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Comment by metadat

1 year ago

What's a riving/ryving knife? I searched but still unclear.

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Wohlf  1 year ago

A riving knife is a piece of metal behind the blade that prevents wood from pinching the blade and being launched towards the front of the saw.

  • defrost  1 year ago

    Beat me to it. Picture here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Riving_knife

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