Splitter ( Riving Knife ). 3 in 1 Workbench. DIY. How to do.

[@toonybrain]

Michael, brilliant! I just made a splitter for my Unisaw out of an old saw blade. Now I will be making a riving knife for my contractor’s saw. But, I haven’t enough remnant saw blade left and I had dug through my scrap metal and found nothing beefy and rigid enough. So I was eyeballing old pots and pans… When you held up that grill spatula, there it was! There’s the size and kind of steel I need. Thanks for the idea. 👍🏼

[@blaksin]

Washer before wingnut; nice work

[@Charcad]

Tips. Use a cheap 7-1/4 circular saw plywood blade (i.e. no carbide teeth) for a source of hardened and tempered steel with a narrower kerf than the typical carbide tipped saw blade. This steel is very rigid. You can cut this up using the saw and an abrasive metal cutting blade. I used an old Oldham plywood blade to make several hybrid splitters/riving knives of different heights for my ancient but excellent Magna 10". They mount on the trunion block and will tilt with the blade but won't elevate. Also taper the leading edges of these splitter/knives with a grinding stone so the work piece doesn't catch on a sharp corner.

[@MeThokozani]

Just as I have imagined to be. Great video 💥💥💥💣

[@danielacorrea5266]

You do have to spend some time setting the saw up... blade, fence, etc. But once done, the saw is great. Fairly compact which is Nice kzbin.infoUgkxXh-4_3-ZT1fFWP91ZV7iVqzElr0lEb-a I did get an Incra Miter Gauge which takes some setup as well. The stock miter gauge can be adjusted in the miter slot with a little painter's tape... this tightens up the side to side play a lot.

[@raimundoamorim2801]

Parabéns muito criativo e útil também 👏👏👏

[@markhamze154]

Brilliant work! For safety just just put a guard over the blade, which is easy! In reality the commercial guards on table saws a not that good. They shatter when you fall on them. Nothing is really safe. You just have to use common sense. The table saw i just made clamps the wood down and the saw runs on a track from the top, but that is to cut ply wood and mdf. I built this table saw to cut large sheets of ply wood down to manage able sizes. Please note that the table saw i just built isn't designed for natural woods, but for man made panels like mdf and ply. The problem with a normal table saw is one of the sides must be perfectly straight or you will get kick back! Also this design cuts all most perfectly straight and the non of the sides have to be straight! Thank you for your brilliant video!!!!!

[@MichaelPaleyAU]

+marco hanse Thank you!

[@ccccen]

dang I love that mini saw :)

[@rosalvoprates7587]

Até Agora não tinha visto um cutelo feito assim.. Gostei Muito... PARABÉNS

[@waterscott02]

I'm going to take your great example and upgrade my cheaper delta table saw. Thanks for sharing!

[@dawsie]

🤔now that's a great idea I was going to cut down the old one but was not happy about cutting the triton bench one just in case I might need it again for the old bench 😳 but now I can make me own one thanks for the great idea have to pick up one next time I am in Bunnings 😹😹

[@heukelummer]

if you make a riving knife you measure the thickness of the blade plus the thickness of the teeth divide that by 2 that should be the thickness of you riving knife and keep an overall distance to the sawblade between 5 and 8 millimeter, what you made is a splitter and not a real riving knife,a riving knife is partially over the cutting blade so it prevents a trow back better than a splitter.

[@VitaliySunny]

Why need divide thickness of teeth by 2? Riving knife can be same thickness?

[@muzikkify]

Riving knife should be a bit thinner than the thickness of the teeth but thicker than thickness of the blade. You sum these two thicknesses and divide them by 2, then you get the optimal thickness.

[@zhorax]

You pretty much summed it all up.. all hail this post!

[@johnfrost5268]

That seems like a lot of work. Did you consider flipping the bracket over, glueing it to the bottom, and using it for the splitter?

[@DIMTips]

Nice mod. Need to build one of these

[@johnmer3000]

Lyrics: "use a handsaw, use a handsaw, etc" Great idea and vid so thank you.

[@joseamarantegarciaamarante8825]

Jose Amarante Garcia, e aí Michael Paley td bem, gostei muito da sua ideia, são poucas pessoas que ensinam coisas boas à outras pessoas, por isso vc é abençõado, muito obrigado continue sempre assim abraço.................................

[@MichaelPaleyAU]

Muito obrigado!

[@zacariassagarzazu2791]

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[@GNU_Linux_for_good]

Very cool since it has this micro adjustment. But sometimes you need the splitter below the blade height in order to make covered cuts [dados, groves the like]

[@johnmav8309]

Thank you!

[@yotsukelhancker]

good idea

[@cleberaugustotorresdasilva2511]

Ola Senhor boa tarde ! Gostei muito das suas ferramentas, e muitas mais ainda, da sua criatividade com a criação desta bancada. Pretendo fazer uma pra mim, aqui em Manaus. Espero receber mais informações suas . Agradeço a oportunidade de ver suas . Cleber Augusto Manaus Amazonas Brasil

[@MichaelPaleyAU]

Obrigado!

[@yathatisgood]

Hi What is that attachment on the angle grinder? Looks really handy.

