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Blade and Fence. Before talking about the accessories I use for rip cuts, I should mention a couple of things. First, you'll get less cutting resistance and safer, cleaner cuts with a sharp blade on the saw. And next, before making a rip cut, I like to double-check the alignment of the rip fence. You'll avoid the chance of binding if the fence is perfectly parallel to the blade. ADD A SPLITTER Installing a splitter on your table saw is probably the number one way to avoid the problem of kickback while ripping. And a shop-made splitter, like the one shown in tire drawing at left, can make this a real low-cost but high-value safety addition. The Benefit. As you can see in the photo above, the thin, hard wood splitter is installed in a shop-made zero-clearance insert. It's positioned behind and directly in line with the saw blade. As the board passes through the blade, the saw kerf slides onto the pointed splitter. What this does is eliminate tire possibility of the kerf closing and pinching the back of the saw blade, with kickback being the possible result. And as a bonus, the action of the splitter will minimize burning and rough cuts. ShopNotes No. 85 NOTE: KERF AND SPLITTER ALIGNED WITH SAW5LADE Ripping stock on the table saw may seem like a pretty straightforward job. So it might be easy to forget about a serious hazard that you really want to avoid — kickback. But the good news is that it's really easy to avoid this problem. All it takes to make rip cuts a lot safer and even more accurate is to get into the routine of always using a few, simple helpers. These easy-to-use accessories put you in better control and rip cuts will be much safer. FIT INSERT PLATE TO THROAT OPENING IN SAW SCREWS IN BOTTOM OF THROAT PLATE ALLOW "FLUSH" ADJUSTMENT 44 INSERT PLATE MADE OF V2" MDF 3 OR PLYWOOD |
