Quote Originally Posted by Kevin Jenness View Post
Brent,

I see your point. If the start of the cut is that close it would be a good idea to begin with an over-length piece. I think Joe's recommendation is good in principle though as pivoting from the rear tends to invite a catch
Small world! I was helping someone out last night with some shaper work and this very thing happened to them! Fortunately they'd only cut their test stock to length and their main components were still over length and they just left them that way till we were done. By the time they'd completed the ten components they were really comfortable with it.