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   Westchester | Apr 27, 2011 01:39pm | #1

   Table Saw Tips

   It could be any of those issues you mention. 

   Here's two things to help sharpen up your skills :

   After you set the fence - measure from the inside of the fence to the first dado slot in the table both from the front and back ends of the fence - compare measurements to see if the fence is parallel - then check from the fence to the front tooth and back tooth of the blade. 

   Second - run a few pieces through with a feather board and see if the cuts improve -

   SA

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   BruceS | Apr 27, 2011 02:55pm | #2

   Mayber the lumber ?

   Are you getting this type of cut on many boards of just one ??

   If it's just one board, you may have reaction lumber.

   The featherboard idea is a good tip,  I thought I was pretty good at even and constant feed rate.  Till I tested a magnetic featherboard at work.   Got a much better cut with it.

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   gpssam | Apr 27, 2011 05:18pm | #3

   Is your fence straight? If it is bowed slightly, away from the blade, you will get boards that are wider at each end than in the middle. I speak from experiance on this one.

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   SteveSchoene | Apr 28, 2011 04:00pm | #4

   That's why a jointer is preferred to complete the preparation of boards to be glued up.  For that matter, unless the boards have been jointed on one edge before sawing the problem could stem from warps in the boards before sawing. 

   By the way, you have a contractor's saw, not a cabinet saw, not that it's particularly relevant in this case, though there is greater chance that it has gotten out of alignment, or that the fence either flexes too much or is itself curved. 

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   sapwood | Apr 29, 2011 10:35am | #5

   1/64" does not indicate any

   1/64" does not indicate any problem. What is a problem, or likely could be, is the dangling power cord to your saw. Its in a place where you may very likely trip over it at just the wrong time thus losing a 64th or more from a finger. Tape it up out of the way.

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   Coral_Gables_Draftsman | May 01, 2011 01:42pm | #6

   Thanks

   The culprit is a fence that is bowed by 15 thou....which is my estimate of 1/ 64" off as measured with a feeler gauge.  When I look down the length, sure enought the slight bow in the fence matches the slight bow in the wood.  My sincere thanks to all those who commented.

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   Westchester | May 01, 2011 02:48pm | #7

   Fence

   a simple fix may be to add a wood strip onto the metal fence and shim where necessary -

   SA