How can I cut on a too-small table saw

That is a beautiful saw. The way you have locate the piece on the picture should give you what you need. I don’t see a need for miter saw based on the picture.

-- earthartandfoods.com

same way you cut on a big one

only smaller pieces

You are doing it right. Do not use the miter in conjunction with the fence.

-- earthartandfoods.com

another dead fly : )

aside from ripping long boards

the pieces just get smaller, and the methods remain the same, be it cutting perfect 45 degree angles or a perfect butt joint, a tool is means to get you there and yer about to cut your finger off ?

kidding

I believe that I would go back to the circular saw. Make yourself a fence or homemade track and clamp it to the work piece.

Someone else might have ideas on how to do it safely on your TS.

-- I'm selfless because it feels so good!

you can make a panel cutting sled.

It will allow you to cut safely by keeping the ply on the sled and not cocking.
you also need to create a piece that cutoff rests on after the cut to avoid it from hitting the blade during the drop and support it to prevent it from pinching the blade.

-- Jeff NJ

Love the panel sled idea

-- Norman - I never never make a mistake, I just change the design.

Wow, thanks for the great responses! I think I’m going to take a crack at the sled, I’ve been wanting to make one anyway. Now, I just need to figure out how to make rails that fit in the slots.

I think an outfeed table which is just a tad shorter that the table saw top would help greatly. Search this website and Google it if needed to see what others have done.

I work in a one car garage with limited work area. I built an outfeed table which doubles as a work bench and assembly table. I made the top out of a soid core door with Formica laminated on top. Very sturdy and heavy.

Good luck.
Mike

-- Handcrafted by Mike Henderson - Channelview, Texas

The problem I had with my little craftsman was that the fence would not clamp parallel to the blade. I always measured front and back from blade to the fence until I was happy then make cut. Make sure it’s parallel before you cut. You need to make sure and push the piece through evenly. Your right hand should use a push stick as it’s getting a little tight between fence and blade. Left hand should be in the middle of what is going to be the off fall. As your cut is finishing, push the small piece straight through and past. The larger piece on the left can just rotate away and to the left as the two separate. When your off fall is too small to have a hand on it, either switch the saw off and wait for it to stop before you move to the left or use a push stick to slide the little piece away from the blade. Those little pieces can be propelled right back at you. I see you’re using your guard which is particularly important for a novice. Hope that helps a little.

-- Bill M. "People change, walnut doesn't" by Gene.

The crosscut sleds can be difficult to build for those saws because of the unconventional slots with little nubs protruding. You may search that. I think someone overcame that somehow.

-- Bill M. "People change, walnut doesn't" by Gene.

Panel sleds on small contractor saws don’t work well with large sheet goods, 6 inches of room from the table to the blade and large amounts of excess hang over will rock the sled.

I have a DW744 and the only kickback I’ve ever had was when I tried a panel sled on the small table top. half way through the cut the sled tipped out of the miter slightly due to the weight of the overhanging piece of ply I was cutting (3’6”’s) when I put pressure back onto the sled to correct it back onto the table it kicked.

I had a fence on my sled so nothing happened but a jammed left thumb from the sled that got thrown back at me but I don’t recommend large panel sleds with small contractor saws. Especially saws with very limited table work space.

Paul

you can adjust the trunions on that saw, I did with mine…you need a long 5/32 allen wrench socket kind of a pain to get to…I would say make a infeed table and outfeed setup…you don’t need the miter slots for fence cutting. I used my workbench for outfeed and craftsman workmate for the infeed…I have a very small shop….just take your time…

mike

-- as technology progresses, wood workers seem to regress...all my power tools and my favorite is a chisel and a hand plane

oh and a good push block for the reach

mike

-- as technology progresses, wood workers seem to regress...all my power tools and my favorite is a chisel and a hand plane

you can put the fence on the panel sled on the other side and it will register the panel quickly into the blade.
That works too, and I had a panel cutter like that earlier. I now just use my circular saw for breaking down big panels..

-- Jeff NJ