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   JohnWW | May 14, 2004 03:29am | #1

   Place a new wood fence on the miter gauge and you'll have "zero clearance" support for the stock that will eliminate any possibility of tearout and you won't have to buy another blade.

   John W.

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   scooter1 | May 14, 2004 11:04pm | #2

   They make a blade, called a "glue joint blade" which is essentiall a ripping blade, but half the teeth are triple bevel blaces. It produces a very smooth glue joint.

   Regards,

   Boris

   "Sir, I may be drunk, but you're crazy, and I'll be sober tomorrow" -- WC Fields, "Its a Gift" 1934

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   Elcoholic | May 15, 2004 12:00am | #3

   I use a rip blade and back up the cut.  I've read about guys having a pair of rip blades ground to their favorite dovetail angle so they don't have to clean out the corners.John O'Connell - JKO Handcrafted Woodworking

   Life is tough.  It's tougher if you're stupid - John Wayne

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   bakesale1 | May 15, 2004 03:37am | #4

   Thanks, John. It's my intention to get a FTG blade ground this way. The question is which blade. I was thinking of a rip balde with 24 teeth but someone told me it might splinter and suggested a 30 tooth blade. Both tails and pins will have a backer board.