I’m going to make a run of coves on the table saw by pushing the stock past a molding head with round nose cutter installed. This is quicker than taking 1/16″ or 1/8″ cuts with each pass thru a conventional blade. My question is about the position of the angled fence. Is it safer to place the angled fence to the right of the molding head or the left? To the right, the operator must push with firm pressure to the angled fence, and to the left the cutter rotation keeps the stock tight to the angled fence.
Thanks,
Don
Edited 3/15/2003 8:59:47 PM ET by DONC4
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I've never used a moulding head for coves but when I use the blade I use a fence on either side.Is it a CMT head with a lot of teeth? If not it will be a low feed rate .What about the upward force and chatter? Maybe this is more in the nature of an observation than the answer you need
You want the cutter rotation to keep the stock against the fence.
Tom:
I have used this method many times.Even so,I always use many light cuts. Be sure that the coving head is sharp. I use the same shop made tools to feed the work that I use to feed work across the jointer.
The main advantage that the cove cutter has over the saw blade is in the somewhat faster and easier clean up.
Be sure that the stock is straight and the surfaces and edges are parallel.Now,hold the stock down to the table and against the fence with feather boards.
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I think you want to direct that response to the original poster. I was just posting a response to his question. I have had very good luck cove cutting on the tablesaw. Sorry for any confusion.Tom
Thank you for the correction. Sorry that I did not examine the lists more closely.
Perhaps he will eventually see it.
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