What causes kickback?
Bang! Suddenly, the saw is throwing lumber at you! Your risk is related to how you feed the board. Stand out of its direct path. Operating a table saw this way might not be intuitive, but it helps you avoid kickback. The blade cuts going down in front, but remember the heel comes simultaneously upward. The back end should have a clear path upward, but sometimes it touches. The heel is capable of grabbing lumber, carrying it up and throwing it over toward you, so make it your goal to prevent the heel from touching. Feed direction ordinarily goes the opposite of rotation direction. Table saw feed direction is against the way the saw is turning. The rotation direction of a table saw is toward the front. It cuts downward, thus the way a blade faces is normally opposite to feed. A portable circular saw cutting upward can be thought of the same but upside down. Feeding in reverse risks letting the wood kick back, so cutting along with the rotation direction, or climbing, is not casually cont
