Tools & Materials
Understanding Table Saw Safety Systems
Learn about the safety systems included in today’s tablesaws
Fine Woodworking recently wrapped up yet another exhaustive review of tablesaws, and that got the editors thinking about tablesaw safety technology. In this short video, special projects editor Asa Christiana outlines just about everything you’ll need to know to get the most from your new saw’s safety gear—from splitters, straight through to blade guards—it’s all here.
For more on tablesaws:
- Staying Safe at the Tablesaw
- Get Safer, Cleaner Cuts on Your Tablesaw
- How to Set Up Your Tablesaw for Success
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With all due respect, the "little duhickey", is the part that keeps the board from rising up off the table and kicking you in the face. Follow safety instructions and leave the anti-kickback safety mechanism on the saw. It's not in the way.
With all due respect, the splitter minimizes the chance of kick-back; it does little to prevent the board from rising upward then back toward the operator. Safer to use the splitter and riving knife together.
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