"David" wrote in message
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Lawrence Wasserman wrote:

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Have you ever played "tug of war" ? (Personally I see nothing wrong
with pulling a board from the back of the saw under certain
circumstances)
consider that you aren't pulling parallel to the ground, but are
situated OVER the board and hence have your hand(s) on TOP of the board
and are tugging it through. can you NOT see the POSSIBILITY that your
hand could come in contact with the blade from a kickback (assuming OF
COURSE that there's no blade guard to prevent such contact?

Dave

But you ARE pulling parallel to the ground. There is no other way to pull
it. The table prevents you from pulling down, and common sense prevents you
from lifting it up.

Note: you only pull after you have something on the back side of the blade
to pull on. That is you have pushed halfway through and then pull the rest
of the way.

Also, your hand is typically on the side of the wood so it is on top and the
bottom at the same time.