🪚 Table Saw Safety Splitter and Riving Knife Alternative: MJ SPLITTER for Zero Clearance Insert Review

This is the second splitter I have bought, the first was green for a regular saw and it was bought when I bought a new diablo thin blade. Both products are easy to install and work great once the installation is complete. You will be very happy when you buy this!

I really wanted to like and use this splitter but it was too much. All was going well until it was time to drill holes. I'm guessing the drill was scrapped by Harbor Freight! It will not drill through the bottom of the zero clearance insert. I ended up running the insert through a saw so I could use a riving knife instead of splitters.

Love these slivers. They offer the level of protection I need and are extremely easy to install and remove after the initial installation. I have a second set because if you leave it and move the board sideways towards it, the splitter pins will break. I think next time I'll go for heavier ones with a metal insert in the pins.

Before installing I carefully read the instructions and watched a video about it. There were no problems except that my saw blade was mounted so close to the other end of the ZCI that there was barely room to mount the splitter. I had to cut off the furthest pin because it hit the metal bezel that supports ZCI. Regardless, the splitter is very tight (very difficult to remove) so it works great.

I bought this to use with two Microjig Grippers I had purchased, mainly for added security. Installation was relatively easy with clear instructions and a template provided. I keep the stencil mounted on a circuit board and hang it on the wall for easy access. I highly recommend buying this if you use handles and your saw doesn't have a riving knife (or your riving knife can't be lowered).

The product fully corresponds to the description and at a great price. The instructions that came with the product are excellent and easy to understand. The only issue I had was that the drill bit that came with it was too small, so I couldn't fit the riving knife into my backlash-free insert. I ended up using a 9/64" bit that was slightly smaller than the holes in the alignment tool that came with it. I still had to push the riving knife into the zero gap insert so it should be safe.

For context, I'm a fan of Microjig. The grrripper is arguably the greatest invention for shop security, the grr rip block is perfect too, the dovetail clamps are used all the time in my shop and the dado rail is just awesome. The conical attachment is second to none. Not sure if it was an accident but at least quality control with them is an issue. Here are the cons of my experience: 1.) The drill included in the kit is bent. I only noticed it after trying to drill my first hole, which caused…