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Forum topic by ShipWreck posted 146 days ago 172 views 0 times favorited 4 replies Add to Favorites
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ShipWreck

40 posts in 195 days


146 days ago

After buying it, how many of you were reluctant to cut with it the first time?

I took me about 3 attempts to trust using it . It was a weird feeling passing my hand over the top of a running saw blade.

Its been my best friend on the saw after learning to trust it.

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Scott Bryan

8490 posts in 264 days


146 days ago

I don’t have one but I would be hesitant to pass my hand over a running blade as well. I have done something similar when cutting dadoes where I know that the blade has no possibility of exiting through the wood. But even then alarm bells are going off in my head.

I may have to look into getting one of these.

-- With God's help all things are possible- even woodworking. Woodworking is not just a hobby, it is an (expletive deleted) expensive hobby.

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Bob #2

1799 posts in 464 days


146 days ago

I don’t run my blade high like some folks.
Only the teeth clear the work. That takes part of the excitement out of the use.
I have heard that a high blade setting takes some of the potential tear-out away due to the angle of attack by the blade but I have been unable to find that difference in my own shop tests.
There is also a tendency to press harder than necessary on the handle by inexperienced tablesaw users. I guess that’s all about fear of losing control of the piece again.

Bob

-- A mind, like a home, is furnished by its owner

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Don Niermann

130 posts in 415 days


143 days ago

It works very well. I have no problem running over the saw ,blade. If you don’t have it get the DVD on how to use it.

-- WOOD/DON (...one has the right to ones opinion but not the right to ones own facts...)

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TomK

354 posts in 317 days


143 days ago

Didn’t bother me after confirming blade height, and knowing it could NOT kick back at me made the difference.

-- North Texas

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