Originally Posted by
Kevin Jenness
There's more ways to the woods than one.
Very definitely and a discussion of different methods allows us to see alternative ways of working. For me a long rip fence on the machine is nothing more than a damned nuisance as I rarely use it full length and it is either retracted so I have to walk around it or pushed full forward and I then have to work around the fence and the overhead guard to retrieve small off cuts. Not having the rip fence on the machine except when needed clears the whole table on the right hand side. I have asked a question surrounding the use of clamps and related my way of working, nothing more or less and would not criticise anyone for using clamps if that makes them feel safe or gives them a better result. Accuracy has never been a problem for me but others obviously get a better result when using clamps and so be it.
Chris
Everything I like is either illegal, immoral or fattening