On Thu, 02 Jun 2011 23:51:59 -0400, you wrote:
I think that most accidents are preventable in hindsight, but at the
time it only takes one error to really make a mess.
Agreed, table saws seem particularly prone.
That must have really hurt!
Yup - I nearly passed out - vision went tunnel
On Fri, Jun 3, 2011 at 2:28 AM, Steve Blackmore st...@pilotltd.net wrote:
On Thu, 02 Jun 2011 23:51:59 -0400, you wrote:
I think that most accidents are preventable in hindsight, but at the
time it only takes one error to really make a mess.
Agreed, table saws seem particularly prone.
That must have really hurt!
Yup - I nearly passed out - vision went tunnel for a few seconds, then
the swearing set in :)
Those healing words :)
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Thanks for bringing this up. I have never had a kick-back, so I was
pretty much unaware of the problem. I'll give it more thought now. The
saw that does make me nervous is the radial arm saw with its
self-energizing feed. A feed control might be an improvement, but so far
I've just tried to be
Kickback on a tablesaw can be very bad.For example, my accident.
Mistake: I decided to rip a piece of wood that would not lay flat on
the saw. I was just about through the length of the wood when the wood
rocked on the table, the blade grabbed a part of the board which was
roughly 1/2 x
On Thursday, June 02, 2011 04:56:14 PM Dave did opine:
Kickback on a tablesaw can be very bad.For example, my accident.
Mistake: I decided to rip a piece of wood that would not lay flat on
the saw. I was just about through the length of the wood when the wood
rocked on the table, the
On 2 June 2011 21:54, gene heskett ghesk...@wdtv.com wrote:
I have one, but most folks are a bit dense, and cut on the pull stroke,
where one really should pull it to you, place the work, and cut on the push
stroke.
The safety videos on Youtube all disagree.
(We always use my dad's one as you
On 02/06/2011 22:10, gene heskett wrote:
As long as the work is held down so the blade cannot lift it, its much
safer to cut on the push. I have even considered putting some toggle type
hold downs behind the fence to reach over and clamp the work. Sharp blades
do not have a lot of lift
On Thursday, June 02, 2011 06:41:19 PM Ian W. Wright did opine:
On 02/06/2011 22:10, gene heskett wrote:
As long as the work is held down so the blade cannot lift it, its much
safer to cut on the push. I have even considered putting some toggle
type hold downs behind the fence to reach
On Thu, 02 Jun 2011 15:05:26 -0400, you wrote:
Kickback on a tablesaw can be very bad.For example, my accident.
Mistake: I decided to rip a piece of wood that would not lay flat on
the saw. I was just about through the length of the wood when the wood
rocked on the table, the blade
Dave wrote:
Kickback on a tablesaw can be very bad.For example, my accident.
rest of bloody nightmare snipped
WHEW! That is one scary story! I do most of my woodwork on a
metal-cutting bandsaw.
A little rougher edges and certainly slower, but no missiles thrown
around the shop!
On Thursday, June 02, 2011 10:40:17 PM Jon Elson did opine:
Dave wrote:
Kickback on a tablesaw can be very bad.For example, my accident.
rest of bloody nightmare snipped
WHEW! That is one scary story! I do most of my woodwork on a
metal-cutting bandsaw.
And I cut metal (alu) with a
I *love my metal cutting bandsaw (the slowsaw) for that exact reason.
I learned my lesson the tablesaw as well - twice. I was using a push-stick
like this one:
http://www.amazon.com/Big-Horn-10221B-Joiner-Router/dp/B223VN
The problem with these sticks is that the vector of force on the
On 6/2/2011 10:16 PM, Jon Elson wrote:
Dave wrote:
Kickback on a tablesaw can be very bad.For example, my accident.
rest of bloody nightmare snipped
WHEW! That is one scary story! I do most of my woodwork on a
metal-cutting bandsaw.
A little rougher edges and certainly
On 6/2/2011 6:50 PM, Steve Blackmore wrote:
On Thu, 02 Jun 2011 15:05:26 -0400, you wrote:
Kickback on a tablesaw can be very bad.For example, my accident.
Mistake: I decided to rip a piece of wood that would not lay flat on
the saw. I was just about through the length of the wood
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