Editing Table saw (section)

==Blade height==
[[File:Circular Saw Blade.jpg|thumb|right|Ideally the blade of the table saw should extend higher than the board being cut by about {{convert|1/4|in|mm|spell=in}}; this lessens the risk of kickback and other injuries and enables smooth cutting.]]
There are two competing schools of thought when it comes to properly setting the height of the blade for sawing. The first is commonly expressed thus:{{Citation needed|date=June 2011}} "Only allow the blade to rise above the work by the amount of finger you wish to lose." That is, the blade should protrude above the piece as little as possible, to prevent the loss of a finger in case of a sawing accident.

Another competing view is that the saw functions at its best when the angle of the blade teeth arc relative to the top surface of the workpiece is as extreme as possible.{{Citation needed|date=June 2011}} This facilitates chip ejection, shortens the overall distance through which the teeth act on the part, reduces power consumption and heat generation, substantially reduces the peak pushing force required, thus improving control, and causes the blade's force on the wood to act mostly downward rather than largely horizontally.