Had to make some perfectly placed, diagonal stopped dadoes for a box table project. Initially was going to rout the groove, but decided on the tracksaw, first of all because the material going in the dado was down to 43/64 after sanding, and so I didn't want too much of a gap if I used the 23/32 router bit, and secondly because of the control it would give me on placing the dado. Also if I had gone with multiple passes on the router with a 1/4 or 1/2 bit, I would have had to stop well short of the edge, because the machine would be hanging off the side on the front and back of the cuts:
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A little chisel cleanup at the end:
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And voilà:
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There was a little tear out on the edge from the chisel, but that was kind of unavoidable given the material, and can be easily filled. The important part is that I was able to get the diagonal support in perfect alignment with the side of the carcasse at the bottom:
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And here's the full piece being clamped and glued last night, with dadoes applied to both top and bottom:
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This is the sort of task that affirms my decision to have switched over to the TSC55 from the regular corded version. It's not fun to worry about the cord and hose catching in the middle of a long cut in the center of a panel. I was also fortunate to have watched the recent post by the French fellow on his geometric veneer topped table (can't seem to find the post right now), where he cuts backwards with the TS55 to get a cleaner cut on such thin material. I hadn't realized one could do this, so I employed this method to get right up to the marking line at the front of the cut, and thus minimize the chiseling I would have to do in the plywood.
