Fancy push sticks

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Look up table saw injury studies; there is a disturbingly large amount of data, and many of the injuries occurred when people were using push sticks. You can search a study for push stick to see some accounts of what happened: "push stick flipped", "push stick broke", "push stick got caught in the blade", etc. Table saw injuries represent the highest number of woodworking injuries. Or search YouTube for table saw push stick injury for some bloody anecdotal accounts. SawStop works well, but isn't cost effective for hobbyists. As you are pushing a workpiece through, consider "what if my push stick broke right now?".

Thanks for the rabbit hole. There are a surprising number of interesting studies done on this. Many of them come to the conclusion that people just tend to remove safety devices for convenience.