Which Way do you tilt?

[gafftaper]

My table saw's goign to be a Delta 10" Unisaw, with 50" table, Biesemeyer Commercial Fence System, on a Mobile Base... Not sure if it's 3 or 5 H.P. yet... still trying to solve my electrical question.

So do you prefer a Right Tilt Blade or a Left Tilt Blade and Why?

[Footer]

Tilt right-into the fence. Yes i know you can move the fence to the other side. My feeling is that I want the blade to hold the piece into the fence.

[Chaos is Born]

left tilt, if the board rises off of the table it will not effect the size of the board

[Traitor800]

You almost never want you blade to tilt toward your fence, by doing that youve effectively pinched your piece of wood between the blade and the fence and theres no way for it to escape upward so if the wood binds bad stuff will happen, like the board shooting straight back at you. If you excess cutting table is on the right side of the saw, which it normally is then you want your blade to tilt to the left, that way you can rip a miter down the side of a 4x8 sheet of ply.

[Van]

I have to agree with Traitor. A right tilt blade is a total pain, especially when manufacturing smaller molding peices etc. Let's say your'e ripping an inch wide piece of MDF that is 3/4" thick and you're putting a 45 degree angle on it. The top of your blade is going to be extremely close to your fence making it difficult to use and effective push stick. < eg. one that wont break as soon as the mdf starts to kick back.> With a good Biesmeyer fence you will be able to move the fence to the left side of the blade , if the need ever arises.

[gafftaper]

Thanks, I was thinking left but wasn't particularly sure why.

So I was thinking about our Aussie friends and wondering if the fence is on the left, the blade spins away from you and a right tilt is preferred?

[Logos]

The short answer is "No" but if that was all I said it wouldn't let me post.

[gafftaper]

As you well know by now my science isn't so great but that hasn't stopped me before. Surely that Coriolis effect must cause the blade to spin in the opposite direction down there... that would sure make ripping a 2X4 interesting.

Can you say missile?

[gafftaper]

Ok, staying with the Table Saw topic.. what about fancy accessories. Do you have them? Do you use them? Can you live without them? Do you use another tool instead. I can easily blow over a grand on the four items below. I can see reasons to buy all of them and I can also see other ways to do the same job without them. How do you feel about these.

Fancy miter gauges?

Sleds? (the table saw kind, not the snow kind Van)

Sliding table extensions?

Dado blades?

I'm currently thinking, Buy the fancy miter gauge, build a home sled jig for 90 degree cuts, forget the sliding extension just have portable rolling support stands, and Dado on the router table. Opinions?

[soundlight]

Get 4 good roller stands. That should do you. Make sure that they will be high enough to reach your table, because some are just puny little things - and you don't realize it until they come (real life experience, sadly...).