"Andy Dingley" wrote in message

My impression was that hardly anyone in the USA used them.

I don't think that's true ... I know a number of "pro" woodworkers/cabinet
makers of many years experience and it may surprise you to find that a good
many of them use splitters on their cabinet saws in the shop. And just about
everyone I know with a cabinet saw in their garage/ship uses one.

Where I rarely see a splitter is on a contractor's saws on a job site.

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