Question about TS push sticks (particularly Swingman!!)

wood_newbie · 2005-08-04T17:11:19+00:00

Newbie here, working with my first table saw. I took a class on how touse it safely, but I'm not terribly satisfied that I'm doing itcorrectly.While viewing one of Swingman's recent posts, I saw a picture of one ofthe push sticks he was using.( stick is similar to the design my teacher used. However, it seemsto me like the operator's hand still gets behind the blade at the endof the cut, which the teacher described as, well, it was described as"a bad thing."Would it not be better to use a longer stick and put the "wood hook"further forward of the handle? This way there would still besufficient leverage to hold the wood down, but at no time would theoperator's hand get above or behind the blade.Any help would be appreciated...particularly from you, Swingman...howdo you like your design?