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By: Robert Galloway

Robert Galloway — Thu, 08 May 2008 00:25:19 +0000

Mike,
Professional carpenters and contractors I’ve known over the past fifty five or so years (first ten years I didn’t pay much attention) kept their table saw guards hanging on the wall. When will the regulators and the makers admit this? A riving knife would probably do more good as it might actually be used. My table saw guard and jointer guard haven’t been seen in years. I keep my fingers crossed.

Sincerely,

RHG

By: Mike

Mike — Wed, 07 May 2008 15:31:19 +0000

You’re not the only one, and that’s a good suggestion about watching out for voids. I’ll share one similar, while we’re at it. Using a tablesaw I wanted to cut a groove in a piece of plywood. The board was about 18 inches long by about a foot wide, the groove running the long way, about an inch from the edge. I didn’t think much of this cut, figuring it would be quite simple. No saw guard on the saw, of course, since I was cutting a groove rather than a through cut (okay, I’ll admit it, I RARELY use the saw guard). I used the fence but no featherboard. When I ran it through, the wood decided to ride on top of the blade, which caused it to veer to the left. I saw this happen and, in a split second of smart thinking I yanked both hands away and ducked down, letting the board launch over me and into the wall behind me. Not my smoothest move. I improved on the situation using a feather to the left and a piece of stock clamped on the fence to hold the piece down. Much better the second time around.