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that wing nut/lever is a shocking design as soon as you cant push carefully in a controlled fashion down 'towards the fence and forward you then have the effect off leverage far end holding the wood loosely under the lever bouncing uncontroled even if its on the otherside :dunno:
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thanks to all for taking the time to reply to all my questions.
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big-all wrote: Wed Oct 14, 2020 3:26 pm that wing nut/lever is a shocking design as soon as you cant push carefully in a controlled fashion down 'towards the fence and forward you then have the effect off leverage far end holding the wood loosely under the lever bouncing uncontroled even if its on the otherside :dunno:
It's only an issue on thin cuts, in that case why not have the wide part against the fence and thin strip to the other side as intended.

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not saying its a bad saw just there are much better solutions :huray:
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lots to think about , thanks for all the advice and @ahfix for taking the time and reviewing the video
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