Using a Table Saw

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Hi, my name is Kevin and on behalf of Expert Village, I'm going to talk to you a little bit about what the next step is in milling solid wood process by getting, we've got two faces parallel to each other and one edge perpendicular to those two faces, in getting the other edge parallel to this edge and the machine we do that on is the table saw. One important thing you want to do is you want to check your table saw and make sure that the blade is square to the table so when we get that cut, we know it?s good and perpendicular to the two faces and square to the other edge. We're checking it, it looks good. You want to make sure that you're in between the teeth when you take that measurement because the actual saw tooth protrudes and can make it so it appears that the blade is not perpendicular to the table but actually is, so you just want to go between the teeth when you take that measurement. Once you've got that, the next thing to do is to take your piece, put it on the table and adjust the height of the blade so that it is only cutting through the actual piece of wood and thus making it a safer cut. That way when you're pushing it over, less of the blade exposed and less chance that if something were to go wrong, that would reduce the injury. Once you've got that, the next step is to take a measurement at the narrowest part of the board and then setting the fence to just take off enough amounts to establish this edge parallel to the other one. When you're using a rip blade, which is what you want to do in this cut, this is a rip cut, this is on the face along the grain, this is a rip cut, you want to use a rip blade. It?s a blade that has fewer teeth and more room for extraction of material. On the opposite end of the spectrum is a crosscut blade which has a lot more teeth and its used for going across the grain so there's a lot less tear-out. But in this case, this is a rip, we're going to use a rip blade with an insert that allows for as much dust to go into the table saw as possible. Its important to remember when using the table saw that you push at all times you're bearing up against the fence, pushing in the direction of the fence and forwards. It?s almost at a slight angle going into the fence but also going forward and so we're going to push it in, the blade will be cutting, it?s a nice good rip cut, so it will be a good smooth cut and we're going to push it all the way through and it?s important to remember to push it all the way through until its clearly pass the blade and to then let go of the work piece and then immediately shut the saw off. In addition to that, it?s really important that when you're using this machine, to use a dust mask and especially eye wear to protect your eyes from any shrapnel that may be coming off the blade or the wood at you. Although not totally essential, always a good idea to use hearing protection for this operation as well. Alright, after that we now have two faces that are parallel to each other, two edges that are parallel to each other and all of those are perpendicular to one another so we have a nice flat square stock that is ready to go to the chop saw and establish the ends as perpendicular to faces and edges and then parallel to one another.

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