U.S. tablesaw safety now on par with Europe

摘要

A: at one time ,european tablesaws were safer than North American saws—but we have finally caught up. With more stringent safety regulations for the trades, Europe has long required a riving knife on saws. It is very effective at preventing kickback, and importantly, it is convenient—which means that users will keep it on the saw. For a long time, U.S.-style splitters were bulky and inconvenient, but that changed in 2008 when Underwriters Laboratories began to require that all new tablesaw designs have a riving knife, and that all old designs have them by 2014.