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   Bob_Van_Dyke | Dec 20, 2007 05:14pm | #1

   That is a perfectly safe and accepted technique because there is no stock being trapped between blade and fence.
   You are correct when you say you should not use the fence (a a stop) when crosscutting. That is because the "drop" would be trapped between the fence and the blade and it will kick back (the first time I did it before I knew any better it hit me right between the eyes!!)
   When cutting with a dado blade there is no "drop" to be trapped- you are simply cutting sawdust- so no problem' That is how I usually make tenons- cutting with the dado blade and the length of the tenon is determined by the fence.

   Hope that clears things up for you.
   Bob Van Dyke

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   Woody42 | Dec 21, 2007 01:59am | #2

   Thank you.  That confirms what I thought and observed but it had never been specifically stated.