: The Table Saw safety thread always brings to mind my accident with
: a badly designed scarf jig. I know I have posted it before but
: if it keeps from someone from going through what I did.

: This jig has you standing to the side out of the "line of
: fire". The Cutoff falls on the table and the blade is snug
: against the jig so there is little (but no impossible) for the
: blade to catch the cutoff and launch it. Best of all it creates
: near perfect mating surfaces.

To prevent the cutoffs falling on the table and against the blade (resulting in kick back) the jig base can be wider, ie. both sides of the saw blade. Attach the slide guide(s) underneath, pass it through partially to make the saw slot/clearance cut. (You do not need to pass the jig all the way through to cut the scarf.) The blade is now snug on both sides. Construct guides, clamps as original image. The extended end (to be cutoff) is supported now by the wider base and will not chatter. The cutoff does not 'fall down' against the blade and will generally lay flat on the jig. It may still kick back, especially on the return pass as it will be carried back past the blade. Remove it with a push stick before the return pass?