I always set the blade so that it just pierces the top of whatever I'm cutting. I was told this was the "right way" to do it - is that the case?
The blade on it now is an "all purpose" blade, don't recall the tooth count. It's not super fine, I do know that.
As for the riving knife, the blade guard has an integrated one but after looking at pictures of them online (like this one:
http://quietboating.com/images/PM2000_splitter.JPG) , I see that there are far better ones available that come much closer to the back of the blade. Thanks for the tip on that, I'll get one before I use it again.
- Mike