Adding A Riving Knife To Table Saw

This involves making several zero clearance throat plates each with an integrated splitter at a different location based on the hight of the saw blade.

Adding a riving knife to table saw.

Tools ans materials old riving knife or a template metal file drill bit calipers oil for lubrication steel punch and a hammer jigsaw with metal cutting blade marker clamp for holding your workpiece. Not only did they avoid producing new saws with riving knives but no aftermarket riving knives were produced as accessories. Additionally a riving knife is typically set below the top of the blade allowing to make kerfs and prevent the wood warping. Many of us in the woodworking world have been asking the major tool makers to put riving knives on their saws for years.

In most cases i believe the answer is no. The bork attaches to the arbor swing arm and rises lowers and tilts in unison with the blade much like a true stock riving knife does. The bolt on ripping knife bork from bob ross of walnutacre woodworking is a retrofit riving knife that fits several traditional saws that were not originally designed for a riving knife. But if your table saw doesn t come with one fret not with a little wherewithal you can add a riving knife to almost any.

Came here to say this. An aftermarket retrofit riving knife does exist. A splitter rides above the cut plane and is thicker than the kerf width. Table saw grizzly 1023 was thinking of purchasing something along the lines of a shark guard or bork but was wondering if there has been any updates over the past several years.

If you cannot retrofit a riving knife on your older saw there is a less convenient but somewhat viable workaround. Just the one thing that might save you from a very bad day in the shop. I will never kerf a board without a riving knife because i cannot see the blade.