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wrote:
for most straightforward ripping operations, you want the blade between
your body and the fence so that as you push the wood through you
naturally push it against the fence. you want your primary arm closer
to in line with the blade, so that the rest of your body is farther
from being in line with the blade. so if you are right handed, you want
to stand to the left of the blade, with the fence to the right of the
blade.

special saw operations can vary, and if you're left handed flip
everything...

I must be dim but I don't understand that. When
you rip, you want to push on the part of the wood
that is between the fence and the blade, correct?
And you do not want to stand behind that part,
correct? So if you stick you right hand straight
out (like a push), you can push the appropriate
part of the only by having the fence to the left
of the blade. Otherwise you are reaching across
the blade at the end of the cut.