On Wed, 23 Mar 2011 18:23:58 GMT, (Doug Miller)
wrote:

In article , wrote:
This guy will only be able to count to ten for another day or two.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AkWgzAk0kuQ

With no splitter, he's just begging for a kickback. I don't see that there's
any greater inherent danger of amputations with this setup than with any other
table saw, though, except to the extent that someone who would engage in this
sort of redneck rigging is less likely to observe proper safety precautions
than someone who would instead buy, borrow, or rent the right equipment.
There have been lots of "goog" saws in the past that had no splitter
- and if you are CAREFULL and know what you are doing setting up the
saw, they don't kick back any worse than a normal saw with a
splitter. But they need to be set up accurately.