There are a couple of rules everyone should observe when it comes to using a table saw.
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Keep your fingers as far away from the blade as possible and never push directly toward a spinning blade. That means for a cut like this, use a push stick.
3 The Problem with Push Sticks
There are a variety of push sticks around -- some home made and some store bought.
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But they all have one thing in common -- to use them, your hand has to pass over the running blade in order to copmlete the cut, sometimes uncomfortably close to the blade.
5 A New Push Stick
Here's a new push stick design that's more comfortable, more controllable and most important of all, safer.
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This push stick was deisgned by carpenter Kevin Elie. He married a conventional push stick to a saw handle.
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Kevin's push stick allows you to keep your hand much further from the blade than most, gives you good control...
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...and most importantly, it permits you to finish your cut without ever having to pass your hand above the blade of the saw.
