Was watching a video on PE. Saw this shocking scene:
I sent a note to PE about it.
Folks: Please don't do this!
I sent a note to PE about it.
Folks: Please don't do this!
Hey Byron,
You have a link for us?
That looks like a screenshot you've posted.
EDIT: Here
You have a link for us?
That looks like a screenshot you've posted.
EDIT: Here
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What's wrong with what he's doing? Sure, he could be using a push stick, but the best tool to avoid accidents is the one between your ears. Pay attention to what you're doing, and nothing else.
Wish more drivers on the road would follow this simple rule. Been operating a saw as a cabinetmaker for 45 yrs and still consider the safest part of my day begins when I park the car and turn on the saw.
Wish more drivers on the road would follow this simple rule. Been operating a saw as a cabinetmaker for 45 yrs and still consider the safest part of my day begins when I park the car and turn on the saw.
Seeing how you took the shot of him on the saw, can we guess that you are referring to his utter disregard for PPE and poor cutting technique?
Let's see:
No push stick
Standing in the firing line
No hearing protection
Prescription glasses for eye protection
No dust mask
No dust collection
I would assume no respirator for the glue.
I'll go watch it a second time and see what else I can find.
Let's see:
No push stick
Standing in the firing line
No hearing protection
Prescription glasses for eye protection
No dust mask
No dust collection
I would assume no respirator for the glue.
I'll go watch it a second time and see what else I can find.
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Friend lost thumb and part of first finger while training a customer how to use a table saw..
He has a Maters' in Electrical Engineering, CCNY. So I can say he is intelligent...
Actually sells the machines.
They grafted a finger to replace the thumb.
Lesson is you can never be complacent.
I was dismantling a wooden frame with nails, so I decided to use a thin wheel on a 4.5" angle grinder...it caught on a nail, twisted, small cut above knee.
Now I am afraid to use it...it has the switch at the back, luckily the cord pulled out of socket, I was holding it loosely.
Electrical power tools can be deadly...see the 'Darwin Awards' site, for example.
He has a Maters' in Electrical Engineering, CCNY. So I can say he is intelligent...
Actually sells the machines.
They grafted a finger to replace the thumb.
Lesson is you can never be complacent.
I was dismantling a wooden frame with nails, so I decided to use a thin wheel on a 4.5" angle grinder...it caught on a nail, twisted, small cut above knee.
Now I am afraid to use it...it has the switch at the back, luckily the cord pulled out of socket, I was holding it loosely.
Electrical power tools can be deadly...see the 'Darwin Awards' site, for example.
The lack of a push stick is what caught my attention. But yeah, he's doing several things wrong.
The lack of a push stick, in that situation, isn't bad. In my opinion he's got sufficient room between fence and blade. I'll use a push stick if I'm making a narrow cut, but will want a 'finger guide' to push the wood to the fence. Push sticks won't stop a narrow strip from 'climbing' on the blade which is something I do worry about. Lack of a mask is certainly an issue in an educational video, but I'll admit to skipping it on those occasions when I'm making a couple of quick crosscuts in hardwood. If I'm cutting anything else, particularly MDF, the mask and dust extractors are on.
I would use a support / work holding device to keep the job from climbing on the blade, anything but a finger.
And most accidents happen when you think it is just a couple of cuts, nothing can go wrong.
And most accidents happen when you think it is just a couple of cuts, nothing can go wrong.
My saw supplied push stick is sufficiently scarred that the reason for using it is clear. The skill in using it may be inadequate.
My main table saw is a moving table type, so it is best to use it from the side.
Sound levels normally do not require hearing protection, although there are always protectors almost everywhere around the shop.
Almost never use a dust mask! Dust collection system uses ducts with shutters at almost every tool. Also a 5 horsepower motor! Automatically turns on when you start a tool. I use a current sensor on the various shop circuits to run the dust collector. For the exception there is a switch.
I do have to use the dust collector with an extension hose as a vac to clean things up about once a year.
I have collected enough dust over the years to fill what was the basement of a house that used to be next door. Then I leveled a bit of my side lot. Still have a bit to do. It is nice to spread out the wood saw dust and then watch the grass grow up through it and establish a nicer plot of land.
I forgot to mention, no anti-kick back, and TBH, I don't use it either. I ask my Mother in law to stand a few feet back and catch anything that comes her way.
Thankfully, my only hearing damage is due to that selective type we call marriage.
Mind you, is a medical system better off with someone who didn't follow safety protocol and dies rather quickly or someone who spends months in hospital dying of nothing?
Enquiring minds want to know.
Me, I'm going out with a bang. Read into that what you want. It gives me a number of options.
And you are in the audio industry?
Thankfully, my only hearing damage is due to that selective type we call marriage.
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Yoo da best Ed. I wish others thought that way.
Mind you, is a medical system better off with someone who didn't follow safety protocol and dies rather quickly or someone who spends months in hospital dying of nothing?
Enquiring minds want to know.
Me, I'm going out with a bang. Read into that what you want. It gives me a number of options.
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Had to score some laminated PB today for a shoulder rebate. Did it by dragging the piece backwards over the blade. Can't do that with a riving knife attached lol.
In all seriousness, anyone who feels what's going on in the video is dangerous would be well advised to stay away from a table saw. As I wrote earlier, driving a car in heavy traffic is far and away more dangerous.
Re older folks and/or various drug abusers; I come from a long line of alcoholic high end home builders, furniture makers/restorers and quite a few of them stayed in the 'game' too long, losing bits n' pieces of themselves with one 86 y.o. actually slicing off his right hand's last two fingers, forearm up to the elbow feeding a table saw just as his wife was bringing him some fresh iced tea. Fortunately she quickly got it all bound up using her apron, saving his life, but not being near a hospital, ultimately amputated, so Caveat Emptor applies big time.