry Wasserman Baltimore, Maryland