Thanks for he extensive help with this saw. I will definitely use all your advise. I never considered the kickback when pushing saw carriage.
The saw is an 80s sears craftsman 10" RAS. Picked it up for $50.
Used it to cut the top and bottom rail tenons in the fir door I built over the weekend.
Door turned out ok, had some issues with the tongue and groove. could not find router bit tall enough to cut the tongue on the 1.5" thick boards, so i used the dado initially on my cheap Ryobi table saw for this.
Dave
Dave