...on your Table Saw? My brother in law was over last night and we were standing at my table saw discussing safety. He said he always stands in front of the piece of wood he is feeding into the table saw and feeds it through by holding his push stick on top of the wood between the blade and the fence. I said I always stand to the left of the blade and feed it through by holding the wood on the outside of the blade. He felt he had better control his way, I felt it was dangerous to stand directly behind it. We both use those long notched push sticks.
Also, he cuts thin strips with the waste side between the fence and the blade. So if he wanted to rip a 1" piece off a 6" board, he would have the
5" side between the fence and the blade. I do it in reverse. I never really thought about it. How do you guys do it? Which is safer/better?