Hahahahaha. My 2 year old Crftsman 19.2v cordless drill got WAY out performed by a 9.2v 9year old dewalt. The dewalt had better speed and more torque. And half the weight and 4x the age.
Makita is more for comfort I would say than anything else. My friend has the Lithium-ion line of the 18v makita cordless and I have the 18v auto shift Ridgid cordless and our results is this. He is now the proud owner of of Ridgid tools. If you dont mind alittle less performance for comfort then makita is the way to go. If you dont care if the drill is alittle heavier and not as comfortable but you like performance there are better.
Haha I had to chime in with my little story. I believe the best things gaurds will go is keep you from getting something chopping off. It only has clearance the thickness of the wood and not an open spinning blade without a gaurd.
Dont get your panties in a bunch. Does getting a kickback onto your finger and having it split open and your nail come off and having to get rushed to the ER after 6 hrs of constant bleeding and having to get multiple shots in your finger and breaking your finger in 2 different places dount? If so here I am talking to you.
Not sue what brand you have but ive seen Delta,Ridgid,Jet and a bunch other that have a gaurd with just a splitter that does not have teeth. Ive only seen the after market splitter with teeth none that was a stock item on a table saw yet.
I have a delta and the splitter had no grooves like the 1 your refering to. Although I do know what you are talking about most gaurds dont have grooves in the splitter unless your high VERY high end table saws or your buying the splitter with teeth seperatly from somewere.
I went to a place that sells wood working tools and me and 1 of the workers disagreed. I thought using a table saw haurd increases the risk of injury. I think the only risk it prevents is from chopping your fingers off because it hides the blade when cutting so nothing can enter besides the piece of wood. BUT, it also increases kick backs. The splitter behind the gaurd I believe increases kick backs. When I had my table saw gaurd on sometime ago the wood always got stick when it goes through the splitter. I believe take your gaurd off and your anti-kick back off and just your table top and blade and be careful not to get your finger to close use push sticks and dont lean over by your blade its more safe than all those gadgets. Whats your take?
Did I just read correctly you are dropping to 9v? NINE VOLTS? WOW. I wouldnt even chance my shit if my electrical concisted of a hampster on a wheel dropping to 9v. Surprised your car dont shut off. I knew some guy who bought an amp from me that his car kept shutting off at high 10s.