On 06/02/2011 10:24 AM, gene heskett wrote: > On Thursday, June 02, 2011 10:19:03 AM Mark Wendt did opine: > >> On 06/01/2011 11:20 PM, Dave wrote: >>> Yes, I know what you are talking about but those kickback preventers >>> have a way of getting in the way sometimes also. >>> >>> I am much more careful than I used to be. The kickback I experienced >>> was mostly operator induced. I was asking for problems. No problems >>> since then. >>> >>> Dave >> >> Back in the day when I was using a table saw/cabinet saw a lot, I >> installed a power feed. Never had any kick-backs, and my hands were >> never any where near that spinning blade. Nice smooth cuts too. >> >> Mark > > For production work, where you cut 500 identical pieces a day, that is a > very good idea. Right now, I'm not doing more than 64 identical pieces at > a time, and often only 1 or 2 cuts at the same fence settings. The mortise > and tenon cutting was where I lost track of how many times I hit R& S on > the keyboard. Somewhere around 300 I think. >
My power feed was held in place with cam locks, and the height was adjusted with a vertical screw and hand wheel. Simple and quick to change the position when the fence needed to be moved. I never took it off the machine, and used it for pretty much every cut. Mark ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Simplify data backup and recovery for your virtual environment with vRanger. Installation's a snap, and flexible recovery options mean your data is safe, secure and there when you need it. Data protection magic? Nope - It's vRanger. Get your free trial download today. http://p.sf.net/sfu/quest-sfdev2dev _______________________________________________ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
