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   notDusty | Jan 01, 2006 08:49pm | #1

   Peter ,

                    I'm just grasping but ,  check the breaker box .

                                good   luck           dusty

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   highfigh | Jan 01, 2006 08:59pm | #2

   If you didn't see major white smoke, it may be just the breaker, as another post said. Start the cut with a dado blade, go up part way and take over with the regular blade.

   There's a thread that has to do with needing new gloves where someone was making a zero clearance insert and used his hand to hold the piece down. When the piece kicked out, he then was trying to stop the blade with his gloved hand. Don't try to hold the piece with your hand. Better to use carpet tape to attach it to a board over the top and clamp it in place, then raise a dado blade up to start it and finish with the blade you'll be using with the insert.

   "I cut this piece four times and it's still too short."
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   forestgirl | Jan 01, 2006 09:04pm | #3

   You can simply use the fence to clamp the board, as long as it's in a place where you know the blade won't come up into it.  Drives me nuts trying to actually clamp something onto my table saw. :-)forestgirl -- you can take the girl out of the forest, but you can't take the forest out of the girl ;-)Another proud member of the  "I Rocked With ToolDoc Club" .... :>) 

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   highfigh | Jan 01, 2006 09:17pm | #4

   I usually do it with C clamps or Quick Clamps on the rails. I wouldn't want to raise the blade too close to the fence or have the insert try to lift when there might be a gap under the fence. I do have a line marked on my table lines up with the blade. That way, if I'm cutting a dado or kerfing something, I can see where I SHOULDN'T put my hands.
   "I cut this piece four times and it's still too short."

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   John_D | Jan 02, 2006 03:57am | #6

   There's a thread that has to do with needing new gloves where someone was making a zero clearance insert and used his hand to hold the piece down.

   That sounds like a stupid thing to do.  Wouldn't recommend it.  I bet that guy feels like the dopey guy in a training reel from the 50s "Don't be like little John.  You can call him 'Lefty' now, because of one incautious moment in the shop."My goal is for my work to outlast me.  Expect my joinery to get simpler as time goes by.

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   tinkerer2 | Jan 02, 2006 05:24am | #7

   Hey, don't get to free with the adjectives.  There are a lot of dumb things that can be done in a woodshop.  A lot of things that can be learned.  And yes, after the mistake is pointed out to you, or worse, if you do have an accident it will seem stupid, but until then........  It always pays to be vigilant.  A forum like this can be a valuable resource to help point out the things to avoid.

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   dukeone | Jan 07, 2006 04:43pm | #11

   Highfigh: Last time I cut though a new insert I just laid a two foot piece of 4x8 on top and came up slowly. Used my metal detector on the scrap first. It worked fine and I stood back nowhere near the action. A couple of such pieces around the shop come in handy. DukeKenneth Duke Masters
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   user-83659 | Jan 01, 2006 09:19pm | #5

   Thanks for the posts.  I had checked my circuit breaker and it wasn't tripped.  However after reading the posts I remembered that my manual shut off sub box is fused.  I am on my way to Loews to get some new fuses.  I hope this fixes the problem.  This is the first day on this site and it has already payed off.  Great resource.

    

   Peter Lynch

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   forestgirl | Jan 02, 2006 08:23pm | #8

   "and it has already payed off."  And your bill will arrive in the mail shortly.  ROFL!!  Hope the new fuse does the trick...forestgirl -- you can take the girl out of the forest, but you can't take the forest out of the girl ;-)Another proud member of the  "I Rocked With ToolDoc Club" .... :>) 

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   Handrubbed | Jan 03, 2006 10:51pm | #9

   Does the motor have a reset button?  Many do.

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   forestgirl | Jan 04, 2006 07:23pm | #10

   Mike, have another cup o' coffee.  He tried the reset button.  Take a look at his latest post here -- explains what he came to believe was the problem.forestgirl -- you can take the girl out of the forest, but you can't take the forest out of the girl ;-)Another proud member of the  "I Rocked With ToolDoc Club" .... :>)