Cutting 7075-T73 on Table Saw?

Just make sure to use a cutting fluid .........!!! I have found a product that works very well. It is called Fluid Film .......I buy it from a industrial supply house . It is a thick yellow enviromentally friendlier product. I have found very few contamination problems with it ........I use it on all of my cutting and drilling equipment, as well as my sanding disks and grinding wheels The sanding disks cut faster and last FAR FAR longer.............Frank..........Nevarc Marine , Everett WA

Dam right on the kick back. My father that has been a professional wood worker for over 40 years will tell you first hand how fast kick back can happen.

I am extra careful when cutting aluminum on the table saw. The only kick back I have had so far was not with aluminum but when trying to resaw a thick piece of polycarbonate plastic. Lucky for me the plastic was jammed down into the wooden zero clearance insert instead of flying out towards me. During the incident the saw blade came to a complete stop and it managed to break off a large chunk from the supposedly unbreakable polycarbonate plastic.

In any case, when doing cuts up to 6 inches long or wide the aluminum often comes out within a couple thousands of an inch of the desired size. I could never do that by hand with the plasma cutter or chop saw.