<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD><TITLE></TITLE> <META http-equiv=Content-Type content=text/html;charset=ISO-8859-1> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.2900.3059" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY text=#000000 bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV><FONT face=Arial>Well, I think I said I was not well informed about the ins-and-outs of table saws. I have never heard of a splitter or a guard. I googled them and now see what they are. Indeed, use of these would go a long way toward minimizing kickback. That's were I usually had kickback happen - the kerf would close on the back side of the saw - man that thing can shoot a large hunk of wood like a cannon shot! I know better now. Thanks big time</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial>Terry Farrell</FONT></DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE dir=ltr style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: #000000 2px solid; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px"> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><FONT size=3>----- Original Message ----- </FONT></DIV> <DIV style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: black"><FONT size=3></FONT> </DIV> <DIV>I'm way behind on looking at these posts so maybe this has been addressed. Kick back is the real killer with table saws, blade contact injuries are not as common. 2 things you have to have right, and a couple more safety issues and kick back risk is much less. This is easy stuff. 1. Blade parallel to fence. 2. Splitter in line with blade. Done, good to go. Now don't stand in line with blade, feed stock in a direction pointing towards the stock's contact with the fence adjacent to the blade. Let's add a sharp blade, with height set so gullets clear the stock. There is a complex rotational force placed on the stock as it passes the blade, the back of the blade picks it up and throws it at you at 120 mph. Not good. The splitter all but eliminates this from happening.</DIV> <DIV>Fenton</DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>