If a kick back takes your hand into the blade, you're feeding from the wrong
end of the saw.

"Mort Stevens" wrote in message
ups.com...

I was thinking more in terms of what would happen if the kickback would
take your hand into the blade, would the mechanism activate fast enough
to prevent serious injury.


Mort


John Grossbohlin wrote:
The riving knife is for the kickbacks.... not the SawStop mechanism. On
that
note look up information on kickbacks and riving knives and you will
find
that they are effective (if you actually use it!).

John