[@ramilramirez5293]

Hi Michael Paley... May I know the name of angel grinder attachment... thanks

[@djmdog8754]

Whats the attachment you've got on your grinder? And where did you get it. Really useful looking attachment for straight and vertical controlled cutting

[@yathatisgood]

Hi. Did you find out what that attachment is?

[@toonybrain]

DJ Mdog It appeared to be a compact (mini) circular saw.

[@jellyg.8961]

It's a 4.5" circular saw.

[@HonestLawyersNeeded]

Excellent idea however, you had enough room to leave the handle on. You'd have had a spare scraper for your bar-b-que.

[@macfranc4743]

Great !! Now let see how that works when you tilt the blade ??

[@MichaelPaleyAU]

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[@macfranc4743]

I had idea to build Riving Knife like you did on my table saw but i give up sience you can t use it when you tilt the blade because Riving Knife stay in same position and don t tilt with the blade so you have to remove it.

[@lscaliman25]

What kind of tool do you use now to open your beerbottle???

[@MichaelPaleyAU]

lighter "BIG". :)

[@hightowerone]

Lucian Stefan Caliman amateurs right 😉

[@leon_mnl]

a jackhammer....what else?

[@samklaasse9339]

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[@samklaasse9339]

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[@SGudur]

Did you really do that ?!! With a Saw down below ? Your skill sets and measuring ability proven ! :-)

[@stratmister009]

I've used a variety of tablesaws over the last 30yrs ranging from sub $100 cheapo to an industrial table that costs more than my car, but I'll admit having watched this video I see little benefit from this. It's not really a riving knife. But thanks for sharing and taking time to make such a professional quality video.

[@joeswheat]

stratmister why? Add a comment that adds value OR just move along.

[@you-tubejunkie2926]

No lock washers ?

[@jessielacson]

Do not raise the blade real high just above the gullet or 1/4 " is more than enough just a though

[@obieusategui2047]

Hi Michael I am diy fanatic. While getting ready for doing a 3 in 1 Workbench using someone else's plans, noted that they did not have any protection - no riving knife no splitters, nothing. I must have watched a zillion tutorials on the subject and this video is, I think, [the] only one that addresses the issue. Kudos and thanks to you. The only problem I had with your video [constructive criticism] is I had a hell of a time trying to figure out what the hell you were using as your splitter. I must have watched your video 10 times and still could not figure it out. By chance, I decided to read the comments to your video and thank God, someone mentioned that it was a "hamburguer / bbq spatula". Never would have guessed. Suggestion my friend, I do some KZbin tutorial videos, I would politely suggest you do a better job in having titles, captions or some kind of notes on the tools you use as well as your step-by-step guide. This silent presentation leaves many voids. Otherwise, good job on the project. Thanks.

[@martinherreralinares7054]

Y cuando se baja el disco como se oculta esa pieza???? 🤔

[@matiasca1]

Y porque habrías de ocultarla? para que nadie la vea?

[@ArcanePath360]

Your blade is way too high if you don't want kickback. Should only be a half tooth above the height of the stock. Also your push stick should have more surface area to push down with. It looks dangerous even with the splitter.

[@LuisCasstle]

Could've just used that L bracket as the splitter 😜

[@pterodactyl342]

Luis Castellon Maybe not. Only L brackets I can source are 1mm or 2mm thickness. Neither suitable for my blade which leaves a kerf of 2mm. On the other hand bbq tool blade just a tad over 1.6 mm. Perfect. Cheers.

[@williamallan4724]

Hi, you made a splitter and not a riving knife. A riving knife moves with the blade when you raise or lower the blade.

[@simon1171]

Your blade is too high when making the cut ......its dangerous and can cause kick back

[@murksmurkel1554]

very nice ,but this music drives grazy ,-) sorry

[@vitmojzis1497]

Not a great mounting mechanism considering you want the riving knife to be height adjustable so that it's always the same height as the blade.

[@tomopazo7887]

In this setup, the blade height is fixed!

[@vitmojzis4324]

@@tomopazo7887 It's not. You can easily adjust the blade height of the circular saw (and you really want to do that to get clean cuts). The only problem is the fixed position of the riving knife.

[@tomopazo7887]

@@vitmojzis4324 I see what you mean. My circular saw is not height-adjustable because it's too old..

[@ffieditor]

This will NOT work in Craftsman Tilt Table saw

[@roberteads9995]

Micro-jig splitter...got better things to do with my time

[@joeswheat]

Well Robert, You watched and then took time to insult with this comment. Nothing worthwhile to add and too stupid to realize. Looks like you and your time aren’t worth much.

[@aeromedical6750]

Homemade table saw. It only takes $2000 in tools to make something you can purchase for $500 that includes a factory warranty, safety features, and cuts way more precise than this death trap.

[@JoeTurner141]

Where are you buying your tools?!

[@jellyg.8961]

$2000 in tools... don't know where you came with that laughable estimate.

[@nerfherder6044]

This is not a Riving Knife

[@lila_9641]

F

[@tolomjagroopjohn7185]

table saw is cheap why go through all that

[@mapp0v0]

Bullshit. Cut a test piece

[@whyz63]

Too complicated