You can't rip in the usual way that is usually meant. A sliding saw will cut 12 inches. I have cut as wide as 24 inches where both sides are parallel by making half the cut then turning the board over, fitting the blade into the original cut then completing the cut. It can be difficult to totally hide the point where the cuts meet but sometimes you get it exactly perfect. You cannot rip a 4 inch width off of the edge of a sheet of plywood with a miter saw. The motor and blade do not rotate around the vertical axis. You can do it with a radial arm saw, they are really expensive but with the saw overhead it would be really easy to push your hand through the blade along with the timber.
Dale Leavens, Cochrane Ontario Canada [EMAIL PROTECTED] Skype DaleLeavens Come and meet Aurora, Nakita and Nanook at our polar bear habitat. ----- Original Message ----- From: William Stephan To: [email protected] Sent: Tuesday, January 15, 2008 6:04 PM Subject: Re: [BlindHandyMan] Chop saws was: miter boxes OK Dan, that makes sense. Can you use these to cut say a board that was 12 inches in width, and maybe 3/4 thick? Also, can these be used to rip plywood? Thanks.!. Bill Stephan Kansas City, MO (816)803-2469 William Stephan -----Original Message----- From: "Dan Rossi"<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: 1/15/08 1:27:26 PM To: "[email protected]"<[email protected]> Subject: Re: [BlindHandyMan] Chop saws was: miter boxes Bill, Capacity of a mitre saw is related to both the thickness of the board and the width of the board. I can cut a 4X4, just barely. I can easily cut a 2X6. But I could not cut a 4X6. -- Blue skies. Dan Rossi Carnegie Mellon University. E-Mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Tel: (412) 268-9081 [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
