A second portable table saw with a riving knife!Įver since portable table saws first appeared on jobsites, carpenters have been throwing away the guards, and for good reason: They’re difficult to remove and re-install after they’ve been used for a few months, you can’t see through the plastic shroud, so it’s impossible to align the blade with a measurement mark you have to remove the guard to make narrow rips or rabbets and carpenters have always suspected that the splitters cause more kickback than they prevent.
