Just a quick reminder how fast things can go bad when using the tools we do, no one is immune to accidents.
I'm an idiot and was not being diligent. I managed to miss a warning that couldn't have been more obvious. Things went south fast, I didn't even know I was cutting in the metal until it got the end and kicked the whole saw up. A humbling experience that I'm lucky to get away from without injury.
Safe building everybody.
I'm an idiot and was not being diligent. I managed to miss a warning that couldn't have been more obvious. Things went south fast, I didn't even know I was cutting in the metal until it got the end and kicked the whole saw up. A humbling experience that I'm lucky to get away from without injury.
Safe building everybody.
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OOF, that saw sure does cut.
Saws also can kick chunks away from the saw and break stuff.
Useful advice considering I just went outside and cut up some firewood scraps with an old 10 inch contractor saw.
Saws also can kick chunks away from the saw and break stuff.
Useful advice considering I just went outside and cut up some firewood scraps with an old 10 inch contractor saw.
wow!!
A humbling experience. A bit of a finger count moment to be sure. At least it is aluminium and not steel. Saw teeth fly a long way and dig in deep when released by steel.
Be thankful, learn, do not do it again.
Let it go, you dodged fate this time
A humbling experience. A bit of a finger count moment to be sure. At least it is aluminium and not steel. Saw teeth fly a long way and dig in deep when released by steel.
Be thankful, learn, do not do it again.
Let it go, you dodged fate this time
Recently installed a bunch of flooring, where I operated the table saw dozens of times.
Typically when I approach, I consciously assert the fact that I have all my fingers and ask how will I do this cut to ensure I still have them all when the cut is finished.
Sometimes I have a stick in each hand, to guide the piece, as it's just too close for comfort. Both saw and I dont mind if it chews a bit into the end of a scrap piece. Sometimes I need 3 hands, which is when I realize I need to ask for help.
Typically when I approach, I consciously assert the fact that I have all my fingers and ask how will I do this cut to ensure I still have them all when the cut is finished.
Sometimes I have a stick in each hand, to guide the piece, as it's just too close for comfort. Both saw and I dont mind if it chews a bit into the end of a scrap piece. Sometimes I need 3 hands, which is when I realize I need to ask for help.
I agree full heartedly, these works should be done not on the kitchen table but in the shed .😉
Fortunately it was aluminum you were cutting through, and carbide tipped blades cut through aluminum rather easily. If you had maintained good workpiece alignment with the blade through the whole cut, it probably would have just cut cleanly... As you said, things went south because what you thought was happening with the saw was different than reality... been there, done that...
I once cross-cut a pine 2x4 on my table saw and cut through a 16d steel nail (i.e. a big nail). I am the idiot who put the nail into the board just a few days earlier. It sounded like a gun shot, and several teeth broke off the saw blade, one of which hit me in the chest and penetrated two layers of clothing but did not reach the skin... if it would have hit me in the face or eye, ouch...
I once cross-cut a pine 2x4 on my table saw and cut through a 16d steel nail (i.e. a big nail). I am the idiot who put the nail into the board just a few days earlier. It sounded like a gun shot, and several teeth broke off the saw blade, one of which hit me in the chest and penetrated two layers of clothing but did not reach the skin... if it would have hit me in the face or eye, ouch...
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First of all I'm glad that only caused material damage .
Next , for all tool users some free advice , read those manuals (yes we know how to us a .... insert tool of your choice , but all are slightly different )
and act on them .
Use protective gear ( correctly , see above ) .
Listen to your "survival instinct" , if what your planning to do does not feel right , don't do it that way ,find a different method .
And be aware that NOTHING you could make is worth losing any part of your health / body .
Stepping down of my soapbox , regards F.
Next , for all tool users some free advice , read those manuals (yes we know how to us a .... insert tool of your choice , but all are slightly different )
and act on them .
Use protective gear ( correctly , see above ) .
Listen to your "survival instinct" , if what your planning to do does not feel right , don't do it that way ,find a different method .
And be aware that NOTHING you could make is worth losing any part of your health / body .
Stepping down of my soapbox , regards F.
Probably most of our pasts include a catalogue of near misses, or worse. You'd only be an idiot if you ignored it and so repeated the mistake. Posting this suggests you won't ignore it!
I spent 40 years selling cutting cutting tools for the machining industry. I had a customer on the fence over buying a high-end carbide drill. So I offered to test. He programmed the machine wrong and managed to drill completely through the machine vise and 1" into the table.
But the drill didn't break so he bought it, provided I didn't tell the owner (his dad) what really happened.
But the drill didn't break so he bought it, provided I didn't tell the owner (his dad) what really happened.
