In my experiences, they they are cheap and don't install like they should which makes them more dangerous. Of course a splitter is better than nothing. Just as with a riving knife, you have to remember to stay with the blades it's thickness are designed for (e.g., standard kerf or thin kerf), or have a couple of the simple metal splitters sitting around (the pattern can be cut from aluminum with a good jig saw). It is so quick and easy, I use it religiously. Using a screw driver I keep in one of the accessory slots near the splitter, removal just requires reaching for it and using it to press the button, while pulling back on the splitter. It may be quicker and easier to remove than some riving knives.Īfter set up, to install the splitter, you need only set the back of it in the exterior support grooves, then push the front down into the front clip. During set up, I had to drill a hole, which allows me to access the release button without removing the throat plate, and I had to cut slots in the zero clearance plates to take the splitter. Initially, it takes a little time to set the Merlin up, but it's a done deal afterward. Then, having a riving knife would not have improved the situation, but it's usually obvious (usually with big box 2x's) and I can go back into extreme white knuckle mode, with my large push shoes, or even knee the kill switch and finish or rough it on my band saw In short, kick backs caused by pinching have dropped to almost none existent. It was one of the best after market investments I've made for my saw.īoards pinching the blade happen in only the most extreme circumstances. I ran that way for more than thirty years, then tired of white knuckling some boards and lumber, did some research, then gritted my teeth and spent a couple hundred on a Merlin Splitter. Of course, removing the guard took the splitter and kick-back pawels too. Like most, I pulled everything off my cabinet saw, because each installation/removal of the splitter. Jeff, you're absolutely right - if a splitter was causing problems you mentioned, it's contributing to them, rather than solving them. 1/29/14 #9: best splitter etc for powermatic 66.
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