Alan,algale wrote: ↑Fri Apr 29, 2022 7:00 am^^^This is worth emphasizing!!!!!!chapmanruss wrote: ↑Thu Apr 28, 2022 1:54 pm Do move the feather board ahead of the blade. Never have it "pinching" against or behind the blade.
As pictured in the OP's current set up, the feather board will push the work piece toward the blade and, as the cut is completed, this set up could could cause a kickback (although the riving knife might prevent contact at the rear of the blade). At a minimum, the front of the bade may continue to chew up the trailing edge of the work piece. Move the feather board toward the operator until none of the feathers/fingers overlap with the blade.
Thanks. I agree. I probably should have emphasized this one more in my previous post. Of course, we don't know if the OP had this featherboard in place on the kickback that injured him or not though. I believe he is posting all of the safety methods he has in place now. Still, this featherboard is too far forward and shouldn't be located where the workpiece (wood) first comes in contact with the sawblade. I still think the fence needs alignment. Pictures are never perfect and there is parallax to contend with, but looking closer at this pic below from the OP it appears to me that the fence might be misadjusted. If you look in the red oval, it appears that the fence is closer to the sawblade at the back which is a prerequisite for having a kickback for sure. Reason that I say this is because the gap between the fence and the table's right miter bar slot has a larger gap near the front compared to the back, or at least it appears this way in the pic.
I highly recommend the OP check and perform a fence alignment first.
See pages 29-30 of the manual at the link below, if I have the correct Skil model #
https://www.skil.com/media/productattac ... manual.pdf