Originally Posted by
Lee Schierer
If you have trouble or concern with pieces sliding sideways against your miter gauge during crosscuts, apply some adheisve baked 220 grit sand paper to the face of the miter gauge. You will have no more worries about wood slipping even with minimal hand clamping.
Any time a piece of wood is constrained between the saw blade and the fence whether or not is is a through cut, there is a chance of kick back. It only takes once for the wood to hang up on the fence to get a really violent kickback. If I can't use the stop on my miter gauge, and miter gauge extension for a tenon cheek cut, I use a block to set the length and than the piece is free and clear once I start the forward motion to make the cut.