Hitting the carriage

putttn · Post by **putttn** » Sun Aug 31, 2008 9:14 pm

Probably a really dumb question but I was trying to rip a steep angle and when I tilt the table to the left it hits the carriage. Never could figure out what I was doing wrong. Didn't seem that it would go past 30 degrees.

dusty · Post by **dusty** » Sun Aug 31, 2008 9:28 pm

Your observations are absolutely correct and are universal. You can not tilt left any further because you can't get the headstock out of the way of the table with a left tilt.

You'll have to tilt right to get a bevel greater than 30 degrees.

Yes beeg, I can't tell a right from a left.

putttn · Post by **putttn** » Sun Aug 31, 2008 10:41 pm

"You'll have to tilt left to get a bevel greater than 30 degrees". I'm now confused. I thought I couldn't tilt left. So how do you make a cut on the top of a 2x6 at the left top corner? Need to take that corner off.

beeg · Post by **beeg** » Mon Sep 01, 2008 12:13 am

I think Dusty meant tilt right. Now I'm confused. Are you trying to rip it or cut the corner off?

putttn · Post by **putttn** » Mon Sep 01, 2008 1:28 am

I'm trying to rip that darn corner off. Can't seem to visualize how to do it. The only way I can see to do it is to to tilt the saw to the left.

Bruce · Post by **Bruce** » Mon Sep 01, 2008 1:38 am

putttn wrote:I'm trying to rip that darn corner off. Can't seem to visualize how to do it. The only way I can see to do it is to to tilt the saw to the left.

Do you mean you want to rip a bevel down the length of the board? If so, you can do it by tilting the table right and flipping the board over. Put the rip fence to the right of the blade so that it will support the weight of the board and also use some outfeed support of some kind if it's a long board.

putttn · Post by **putttn** » Mon Sep 01, 2008 1:58 am

Thanks for the help, I'm going to try it first thing in the morning.

a1gutterman · Post by **a1gutterman** » Tue Sep 02, 2008 12:05 am

dusty wrote:...Yes beeg, I can't tell a right from a left.

Just as long as you can tell a right from a wrong!

beeg · Post by **beeg** » Tue Sep 02, 2008 12:22 am

dusty wrote:Yes beeg, I can't tell a right from a left.

Oh that's ok Dusty. When I'm looking at my tape measure upside down. For SOME reason, the cut is about a half inch short.

Nick · Post by **Nick** » Tue Sep 02, 2008 10:59 am

In Sawdust Sessions #19 and #20, we demonstrated all the basic operations that we could think of that had to be performed with with the table tilted. See http://www.shopsmithacademy.com/SS_Arch ... _Index.htm and http://www.shopsmithacademy.com/SS_Arch ... _Index.htm

With all good wishes,