Good video, and one of the few that clarify that the riving knife must be thicker than the plate but thinner or exactly the same as the kerf (which is very hard so thinner is easier). Good to see well informed videos not only people making riving knifes with random thicknesses which is deceivingly dangerous.

My riving knife sits beside my saw more than on it for this exact reasons and I have to admit it never crossed my mind to make a smaller replacement. Cracking idea well executed. Now to find some steel plate....

Thanks!, for not making this simple thing into something much more complicated than it needs to be, which seems to be often be the case. CheerZ!

Good job Matt

A very good idea!

Love the idea.

Glad you made a video after my question! lol

Very useful video. My little tablesaw came with a tall riving knife and a guard. The manual said 'this machine cannot be used for cutting rebates' (or words to that effect). I had always assumed it was something I'd have to live with, but now I have an option. I realise of course that there are some safety implications but these are not insurmountable if I use common sense and 'safe practice' when using the saw. Thanks for sharing.

Simple and very effective!!!

Well that went by rather quickly. Nice job mate 👍 Riving knives are a must for any table saw. Always good to have the option available.

Great stuff again. Just done this myself, but by cutting down the existing riving knife. I considered making a new one, but have a memory that the type and thickness of the steel are important.

Brilliant. I couldn't find anywhere to buy a replacement knife for my Bosch PTS 10 so that I could cut one down. Your video solves my problem. Thank you.

Nice and easy! I should probably make one...

Amazing that the designed the original that way, glad you found a solution!

That should work well Matt.

Good job sir, I might have to make myself one as my riving knife sticks above the blade to.

thanks for the vid, I literally have the exact same problem with my table saw, thought about cutting it down but now maybe I'll try this first.

Hey! I did the same thing for my Metabo TK 1256 a while ago. Exactly the same thing :) just a slightly different shape. I have it on ALL the time...

Saved yourself a few bob there Matt!👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍

Definitily the one that you made has nicer design , it flows nicely with the blade !!!!!.

I just got a small cheap table saw and I have the same problem. Another table saw I had before the riving knife was able to be adjusted below the saw

That great and looks just the job, nice one 👍

Done similar with my old Dewalt.

Brother that cut seems like deep 4 inches for one go. Thats too thick for one pass, and i saw that the wood bobbed up a bit. Such deep cuts are indeed hard to manage all three points of pressure. Just a suggestion , you do a two pass cut two inches each. That will be easier, manageable and cleaner.

I need to do this to mine. Currently don’t have mine installed for your reason. 😬😬

Been meaning to do this for ages, was going to use an old table saw blade for the metal but wasn’t sure if a jigsaw blade would cut it...?

Hi Matt Love the channel, the bench dog clamp system you used ? Have you done video on them? Are they any good where are they from? Thanks for all the content

Got you self a nice little appocolypse weapon there matt lolol great job mate. Just put of interest Did you sell the bosch saw you used to have in the old workshop.

I'm at the same point --- have a fat riving knife, can't use other blade I want (but at least I can do rabbets, it's not too high), I will not risk without protection. I considered making zero-clearance inserts with a splitter but then you'd want one for basically each blade height (as a faraway splitter is as helpful as a Hail Mary, just psychological). BUT. Why make them from metal, not some plastic? Because they don't exert much force, they have to just keep the two sides of the cut apart to avoid pinching/binding? If it were made from metal to survive a kickback event, then that's assuming its failing to work.

Hi Matt, well done. Could you please tell me what grade steel you used? Was it mild steel or some other grade?

Cut rebates.

Why don’t I get notified when you get a new vid out ? I am a sub and have the bell tapped but never get a notification ?

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