Is there an advantage of one vs. the other? I am considering a General arbor
saw but don't know if I hould get the 350 (right tilt) or the 650 (left).
Any advice would be appreciated.

Left tilt seems to be popular in this forum, but where I live they are quite
rare although apparently popular with pattern makers.
If you wish to add a sliding table you may find problems finding one for a
left tilt saw.
There is a good dissertation on the subject he
http://benchmark.20m.com/articles/Le...lesawTilt.html
I am very happy with my right tilt Grizzly.
OzSawdust

"Errol Caldwell" wrote in message
.. .
Is there an advantage of one vs. the other? I am considering a General
arbor
saw but don't know if I hould get the 350 (right tilt) or the 650 (left).
Any advice would be appreciated.

In that case, I'd say move the fence to the other side of the blade.

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"Wolf Lahti" wrote in message ...

emerges from the table surface) would in some cases try to bury itself
in the fence if the angle were great enough or the stock narrow enough.
(Easy to picture--hard to describe)

What say you?

The general consensus here is that there is no general consensus. Some
folks say right-tilt is best, some left, some say it makes no difference.

It seems to me, though if you us a table saw for making your raised
panels, that right-tilt would be the way to go. True, the cutoff would
tend to be trapped between the blade and fence (a high fence, most
likely, for raised-panel work), leading to greater potential for
kickback--but with a left-tilt blade, the base of the blade (where it
emerges from the table surface) would in some cases try to bury itself
in the fence if the angle were great enough or the stock narrow enough.
(Easy to picture--hard to describe)

What say you?

"Wolf Lahti" wrote in message
...
The general consensus here is that there is no general consensus. Some
folks say right-tilt is best, some left, some say it makes no difference.

It seems to me, though if you us a table saw for making your raised
panels, that right-tilt would be the way to go. True, the cutoff would
tend to be trapped between the blade and fence (a high fence, most
likely, for raised-panel work), leading to greater potential for
kickback--but with a left-tilt blade, the base of the blade (where it
emerges from the table surface) would in some cases try to bury itself
in the fence if the angle were great enough or the stock narrow enough.
(Easy to picture--hard to describe)

What say you?


HUH??

I think what we have here is a case of left-right inversion.
"Leon" wrote in message
y.com...

"Wolf Lahti" wrote in message
...
The general consensus here is that there is no general consensus. Some
folks say right-tilt is best, some left, some say it makes no
difference.

It seems to me, though if you us a table saw for making your raised
panels, that right-tilt would be the way to go. True, the cutoff would
tend to be trapped between the blade and fence (a high fence, most
likely, for raised-panel work), leading to greater potential for
kickback--but with a left-tilt blade, the base of the blade (where it
emerges from the table surface) would in some cases try to bury itself
in the fence if the angle were great enough or the stock narrow enough.
(Easy to picture--hard to describe)

What say you?


HUH??

In article z3N8b.332632$cF.101212@rwcrnsc53,
CW wrote:
I think what we have here is a case of left-right inversion.

You're right. I got left behind.


"Leon" wrote in message
gy.com...

"Wolf Lahti" wrote in message
...
The general consensus here is that there is no general consensus. Some
folks say right-tilt is best, some left, some say it makes no
difference.

It seems to me, though if you us a table saw for making your raised
panels, that right-tilt would be the way to go. True, the cutoff would
tend to be trapped between the blade and fence (a high fence, most
likely, for raised-panel work), leading to greater potential for
kickback--but with a left-tilt blade, the base of the blade (where it
emerges from the table surface) would in some cases try to bury itself
in the fence if the angle were great enough or the stock narrow enough.
(Easy to picture--hard to describe)

What say you?


HUH??

"Morgans" wrote in message

Really. There is so much wrong with that statement, I wouldn't know where
to begin.


First off he has the wrong side of the panel against the fence.

Simply turn the panel around and have the back of the panel against the
fence on a left tilt, which would be the correct way anyway.


"Wolf Lahti" wrote in message
...
"Swingman" wrote:

In that case, I'd say move the fence to the other side of the blade.



I'm glad to see *some*body understood what I was talking about.

That would be the obvious solution - but only for fences that allow one
to have a facing on both sides. Or you could build one, I suppose,
although the construction of the back side of many fences makes that
problematic at best.