Patent ID: 7475621

Claim:
A kerf control apparatus comprisising: a splitter configured to be disposed within a kerf created in a work piece along a line behind a blade of a table saw and to remain at a fixed location along the line behind the blade even if the kerf closes behind the splitter; and a kerf keeper separate from the splitter and configured to be disposed within the kerf behind the splitter while the kerf remains open and to be captured by the closing kert and to move along the line away from the saw blade and away from the splitter with the work piece when the kerf closes behind the splitter, wherein the splitter further comprises: a generally planar portion for extending into the kerf; and a plurality of pegs extending from the generally planar portion for extending into respective holes formed into a surface of the table saw, the pegs each comprising a width dimension greater than a width dimension of the generally planar portion, a difference in the width dimensions defining a land for contacting a bottom of the work piece to retain the pegs In their respective holes and thus to retain the splitter in the fixed location.