klawuhn

I find that most of my problems came from the fact that the table beyond the blade is not nearly long enough. Because of that, I was putting more pressure on the board that is currently going through the blade to keep the cut portion from dropping below the table. This is not a good thing, even with push sticks.

I have since built extension tables and also added portable roller stands so that I no longer have to do this. This helps with the problem considerably. I find, however, that even this extension is sometimes too short or to narrow to support both pieces of the cut. It would be nice to have rolling tables to accept the cut portions, however, my garage is much too small for these additions.

All of these table extensions and rollers need to be quick to install and remove and also fold up to make room in the garage for the cars, etc. I am also thinking that if you didn't have to "guide" the wood so closely because of the needed pressure, you would use the blade guards more frequently.

With the extensions, I find that I can now push the board through the blade without trying to reach around to catch it and loose focus on what I am doing.