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That is a very appropriate piece of history indeed.beeg wrote:Wood this be of any value Everett?
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Up to a 15" saw blade???mountainbreeze wrote:Never thought about mashing potatoes with my shopsmith. Now that is thinking outside the box!
I have seen that before but the idea of feeding a sheet of plywood past that exposed saw blades just scares the day-lights out of me. Now, having said that, if the set up included the right sort of jigs and fittings it would be very helpful. The unsecured cut off would be a real problem (just as it is when using the Mark V with the table tilted. That piece above the saw blade MUST BE CONTROLLED!cooch366 wrote:A Vertical panel saw
First time seeing that, never entered my mind.
Also outside the box.
I can also see a jig that could be attached to it to make sure the piece being cut remains parallel to the blade
Nice adaptation.
dusty wrote:I have seen that before but the idea of feeding a sheet of plywood past that exposed saw blades just scares the day-lights out of me. Now, having said that, if the set up included the right sort of jigs and fittings it would be very helpful. The unsecured cut off would be a real problem (just as it is when using the Mark V with the table tilted). That piece above the saw blade MUST BE CONTROLLED!cooch366 wrote:A Vertical panel saw
First time seeing that, never entered my mind.
Also outside the box.
I can also see a jig that could be attached to it to make sure the piece being cut remains parallel to the blade
Nice adaptation.
Apparently DeWalt thought that was a good idea as well and documented it in their book for the Radial Arm Saw as seen here. https://www.sawdustzone.org/forum/discu ... ras-terrordusty wrote:I have seen that before but the idea of feeding a sheet of plywood past that exposed saw blades just scares the day-lights out of me. Now, having said that, if the set up included the right sort of jigs and fittings it would be very helpful. The unsecured cut off would be a real problem (just as it is when using the Mark V with the table tilted. That piece above the saw blade MUST BE CONTROLLED!cooch366 wrote:A Vertical panel saw
First time seeing that, never entered my mind.
Also outside the box.
I can also see a jig that could be attached to it to make sure the piece being cut remains parallel to the blade
Nice adaptation.