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   LRutherfor1 | Aug 08, 2002 07:00am | #1

   My tablesaw has a left tilt.  I, personally think it gives me better control when I'm cutting angle cuts.  It give you the fence to run your stock against, and a better control.  I do have extension tables on three sides, but I still like the left tilt better.

   Just remember, most of the time, it's personal choice, and what you feel more comfortable with.

   Len (Len's Custom Woodworking)

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   noone50 | Aug 08, 2002 08:28am | #2

   In respect to left vs. right. I have never found anything anywhere that substantiates a reason for which one is best. I use a right tilt and am happy with the results I achieve. Others will swear by a left tilt. I've achieved the same results with both but that dosen't make either one the better. My advice would be to simply try them both. Whichever one you feel confortable with is probably the one you should buy.

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   bill_1010 | Aug 08, 2002 05:07pm | #3

   someone once explained to me that left is better then right. While its a personal preferance, the tearout is on the bottom side against the table.  When it comes to miters, left tilts has the outside edges of miters nearly 99% of the time on the top, whereas right tilts put the outside of the miter on the tearout side 99%of the time

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   PaulGeer1 | Aug 08, 2002 08:55pm | #4

   Zaverio;

   So far the advice you got about left tilt table saws here is every thing I would have said, but I think it Bill 1010 who brought out the fact that the work on a left tilt is on top of the blade when cutting miters. As a safety issue there would be less binding against the blade, on a right tilt the work is below the blade... that is if you're using the rip fence extension table for support and miter gauge is to the right of the blade.

   I have a right tilt TS at the home shop but at work we just this year got a left tilt and we all love it. 

   Paul

     

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   RandMCapozzi | Aug 09, 2002 07:57pm | #5

   If you are doing a lot of angle rips on a table saw, then the left tilt is the way to go. If, however, you plan on doing a lot of dado work, or plan on using saw blades of different kerfs, consider the right tilt. The right tilt will allow you to change the width of your blade without changing the measurement between the right side of the blade to the face of the fence (assuming your fence sits to the right of the blade.) Then, no matter the width of blade you are using, you can be sure the measurement that your rip fence is giving you, is correct. Why is that? Left tilt saws flip the arbors position to the motor. Left tilt motors have the arbor sticking out to the right and right tilts have the arbor sticking out the left. When you place a blade on a left tilt motor, you are sliding it on from the right. With right tilts you are sliding from the left. Therefore, the right tilt saw will always maintain a constant measurement from the blade because the inside arbor flange sits between the inside of the blade and the face of the fence.

   I've used both and found that, for me, the consistent rip fence measurement was more advantages than the angle rip.

   Those are the only pro's and con's I have heard between Right vs. Left.

   --Rob

   
   

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   Edited 8/9/2002 7:45:29 PM ET by RANDMCAPOZZI

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   zaverio | Aug 11, 2002 04:15am | #7

   Thank you for the fine opinions. I believe now that the constant distance between the blade and the fence can be a good reason for getting a right tilt.

   Thank you all.

   Zav

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   TKanzler | Aug 10, 2002 03:52am | #6

   I have a right-tilt Unisaw, a newer version of what I got started on a few decades ago.  In order to enjoy the advantages of a left-tilt, on the rare occasion when there really is an advantage (to me), I simply move the Beisemeyer fence to the other (left) side of the blade.  The capacity is about 14" on the left, which has been enough for the majority of my 'left-tilt' needs.  I do, however, have to measure and set the fence the hard way, but certainly no worse than the old Jet-Lock fences.  Did I mention I got started a few decades ago?

    

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