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W1761/W1762 12" Table Saw with Riving Knife
OPERATIONS
Resawing Operations
The table saw motor is pushed to its limits when
resawing. If the motor starts to bog down, slow down
your feed rate. Motor overloading and blade wear can
be reduced by using a ripping blade. Ripping blades are
designed to clear the sawdust quickly.
To perform resawing operations, do these steps:
1. DISCONNECT THE SAW FROM POWER!
2. Remove the standard table insert and the blade
guard/splitter, and install the riving knife. Install a
12" ripping blade and a zero clearance table insert.
Then lower the blade below the table surface.
3. Attach the auxiliary fence to the standard fence and
set it to the desired width.
Note: Account for blade kerf, the rough cut made
by the blade, and the inaccuracy of the fence scale
when the auxiliary fence is installed when figuring
out the correct width.
4. Place the workpiece against the fence and slide the
resaw barrier against the workpiece. Now clamp the
resaw barrier to the top of the table saw
(see Figure
58).
5. Slide the workpiece over the blade to make sure it
moves smoothly.
6. Raise the blade approximately an inch, or close to
half the height of the workpiece (
Figure 58), which-
ever is less.
7. Plug in the table saw, turn it ON, and use a push
stick to feed the workpiece through the blade using
a slow, steady feed rate.
8. Flip the workpiece end for end, keeping the same
side against the fence, and run the workpiece
through the blade.
9. Repeat Steps 6–8 until the blade is close to half
of the height of the board to be resawn. The ideal
completed resaw cut will leave an
1
⁄8" connection
when the resawing is complete as shown in
Figure
58. Leaving an
1
⁄8" connection will reduce the risk of
kickback.
You may experience kickback during
this procedure. Stand to the side of
the blade and wear a full face shield to
prevent injury when resawing.
Figure 58. Ideal completed resaw cut.
10. Turn OFF the table saw, then sepa-
rate the parts of the workpiece and
hand plane the remaining ridge.
11. When finished resawing, remove the
resaw barrier and auxiliary fence and
re-install the blade guard/splitter or
riving knife and standard table insert.
You may experience kickback during
this procedure. Stand to the side of
the blade and wear safety glasses or
a face shield to prevent injury when
resawing.