: If you saw the photo I posted of my thumb in the ER, that wouldn't
: have happened if my saw had an riving knife. I was cutting
: scarfs on the end of stringers. To you have that small wedge
: shaped cutoff. It vibrated between the spliter and blade and was
: launched at me. I think they are the single best safety idea
: ever on a table saw.

Yep, seen it. That was, as one of my younger neices says, a big owie.
Come to think of it, every saw I've seen here that is standard/unmodified, has a riving blade.

Mike Savage
South West Cork