{"id":2260,"date":"2008-12-06T13:30:18","date_gmt":"2008-12-06T18:30:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hogonice.com\/?p=2260"},"modified":"2008-12-06T13:30:18","modified_gmt":"2008-12-06T18:30:18","slug":"am-i-zoned-to-operate-a-sawmill","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/toolsofrenewal.com\/?p=2260","title":{"rendered":"Am I Zoned to Operate a Sawmill?"},"content":{"rendered":"

Hope So<\/em><\/p>\n

I took my new sliding miter saw out of the box and stuck it on the woodworking table today. It’s HUGE. I’m going to have to have the table a few inches out from the wall in order to use the saw. That’s not a problem, though, since I have to move the table out to get clearance for any wood I care to saw. I haven’t tried putting it on the Workmate yet. I may do that.<\/p>\n

The other day I complained that I was going to need outfeed support for my tools. People suggested some roller doodads. I know I will irritate toolheads when I describe the solution I found. Kelly Mehler’s table saw video confronts the issue, and Mehler uses a sawhorse with a top surface half an inch lower than the saw table. You may wonder why he doesn’t use fancy rollers. He said rollers steer the work. The wood will naturally move perpendicularly to a roller’s axis. That means you have to have the roller aligned at a perfect right angle to the direction of the wood’s movement on the saw table. With a sawhorse and two-by-four, you don’t get this problem. And the total cost is about five bucks, plus scrap wood. Rollers are considerably more expensive.<\/p>\n

The big miter saw should be a great convenience. The vast majority of cuts I make are short, and this thing goes up to 13.5″. You aren’t supposed to rip with it, though. Bummer. I wonder if I can get away with it for short rips, with the wood clamped in there real good. I’ve gotten away with it with my smaller miter saw.<\/p>\n

A radial arm saw might have been a better answer, but try to find a nice used one in this area. And they say it’s easy to julienne yourself with a radial arm saw.<\/p>\n

I think once I have a band saw and a drill press, I will feel like I can cope with almost every tool problem I am willing to face.<\/p>\n

Of course, I am not known for my realistic expectations.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Hope So I took my new sliding miter saw out of the box and stuck it on the woodworking table today. It’s HUGE. I’m going to have to have the table a few inches out from the wall in order to use the saw. That’s not a problem, though, since I have to move the […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2260","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-tools"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/toolsofrenewal.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2260","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/toolsofrenewal.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/toolsofrenewal.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/toolsofrenewal.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/toolsofrenewal.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2260"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/toolsofrenewal.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2260\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/toolsofrenewal.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2260"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/toolsofrenewal.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2260"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/toolsofrenewal.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2260"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}