Cutting a 30 degree bevel with a TS55

[grbmds]

Any suggestions on how to cut a 30 degree bevel with the TS 55. When setting the saw at 30 degrees, the resulting bevel is 60 degrees. I need to cut the complement of that angel so that the board is actually cut at 30 degrees, not 60.

 

[stevep]

Depends what you're cutting. If it's the end of a batten, say, then a table saw might be useful. If it's the edge of a sheet of ply then possibly a spindle, a router table or maybe a hand held router plus a jig. I doubt that using a ts55 would be possible, unless you were able to mount the sheet vertically ( eg clamped to the side of the bench) and you could run the saw along the edge of the sheet somehow.

 

[Nippychippy]

Would it be half of 30 say 15 degrees might give you 30  I could wrong I have never tried it [embarassed]

 

[mastercabman]

60* from what side?edge?
You can also cut the piece from the other side

 

[Worm Drive]

On edge though a table saw set at 30 degs. Or clamp the board to the side of a work bench, top edge of the board flush with the top of the bench. Lay the track on the bench and cut with saw at 30 deg. You would have to have a square edge on the bench top and a sacrificial piece between the bench and face of the board. Or you could put shim strips under the track, that would prop it up,say 30 regs, then set the saw to 30 regs. The last idea would probably be too finicky.

I'm assuming you mean 60 degs from the face of the board, since cutting 60 from the edge would be the same as cutting 30 deg from the face, which is simple enough to do.

 

[fesfrank]

You could try placing several shims under the track along your plywood in order to increase the cutting angle...  shims at 15 degrees plus 45 degree angle.  I think this would achieve the result you desire..

 

[grbmds]

Thanks for the suggestions. I ended up cutting it on my bandsaw, creating a block of wood cut at 60 degrees to use as a jig. The bandsaw table was tilted at the appropriate angle that, in combination with the angle on the block of wood allowed a cut of 30 degrees. I used double sided tape to put a fence to hold the piece to be cut straight and taped the piece I was cutting on the jig. The set-up and testing, of course, took longer than the actual cuts did. Once I got it set up, I cut the two pieces at 30 degrees in about 20 seconds. Of course, I kept the block of wood with the fence taped to it and could use it over again, if needed although it will be a awhile as I rarely cut anything at that angle. Since this wasn't being done for a fine piece of furniture, but something for the yard, I didn't need a finished cut. The somewhat rougher bandsaw cut will be good enough. However, I assume you could use a block plane to plane the 30 degree cut smooth.

 

[jcavitt1]

On edge though a table saw set at 30 degs. Or clamp the board to the side of a work bench, top edge of the board flush with the top of the bench. Lay the track on the bench and cut with saw at 30 deg. You would have to have a square edge on the bench top and a sacrificial piece between the bench and face of the board. Or you could put shim strips under the track, that would prop it up,say 30 regs, then set the saw to 30 regs. The last idea would probably be too finicky.

I'm assuming you mean 60 degs from the face of the board, since cutting 60 from the edge would be the same as cutting 30 deg from the face, which is simple enough to do.

 

[jcavitt1]

Thanks Worm Drive..Your suggestion about cutting a 30 degree bevel was great.. worked fine!!! Glad to know that ...spent a lot of time trying to figure that out.