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Noted, thanks.

Thanks, that looks nicely secure and robust. It doesn't look as if it would move as the blade is raised and lowered, but I'm guessing it's made big enough to accommodate the blade at full height so it doesn't need to move (except to allow entry of the workpiece, of course)?

Ah I'd never have guessed, but that's probably fair enough! Thanks, I'll take a look. Do you have a link?

That's OK, I wasn't planning on buying a dado set, that was just an example of something I've seen on the web. I have cut a few short "through mortices" (is that the UK term for dado?) just using a single blade though. For quite narrow stock that seems to work OK with the riving knife and guard...

Interesting, thanks. I did actually wonder about that but I'm very aware that as a newbie there are bound to be all sorts of potential dangers that I won't have thought about but hopefully the designers of the saw will have. Any idea why the knife is likely to have been made taller than the...

I think I could use a sledge with the knife in place, but the guard would have to be removed. Any recommendations for guarding the blade when using a sledge (or other jigs), or do people usually just use their saws unguarded with such things?

I have been reading a bit about the use of table saws. I gather they have a wide variety of applications such as cutting "dados", the use of various jigs (such as those for tenoning) and many others beyond the obvious one of ripping. My tablesaw (just a cheap unit from Aldi or somewhere) has a...