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Rod Kirby says, "My personal objectives in making this were: 1. Maintain Safety 2. Be easy-on, easy-off 3. Provide for the most used (at least for me) position of the saw blade, i.e. 90 degrees. Because of the safety issues, make and use this AT YOUR OWN RISK. In practice, I have found the so-called anti kick-back pawls more of a hindrance than a help – and of course they mark most timber. As always, stay away from the "line of fire" when sawing. I believe the splitter (riving knife) prevents most kick-back situations from occurring, and a partial thru cut is the only time I remove the splitter – but I do this often, so I don’t want getting the thing on and off to be 10 minute job!"
