Timeline for What are my options for cutting notches in the corners of large shelves?
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| Mar 24, 2022 at 16:53 | comment | added | Graphus | FWIW it is entirely appropriate to express concerns about safety, even to give direct warnings (as have been given numerous times in table saw-related Answers for example) but it's important to express opinions as opinions. Your closing sentence, obviously there are TS users whose working practices would directly contradict that, or similar statements, since with their experience to drive the setup (e.g. 12" supplementary fence, clamping to the fence not just holding it with the fingers and maybe even counterweights if using a sled) such cuts aren't nearly as risky as they would be otherwise. | |
| Mar 23, 2022 at 23:18 | comment | added | Walnut Close | @Graphus - maybe I overstate the unsuitability of a table saw for this a bit, but only a bit. You'd need a sled that was both wide enough to secure the board with 40+ inches hanging off one side of the blade, and tall enough to fix it vertically. And you'd need an outrigger to support the far end of the board as well, or it is liable to tip the sled. And if you've got all that, you can then nibble the notches 1/8" at a time, with what looks in the drawing to be close to 2" blade extension above your sled (which probably rules out using a dado head), Wouldn't be my choice, for sure. | |
| Mar 23, 2022 at 23:06 | comment | added | Walnut Close | OK, sorry about the assumption that it was plywood. But solid wood or plywood, doesn't really change the way I'd answer. | |
| Mar 23, 2022 at 21:01 | comment | added | stublag | @Graphus Yeah the plan is to build all of this out of solid wood. | |
| Mar 23, 2022 at 20:51 | comment | added | Graphus | Oh and good call on an edge-mounted router jig to cut the notches, that's a great option. | |
| Mar 23, 2022 at 20:50 | comment | added | Graphus | Unless I've missed it, the OP didn't state the shelves were ply. "You cannot control the sheet good adequately to safely and accurately make those cuts." That's not an absolute. What can be done safely is a judgement call for every user to make. I certainly wouldn't cut the lid off a blanket chest or similar on a TS, but this sort of cut is routine for some users; it's even demonstrated in magazine articles and in books. Anyway as to this, I can think of at least three ways just off the top of my head that this could be done quite safely (to my satisfaction) and there are undoubtedly others. | |
| Mar 23, 2022 at 20:28 | history | answered | Walnut Close | CC BY-SA 4.0 |