Cut Plan Pack

Getting your parts out of real boards, with the blade counted

Getting your parts out of real boards, with the blade counted. Six setup checks in dependency order with their tolerances, blade selection by cut and grind, the kerf arithmetic and which stock length wastes least, seasonal movement by species and grain. Then the number nobody works out: chip load, the bite each tooth takes — which is why a crosscut blade burns in thick stock and why slowing down makes it worse. 11 pages, printable, with a fill-in cut list and setup record.

Look inside

Two full pages from the pack, exactly as printed. Click either to read it at full size before you decide.

What is in it

• Six setup checks in dependency order, each with a measurable tolerance
• Why the fence must never toe in, and what happens when it does
• Blade choice by cut: tooth count AND grind, including the ones that chip melamine
• The kerf arithmetic that turns one board into two
• Which stock length wastes least — frequently not the longest
• Seasonal movement by species and grain, across four panel widths
• Real depth of cut by blade size, at 90 and at 45 degrees
• Symptom to cause to fix: burning, chipping, out-of-square, a kerf a new blade did not fix
• The order to cut a parts list in, and the three decisions to make first
• Chip load: the bite each tooth takes, by tooth count and how long a 4 ft board takes you
• Why an 80-tooth blade CANNOT rip thick stock — the feed rate it would need, in seconds per board
• How many teeth are in the wood at once, by stock thickness and blade height
• What raising the blade an inch actually buys, so the safety pages can price it
• Seven things never to do at a table saw, each with the safe alternative
• Fill-in cut list, stock record and setup record

The pack complements the free calculators — they do the arithmetic, it carries the specifications and the plan they cannot know.