"Upscale" wrote in message
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On Mon, 8 Feb 2010 01:47:57 -0500, "Bill"
wrote:
minutes. Question: Can I, with a partner, safely cut a full sheet in
half
on a 30" table saw (without risking kickback)?

You can probably do it without a partner if you go about it the right
way. However, kickbacks can happen even when the safest precautions
have been taken.

That said you can use one of more of the following methods:

1) Don't feed the plywood from right behind it where a kickback might
throw the wood.

2) Have a properly working splitter on the tablesaw.
http://www.leevalley.com/wood/page.a...080,51225&ap=1

3a) Use kickback pawls on the tablesaw.

3b) Use antikickback rollers on the wood when feeding the wood.
http://www.woodcraft.com/Product/200...Clockwise.aspx

3c) Use featherboards on the top of the plywood sheet to hold it down.
http://www.leevalley.com/wood/page.a...=1,42363,42356

4) Use infeed and outfeed tables or supports for cutting (or the help
of a partner)

5) Cut the plywood in half off the tablesaw (handsaw, jigsaw,
powersaw) and then cut the halves to size on the tablesaw.

#5 is probably the best. Couple sheets of foam on the floor or driveway,
100" straight edge and a skill saw.