• 12 parts
  • Checked September 2026

Diagram of a Table Saw Not Labeled

A table saw from above and from the side, twelve parts marked and nothing written, ready for a pen.

Diagram of a Table Saw Not Labeled

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Write the name of each numbered part.Answer key

  1. Table
  2. Blade
  3. Throat plate
  4. Blade guard
  5. Spreader (riving knife)
  6. Anti-kickback pawls
  7. Rip fence
  8. Miter gauge
  9. Miter slots
  10. Push stick
  11. Arbor
  12. Motor

Drawn for this site by script, 2026-09-27. Licence: own work.

Each numbered ring is a button. Use the arrow keys to move between them and Enter to choose. Names are read out in Study, and once a part is answered.

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All 12 parts on the diagram

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  1. Table The flat top the wood is pushed across. The blade comes up through it.
  2. Blade The circular blade, sticking up through the table. Raising and tilting it sets the depth and angle of the cut.
  3. Throat plate The replaceable insert round the blade's opening in the table. A zero-clearance insert fits tight round the blade and cuts down tear-out.
  4. Blade guard The cover over the blade above the table. It rises and falls with the wood being cut.
  5. Spreader (riving knife) A thin plate just behind the blade that keeps the cut open. The wood then cannot pinch the blade and be thrown back.
  6. Anti-kickback pawls Toothed fingers that let the wood move forward. They dig in if the blade tries to throw it back.
  7. Rip fence A long straight guide, locked parallel to the blade. The wood slides along it for rip cuts.
  8. Miter gauge A guide sliding in a miter slot. It holds the wood at an angle to the blade for crosscuts.
  9. Miter slots The two grooves in the table, parallel to the blade. The miter gauge slides in them.
  10. Push stick A notched stick for pushing small pieces past the blade. Hands stay away from it.
  11. Arbor The shaft the blade is mounted on, turned by the motor.
  12. Motor The electric motor that drives the arbor, here by a belt.

How this list was compiled: Read 2026-09-27. (1) US Occupational Safety and Health Administration, Woodworking eTool, Table saws, https://www.osha.gov/etools/woodworking/production/machines-tools/table-saws : a self-adjusting guard over the blade above the table; the motor's arbor; the spreader; anti-kickback fingers; the rip fence; push sticks; the operator adjusting the blade's height and angle. 29 CFR 1910.213 (Woodworking machinery requirements), https://www.law.cornell.edu/cfr/text/29/1910.213 : the spreader, nonkickback fingers or dogs, fences secured to the table, saw gages sliding in grooves or tracks, the table throat opening, push sticks, arbors. (2) Wikipedia, Table saw, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Table_saw : a circular saw blade on an arbor driven by an electric motor, the table, the blade guard, splitter or riving knife and anti-kickback pawls, the rip fence, the miter gauge and its slots, the replaceable insert round the blade, push sticks. Licence: own work

The drawing: Drawn for this site by script, 2026-09-27. Own work, nothing traced. Licence: own work

How it works

This diagram of a table saw is not labeled. One cabinet saw is drawn twice: from above, front at the bottom, and from the side, the table cut through. Nine lines lead off the top view, three off the side.

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The nine names on the view from above

Anti-kickback pawls, blade guard, miter gauge, miter slots, push stick, rip fence, spreader, table, throat plate. Two lines meet at the blade's far end: the left one ends on the dark toothed fingers (anti-kickback pawls), the right one on the thin plate between them (spreader). Round the blade, the inner shape is the blade guard, the outer one the throat plate. By the left groove, one line ends on the groove (miter slots), one on the slanted stick (push stick) and one on the guide with the rounded head (miter gauge).

The three names on the side view

Arbor, blade and motor. The arbor is the ring at the center of the blade, a shaft seen end on. The motor is the box low in the cabinet.

  • Drawn with no line: the front rail, the cabinet, the handwheel, the belt and the teeth of the blade.
  • A class sheet may print insert for throat plate, splitter or riving knife for spreader, and fence for rip fence.

Questions and answers

What is the difference between a rip cut and a crosscut?

Ripping cuts wood to width, in the direction of the grain. Crosscutting cuts it to length. The long guide is called a rip fence after the first, and the miter gauge is also known as a crosscut fence.

What is a cabinet table saw?

A heavy table saw with an enclosed base. The motor sits inside the cabinet and drives the blade by belt, as the side view shows. Benchtop, jobsite and contractor saws are lighter types.

How many miter slots does a table saw have?

One or two, running from the front of the table to the back, parallel to the blade. The saw drawn here has two, one on each side of the blade, and one line on the sheet stands for both.

What is a trunnion on a table saw?

The mechanism that carries the blade's mount and lets the blade be raised and tilted. It is not drawn on this sheet, so no line asks for it.

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