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After reading all your comments I installed the splitter on my 40 year old Craftsman Contractor Table Saw.  I've been using it all these years without the splitter/pawls without incident.  I have used hold downs, feather boards, and home made gripper-rippers.  Can't use the grippers any more unless I remove the splitter.

I always found it interesting when the TV woodworking shows didn't have safety devices on the table saws and had a caption that said the safety devices had been removed for demonstration purposes.....or something to that effect. 

2 hours ago, JIMMIEM said:

I always found it interesting when the TV woodworking shows didn't have safety devices on the table saws and had a caption that said the safety devices had been removed for demonstration purposes.....or something to that effect. 

Then, I must be doing a lot of demos. Some might say demos on how NOT to do something.  

The last time I cut myself with a saw, it was with a Japanese Ryoba. They don't put splitters and guards on those saws. Even so, I've never had a kickback.

Edited August 10, 20188 yr by Gene Howe

6 minutes ago, Gene Howe said:

Then, I must be doing a lot of demos. Some might say demos on how NOT to do something.  

The last time I cut myself with a saw, it was with a Japanese Ryoba. They don't put splitters and guards on those saws. Even so, I've never had a kickback.

I'm trying to envision how you cut yourself with the Japanese Ryoba.  If you had had a 'kick back' wouldn't 'pull back' more a more descriptive term?

17 minutes ago, JIMMIEM said:

I'm trying to envision how you cut yourself with the Japanese Ryoba.  If you had had a 'kick back' wouldn't 'pull back' more a more descriptive term?

You put the finger on the holding hand in line with the cut, not remembering how long is the Ryoba blade.

I've never had a "pull back" issue either, unless you count my cut finger.