My fence is to the right of the blade as has been said 99.9% of the
time. I have greater fence travel to the right of the blade and that is
the reason.

The only reason the fence goes to the left of the blade is when I've
got to do wide/long glue ups. In conjunction with my bench behind the
saw it makes for a great expance of surface (50" x 50") that is very
flat. I have a roll of craft paper on the end of the table on the saw
that I can roll out across the working surface. And, I use the fence as
a hold down for the paper.

Roy