What is the big deal with a splitter?
The splitter is an extremely important safety device.
There are times when the splitter is not used but they are typically special situations.
Common sense should prevail.
The main purpose of the splitter is
it does not allow the material being cut the move away from the rip fence and travel across the path of the moving blade.
If the splitter is not in place and the material does ride over the blade then a kickback is quite likely to be the result.
What is a kickback?
A kickback is when the material being cut is thrown back towards the operator and can therefore cause an injury.
The splitter also keeps the material spread apart after it has passed the blade and keeps each piece separated in case it tries to close the kerf that is produced by the saw blade.
I have witnessed this scenario, no splitter, wrong method of cutting, and it hurts the chicklets. Who needs a trip to the dentist?
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