I had 3 cases worth mentioning. One was a 45 degree cut with the main
panel on top of the blade and the off cut under and away from the
fence. The off cut kicked back and hit me in the abdomen. I have done
the same cut a number of times since, and the off cut piece hasn't ever
kicked back since.
Another time, I was crosscutting some short pieces. I put a block on
the fence to measure with and to provide room so that the pieces
wouldn't bind and kick back. Well, the pieces were wider than long, and
one turned sideways and kicked back.
The other time was on a construction site. A guy provided a Ryobi bench
top table saw for ripping some siding into corner blocks. This is a saw
that has trouble cutting dry 2 x 4 material. A buddy ripped off a 4
inch wide piece and left it. It slowly kicked back and barely cleared
the table saw. I imagine the weak saw, and with no outfeed table so the
piece arched and barely contacted the blade, and a low fence combined
for a wimpy kickback. I told him that if he had been using my shop saw
(Unisaw) that the off cut would have gone across the pool, across the
driveway and into his truck, and he didn't seem to understand.
robo hippy