BrutulTM
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Lanx
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i built a 5x6 shoe rack for my wife, i, drilled 100 holes for pegs (so she can tell me how to adjust the shelves, i.e. close together for the slipper shelf, further apart for the mid boot shelf etc)
anyway it has 9 shelves and she wanted 2 more. i goto homedepot picked up a 1inx10inx10ft board and ask the dude to cut it in half (the rack has already been made, i've been moving shelves around for a few days, i just need to drill it into the stud to prevent tipover and it's done). i get back 2 boards, 1 measuring 58", and the other at 62"
i said, wtf, i can't use this and just left.
anyway it has 9 shelves and she wanted 2 more. i goto homedepot picked up a 1inx10inx10ft board and ask the dude to cut it in half (the rack has already been made, i've been moving shelves around for a few days, i just need to drill it into the stud to prevent tipover and it's done). i get back 2 boards, 1 measuring 58", and the other at 62"
i said, wtf, i can't use this and just left.
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Table saws kick back because they are not set up properly, or get out of whack over time. The blade needs to be parallel with the fence. Kickback happens when its not and the wood jams between the blade and the fence. It only takes a few millimeters. Another thing is to have force being applied to the wood 90 deg to the cut on the leading edge of the wood. Like a feather block. I know its a pain in the ass to set up, but its the safest way to make rip cuts. For the cross cuts use a sled. They are easy to build way more accurate than that little device which comes with the saw for cross cuts. And will last for years. Its the first thing I built for my table saw and have had it for 20+ yrs now.
Soygen
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Yeah you should definitely have your fence/blade squared up properly, but kickback is also often due to not paying attention, warped boards and/or removing safety functions on the saw(riving knife, etc). I'll do a lot of things in my garage while listening to music or audio books, etc but when I'm on the tablesaw I really try to only focus on that saw because I don't have a sawstop and want my fingers to stick around.
