Right Tilt TS: any tips or jigs for 45% ripping??

[John Gornall]

45 rips can also be done with bandsaw, jointer, tracksaw, or handplane

[Michael Drew]

Making about fifty of these ~30" rips, and needing them to be as close to perfect as possible, without burning the boards, is why I came here asking for ideas. One 45 rip - not a big deal. After these boards are ripped, they then get squared and glued. That panel then gets cross cut on a 90. The pattern needs to be perfect to give the board a 3D look.

I think I'm going to build a sled that uses both miter slots. It will be purpose built for ripping to the left of the blade. I'll install a couple T-tracks in the sled base, perpendicular to the blade to secure a fence running parallel to the blade. Haven't come up with a more elegant solution than that.......

[Mike Kees]

I used to own an Excalibur sliding table that mounted on the left side of my right tilt saw. That worked really well for the situation you are talking about. I would tilt my blade and set up a sacrificial wood fence as was mentioned above and give that a shot. It would eliminate the kickback problem.