How do I safely make this cut?

[Josh Molaver]

Hi all,

looking for some advice - have some maple glued up 3.5" x 3.5" x 12"

project requires it to be cut at a 45* along the 12" length - which should leave me with 2 right triangles each of which has both faces of ~3.5", and each is 12" long. Note I only really need one piece like this.

Hopefully that makes sense

I have table saw, jointer/planer, bandsaw, miter saw (access to other tools likely if needed).

Logical choice would be table saw - I have a Sawstop ICS. Concerned about kickback - riding the fence with the left tilt blade at 45, worried the offcut might bind between the blade and table. Rational concern?

Other thoughts are bandsaw or jointer - not confident I can accurately cut this along the bandsaw, but could try (using tilted table). Jointer would probably work using tilted fence, but again not confident I can do it accurately.

Any suggestions/thoughts? Thanks!

(for those curious, a co-worker asked me to make a jig for her box stitching hobby).

[Kim Gibbens]

Just thinking out loud, I've never done this either. Make a v shaped jig that will hold it and just cut it at 90 on the ts.

[Doug Bowman]

Cut with the band saw and clean up the face with the jointer.

[Andy Giddings]

Do you know what the depth of cut is on your table saw at 45? You might need to do it in two stages. If that's required I would also go with bandsaw and jointer

[Stan Powers]

I would use the bandsaw and a hand plane. Since you only need one piece, cut a bit wide on the bandsaw and bring down to the line with the hand plane. Easy and quick.

[Pat Barry]

With the faces being 3 1/2 inches thete is no way to do this in one pass with table saw. I think a bandsaw is required with a sled to hold the piece properly.

[John Gornall]

Handsaw - less than a minute, no noise, safe. Clean up with handplane.

[Josh Molaver]

Thanks all - will setup a practice run using pine on the bandsaw, see how it goes. Stans suggestion of cutting it wide and planing it is a good one.

On the ts depth of cut, it's definitely two passes - 3.5^2 + 3.5^2 = x^2 yields just about 5" - definitly don't have that!

the v jig on the table saw is also interesting to me - will think on that as well!

[Pat Barry]

Doh, I forgot about ripping by hand! 12 inch long is no problem.

[Steve Jenkins]

If you're not into hand planes cut it oversize on the band saw then a V jig thru the planer

[Rod Sheridan]

Instead of sawing the hypotenuse, saw the sides of the triangle, your 10 inch saw will do that without issue.........Rod.

[Josh Molaver]

Rod - that's a great idea - thanks! Do you think I need to worry about kickback with the blade in that case, or it's safe to try it?

[Rod Sheridan]

Hi Joshua, use a splitter/riving knife, blade guard and proper push blocks/sticks to make the cut.................Rod.