Table Saw - Sliding Carriage

[Peter Ashby]

Thanks for the clarification. How do you cut dadoes on the spindle? or are you restricted to those close to an edge? I'm having trouble visualising the geometry.

Peter

[Andy Hall]

There are fewer examples of this because typically you wouldn't orientate sheet materials vertically against the spindle fence or anything like that - there's no point.

It can be used for slotting into the side of a piece of material thick enough for that and where the dimensions of the face orthogonal to the slot are such that it's better to have that face flat on the table. One can also cut slots for joints in the end of material, or because the tool is large in diameter, very wide rebates.

This shows the tooling and how it fits together

one shows a variant of the same principle for a tooling set able to cut tenons and slots with the same set simply by reversing the pieces.

[dennis]

If you want versatility then one of these types..

they are not the safest for inexperienced users so read the manual and take care if you buy one.

[Andy Hall]

They are OK, but not particularly accurate for fine joint work. The problem is that there are a lot of pivot points, realtively large distances and opportunity for there to be play. You can at least put on a dado blade set.

It's somewhat unwise to use a RAS for ripping. Because the blade is above the work, there is a greater chance of kickback.

[Peter Ashby]

Peter

[Andy Hall]

This short article shows the use of a tenoning table and a pair of rebating cutters.