Table Saw Video

I must be going blind, in my old age (at least "vision challenged")

Because ...

On that saw, I did not see any cover, splitter, anti-kickback pawls or even a riving knife.

I know, I know ... we all pull these off and, typically, throw them away. I know that I have been guilty of that.

However, a few years back I had a nasty kickback while ripping some two-by stock.

A rather long, very knot-filled chunk of lumber came back and hit me in my sternum. Enough to do some damage. Fortunately, it was not my head.

I hate pawls and close to forty years of running a saw ... I tend to trust my eye ... so no stinkin' cover.

But, NOW all of my table saws have riving knifes installed. For "contractor" or portable bench-type saws, the splitter can readily be converted to a riving knife ... just a little snipping, filing, etc.

Trust me, do not continue to use a table saw without, at the minimum, some type of splitter.