Track saw kickback caught on camera!

I appreciate people posting the mistakes they've made. It's informative even if it means you are going to have a lot of people telling you all the ways you are doing woodworking wrong. I'll add to your list of theories as to why this happened that the workpiece was very light and didn't have a lot of its own inertia to resist being moved as the blade cut through it.

I'm a total novice woodworker...however, I'm curious why you would chose to use a track saw for a cut like that. Seems to me that this particular cut would have been better off done with a different tool. But I understand your point and appreciate the video. Small cuts like that should be done on the miter or crosscut sled. Just my 2 cents.

The hinge with a fence will definitely make those narrow crosscuts safer. I have a festool TS 55 FEQ that has a riving knife, but I don't think a riving knife would have helped in that situation you had. Even a simple corsscut jig like the one peter millard made will do the job. Stay safe out there!

So what would stumpy nubs say… I think he might say the way you’re balancing the track saw on a small portion of the track, how the track is hanging off the table, and where you’re body position sawing from is not safe. Like… where it’s resting on the piece is creating a point where the whole track can rotate from, and a slight bump against the track hanging off the table with your leg can cause the track to rotate and cause a kickback. Also all the cut grooves in the table might be problematic. So not only can the piece twist, but also the whole track saw too.

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My dewalt has a anti kickback locking mechanism. Twin track and the odd push down cantering is there for a reason that festool and makita don't have. Different track system.

Are you kidding me? The track saw is not designed to make small cross cuts, it has nothing to do with switching from pine to maple. Better buy a miter saw. Jim

User error.

Dude you should of used a chop saw instead your using the wrong tool for the job

wrong tool for the job was your mistake.