TS blade height

[AlanWS]

I suspect much of the gunk on the saw plate does travel through the air -- while attached to sawdust. Most of it goes outward, but some of it does go into the kerf between stock and blade, rubbing off some resin.

I also like the idea of keeping a lot of the blade safely below the table. You may have to push a little more to cut, but if you need to push very hard, there is a problem of some sort.

But this is just one detail in considering how to work safely. Neither approach will be safe or unsafe all by itself.

[SARGE..g-47]

I suspect much of the gunk on the saw plate does travel through the air -- while attached to sawdust. Most of it goes outward, but some of it does go into the kerf between stock and blade, rubbing off some resin.

I also like the idea of keeping a lot of the blade safely below the table. You may have to push a little more to cut, but if you need to push very hard, there is a problem of some sort.

But this is just one detail in considering how to work safely. Neither approach will be safe or unsafe all by itself.

You could be correct that it could travel through the air and attach as I have no sceintific proof of how it gets there. But.. with that said.. when you see a resin line farther out from the bottom of the teeth that has begun to "scorch in".. that tells me something! More than the initial resin got there by "air". It tells me that some kind to friction was created probably by "rub" to generate the kind of heat necessary to start a "scorch".

Regards...

[TB Roye]

What a great civil discussion. I am getting ready to start on a project with a lot of ripping.

I am going to have to try the different techniques while still being safe. I have learned more on this forum than I could have taking classes. I normaly have the blade with the gullets just clearing the wood and sometime it is difficult to make the cuts. Thanks guy for the help with being asked for it.

Tom

[OpaDC]

Again everyone, thank you for the input. Lots of interesting discussion. Funny thing is they all make sense to some extent. Love a good, well argued debate. Have a better idea what I am looking at now while trying different cuts.