Lets say that you want to cross cut a piece of wood that is roughly 2' wide and your miter gauge isn't fully in the groove on the table saw how do you do it nicely. I have a craftsman 22124 table saw and i find my self having a hard time cross cutting something wider than the space of my blade to the start of the cast iron. I hope i am making sence? What i have been doing is set my fence to the measurement, start the cut then halfway put my miter gauge on for the finishing cut. I wasn't sure if there is a smarter way to do this. The only problem with my technique is if the piece is bigger than 32" to the right or left i can't use my table saw fence cause it only goes to 31". What do you guys do?
Thanks Josh