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1. 
   TomMGTC | May 13, 2004 02:20pm | #1

   No.

   Tom

   Douglasville, GA

2. 
   forestgirl | May 13, 2004 06:22pm | #2

   Absolutely not.  What's your situation with regard to a splitter?  Do you not have one for some reason.  There are inexpensive and easy-to-make (or buy) options out there.  What's up??

   forestgirl -- you can take the girl out of the forest, but you can't take the forest out of the girl ;-)
   Another proud member of the  "I Rocked With ToolDoc Club" .... :>) 

3. 
   haroldp | May 14, 2004 06:21am | #3

   No you still need a splitter or riving knife. A half fence is just much safer as it is still possible to get a kickback with a splitter. When the blade is not raised to maximum, the splitter is quite a ways from the back of the blade. Let hang on to those digits.

   regards

   Harold

4. 
   BenchMarkPhil | May 15, 2004 04:43am | #4

   As others have said, NO.

   FWIW, I’ve never found the half fence configuration to help one bit in either safety or quality of cut.

   PMB

   http://benchmark.20m.com

5. 
   RANGERP75R | May 16, 2004 01:05am | #5

   peterb

      No... The short fence is a joy to use and is safer when you get the feel for it. There is a reason that is obvious. The splitter and riving knife have a purpose that is obvious also.

   sarge..jt

   Proud member of the :  "I Rocked With ToolDoc Club" .... :>)