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Re: Tools: Can We Talk About Table Saws??
By:Mike Bielski
Date: 6/18/2012, 5:06 pm
In Response To: Re: Tools: Can We Talk About Table Saws?? (Deano)

: I treated myself one birthday and got a 5hp left tilt Unisaw... the
: riving knife came off the first time I used a dado. And if it
: hadn't been then, it would have been the tenoning jig, or the
: mitre fence that would have made me take it off. If it had a
: quick release that was easy to use, I might put it back on for
: ripping, especially for thin stuff. But alas, it's a bolt below
: the table top that's not easy to get to. So so the riving knife
: gathers dust on the shelf, and I use feather boards to control
: things, and no matter what, I never, ever stand behind anything
: I'm ripping.

They make aftermarket quick release riving knives for that saw, and I believe Delta makes one as a retrofit as well. For everyone saying their riving knife doesn't work with their thin-kerf blade or zero-clearance insert: you're clever. Make yourself a zero-clearance insert with a built-in riving knife that's the right thickness for your blade.

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Messages In This Thread

Tools: Can We Talk About Table Saws?? *PIC*
Kurt Maurer -- 6/18/2012, 1:47 pm
Re: Tools: Can We Talk About Table Saws??
Jay Babina -- 6/18/2012, 2:12 pm
Re: Tools: Can We Talk About Table Saws??
Bill Hamm -- 6/19/2012, 2:02 am
Re: Tools: Can We Talk About Table Saws??
Mike Bielski -- 6/18/2012, 2:15 pm
Re: Tools: Can We Talk About Table Saws??
Rod Tait (Orca Boats) -- 6/18/2012, 2:26 pm
Re: Tools: Can We Talk About Table Saws??
Etienne Muller -- 6/18/2012, 3:04 pm
Re: Tools: Can We Talk About Table Saws??
John Messinger -- 6/18/2012, 3:16 pm
Re: Tools: Can We Talk About Table Saws??
Deano -- 6/18/2012, 4:18 pm
Re: Tools: Can We Talk About Table Saws??
Mike Bielski -- 6/18/2012, 5:06 pm
Re: Tools: Can We Talk About Table Saws??
Etienne Muller -- 6/18/2012, 6:43 pm
Re: Tools: Can We Talk About Table Saws??
Marc Upchurch -- 6/18/2012, 9:55 pm
Re: Tools: Can We Talk About Table Saws??
Etienne Muller -- 6/19/2012, 3:27 am
Re: Tools: Can We Talk About Table Saws??
John Messinger -- 6/19/2012, 8:08 am
Re: Tools: Can We Talk About Table Saws??
Marc Upchurch -- 6/19/2012, 5:27 pm
Re: Tools: Can We Talk About Table Saws??
Mike Bielski -- 6/18/2012, 11:33 pm
Re: Tools: Can We Talk About Table Saws??
Marc Upchurch -- 6/18/2012, 5:19 pm
Re: Tools: Can We Talk About Table Saws??
Kurt Maurer -- 6/18/2012, 8:00 pm
Re: Tools: Can We Talk About Table Saws??
Jeff Horton -- 6/18/2012, 10:41 pm
Re: Tools: Can We Talk About Table Saws??
Allan -- 6/19/2012, 12:50 am
Re: Tools: Can We Talk About Table Saws??
Bill Hamm -- 6/19/2012, 1:33 am
Re: Tools: Can We Talk About Table Saws??
William Mayberry -- 6/18/2012, 9:51 pm
Re: Tools: Can We Talk About Table Saws??
danperry -- 6/18/2012, 10:44 pm
Re: Tools: Can We Talk About Table Saws??
danperry -- 6/18/2012, 11:06 pm
Re: Tools: Can We Talk About Table Saws??
Rob Macks/Laughing Loon CC&K -- 6/19/2012, 7:41 am
Re: Tools: Can We Talk About Table Saws?? *PIC*
Jeff Horton -- 6/19/2012, 12:47 pm
Thanks! Just made one for my saw
Rob Macks/Laughing Loon CC&K -- 6/21/2012, 11:08 am
Experience and Safety
Nick Schade - Guillemot Kayaks -- 6/19/2012, 9:20 am
Re: Experience and Safety
Al Edie -- 6/19/2012, 11:46 am
Re: Experience and Safety
Stephen Troy -- 6/19/2012, 2:45 pm
Re: Tools: Can We Talk About Table Saws??
Malcolm Schweizer -- 6/18/2012, 11:21 pm
Re: Tools: Can We Talk About Table Saws??
Bryan K -- 6/19/2012, 11:07 am
Do you mean "riving knife" or "splitter"?
Brian Nystrom -- 6/20/2012, 7:16 am
Here's a video that explains it
Brian Nystrom -- 6/20/2012, 7:19 am
Re: Do you mean "riving knife" or "splitter"?
John Abercrombie -- 6/20/2012, 2:41 pm
Re: Do you mean "riving knife" or "splitter"?
Brian Nystrom -- 6/21/2012, 6:56 am
Re: Tools: Can We Talk About Table Saws??
Rob Macks/Laughing Loon CC&K -- 6/20/2012, 8:40 am
Re: Tools: Can We Talk About Table Saws??
Mike M -- 6/20/2012, 8:46 am
Re: Tools: Can We Talk About Table Saws??
Will N 2 Go -- 6/21/2012, 12:44 am
Re: Tools: Can We Talk About Table Saws??
Scott Fitzgerrell -- 6/21/2012, 2:44 pm