On 2007-11-16 07:44:33 +0000, Ian White said:

wrote:

Two example of table saws being used with no guard & no riving knife & one
clip of a socket being installed - bare earth wire being connected without
any green/yellow sieving.
You would think they would pay more attention to details like that.

TBH Quite often saws etc are shown without guards to allow viewers to
see what is going on. Norm (New Yankee Workshop)invariably uses a table
saw without a riving knife (is this not a "matter of opinion" and it is
only the uk market that has gone the pro knife route?). There is no
excuse for wiring things "badly".

These sort of programs are so influential, particularly on individuals
that haven't had the chance of professional training, I think it's
criminally irresponsible not to show at least the minimum level of
safety essential to the job.

Norm in NYW will (or should) be using a saw table with a splitter
rather than a riving knife

What's the difference between a splitter, a riving knife and a pro knife?

BBC, Discovery or WBGH Boston.