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Step 6Ripping the angle into the bottom face of the top.
Ripping is the term used when cutting parallel to the grain.
I considered not making the angle cut the full length of the top, but again K.I.S.S..
The advantages to not making the angle cut the full length are: a marginal addition to strength and it would aid in clamping work to the horse when in service.
The advantages to doing it this way are: it is much faster and does not involve pulling work off of the saw mid-cut or plunging down onto the blade and running it to a stop.
Tip your saw blade 15 degrees.
Set the height so the length of blade exposed is 1-1/2" (the thickness of the legs.)
Set the fence so the left edge of the blade is 1-1/2" from the fence. It should just barely cut through the left side of the 2x6 when it is stood on edge and ripped. If it does not completely sever the piece off, that is OK, it is easy to snap off when the cut is complete.
I considered not making the angle cut the full length of the top, but again K.I.S.S..
The advantages to not making the angle cut the full length are: a marginal addition to strength and it would aid in clamping work to the horse when in service.
The advantages to doing it this way are: it is much faster and does not involve pulling work off of the saw mid-cut or plunging down onto the blade and running it to a stop.
Tip your saw blade 15 degrees.
Set the height so the length of blade exposed is 1-1/2" (the thickness of the legs.)
Set the fence so the left edge of the blade is 1-1/2" from the fence. It should just barely cut through the left side of the 2x6 when it is stood on edge and ripped. If it does not completely sever the piece off, that is OK, it is easy to snap off when the cut is complete.
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