On Thu, 3 Nov 2005 18:05:40 -0500, "wayne mak"
wrote:

The Unisaw that I bought has the tongue behind the blade to split/anti kick
back the wood, how many people use this? It would seem it would help keep
the wood against the fence. My dad who has been wood working for ever and
has written books for fine wood working doesn't use one and see's no reason
too. But it seems to me that it would help make a clean cut any thoughts?


FYI, I have a set of shop made zero clearance throat plates for
various configurations. Rather than worrying about placing and
removing the splitter I swap out a throat plate with a splitter glued
in (1/8 strip of maple) and one without. Doesn't take long at all.

But lookinig over the site at
http://www.homestead.com/ValRoseWoodWorks/Splitter.html I think I am
going to rethink what I do.