good evening ww's
this morning I asked about splitters for table saws and some possible types that are out there. Some of those who responded mentioned that some european saws use riving knives. Well as I looked at my table saw I realized that what I thought was a missing splitter was a missing riving knife ( for those interested my saw is a rockwell / delta RT-40 ).
So I have come up with what some folks showed me in their responses and I wanted to get some feedback from the group before making the little guy. What you see are just cardboard mock ups. The red one is sort of skinney and the orange one is a little stouter. I am only running a 12" blade at this time so things look a little out of proportion. The saw is made to take from a 12" to 16" blade so the riving knife holder is held in a slotted fixture. I took some of the advise offered and tried to make the knife no taller than the blade.
thanks in advance
lou