Just cut my hand in half on DEWALT table saw three weeks ago. Cut through every bone, tendon and nerve in my hand after a 5 hour surgery which will be the first of three I lucked out and will get most of the use in my hand back in about a year. Be careful guys life sucks with one hand.
My dad was a builder his whole life. His mentor / the guy he worked for before going on his own lost 3 fingers on an old craftsman table saw. When sawstop came out my dad got one immediately. When I started getting into woodworking as a hobby, a sawstop showed up in my garage one day. My dad had sent it when I told him I was in the market. Amazing tool.
I believe another factor in causes of kickback is blade height, sharpness, and cleanliness. I personally believe if your blade isn't penetrating the material enough or dull or gummy, that can increase climb and the likelihood of kickback. An Improperly toothed blade for your application can be a cause also. Back in my younger days, I had a kickback happen and was bitten by a table saw (2 separate instances) fortunately only minor injuries. More importantly, I learned from both. I strongly don't recommend learning the way I did. Learn those lessons from videos. A Sawstop would be awesome (next give-away?) There are a lot of excuses for not owning a Sawstop and more for not using a blade guard but a must should be, always use a Riving Knife.
I'm retired 37 years concrete carpenter. I built the giant forms for the things we love. Dams bridges gigantic hotels resorts ect ect. When asked what I feel is my greatest achievement I hold up my hands and wiggle my fingers. "Still got all 10 "". Cam I've seen up close it's down right crazy. Careless and complacent that's the two biggest ❤😂. Good video
I was a union carpenter and when people ask me that same question I say I don't have any skeletons in the closet meaning I never worked under the table I never worked for cash and I never worked straight time for overtime . I guess what I'm saying is I followed the union rules to a T and I'm now retired 25 years with all my fingers and a pension with medical coverage .
In 1991 my grandfather took the safety guard off his saw to saw a bigger piece of wood. It kicked back and he put his hand on the blade. Chopped right through from his thumb to his wrist. 10 months of surgeon's hospitals and pain. They saved his thumb but he was never able to use his hand properly again. Until the day he died he would bollocking us all if he saw us misusing tools! Miss him so much. Stay safe guys
My uncle was a drunkard. He somehow managed to cut his head with a table circular saw. The injuries were not too bad and he was stiched up in a hospital. He already had lost some of his fingers in similar accidents. He obviously didn’t learn from his drunk-sawing accidents, but us, kids, were constantly reminded how dangerous those tools are. But us, kids, thought maybe this is what happens when you are drunk while using a table saw. 😅 Learning from other people’s mistakes is definitely a powerful tool for young people. Although I have no drinking issues and I do not use such tools, memories of my uncle having his head wrapped in bandages are still vivid in my memories.
I worked in a wood shop in my twenties and was extremely lucky using the cross saw, I have a 3 inch scar on my little finger and a nice groove in the bones of the knuckle, when I stupidly went to pull a small piece of wood out from the saw before it had finished rotating, made me so much more safety conscious after that.
This makes me remember my neighbour. He has an old 400v saw build out of the electrical motor from an electrical stair. No on or off just plug it in and there we go. I came home from work and heard him cutting old pallets for fire wood. The saw blade was screaming and burning more through the wood than cutting it. I told him, I will just change my clothes, you will change the saw blade and than we will get this job done. When I’ve changed clothes, I went back to his garage but he ran out with his right hand up and the thumb 2cm shorter. I’ve called an ambulance, turned off the saw, collected the meat and gave it to the medic who has arrived. He looked at me and asked if I want it for my dog or if he should throw it away. My neighbour looked scared and asked if there is any chance to ad this ground meat to his thumb. The medic looked up to him and started laughing 😂 I was cutting out windows in a brick wall with the big 230mm angle grinder and the diamond blade. One kickback later I’ve nearly lost my left arm right under the elbow. But thankfully the angle grinder had a motor stop so it just gave me a little kiss and burnt me a nice scar inside my underarm. Long story short, I’m scared of big table saws and big angle grinders. Edit: I was in the army and we were at the shooting range. I’ve pointed my G36 on the floor next to my foot and was playing with the trigger when the rifle was unsecured. Yep I nearly shot my foot. The bullet just went 1cm next to my shoe in the ground. Man I’ve done stupid things in my life…
my dad has a delta saw running 3 phase, that he bought to cut pinblocks for piano's (its like plywood, but made of hard maple veneer and epoxy, inches thick, that's what holds your tuning pins in place) it takes so long to spin up it sounds like its saying "IM GONNA KILL YOU" , and it don't give a FK
I have been building movie sets for many years, I have been a carpenter my whole working life seen lots of stupid things and dangerous people lose fingers. My Dad taught me theres no reason to have your fingers near any blade and told me the bandsaw was the most dangerous saw ( I still believe that ) . I supply all the tools for my crew no matter the size of the show and always upgrade to whatever is better and safer . Sawstops are Awesome I have 6 in my tool kit now , also I have huge box of push sticks that we make out of masonite so theres always plenty on hand, Hoping someone can invent a sawstop type miter saw one of these days . I enjoy your channel very much
A bandsaw is really safe in comparison to other power tools. The sawing motion is only downwards. It won't pull your workpiece, including your fingers, into the blade. I have way more respect for table saw, router tables and angle grinders.
@@LAZER1981A My guess would be that without a brake, the blade takes a fairly long time to stop but you not realizing the the blade is still moving could easily stick your hand into the blade. I actually did that once. Luckily it was only a 9 inch saw with aluminum wheels almost stopped. Scared the hell of of me when the teeth hit my fingers. Also, complacency.
@@LAZER1981A Think because your pushing toward the blade , no fence and they will cut right through . Usually they don't have brakes although I have some that do, and that's the tool butchers use to cut meat.. I used to think tablesaws were equally scary but sawstops are the best safety upgrade I've ever seen
April fools day in 2015, I was cutting some quarter round trim with a mitre saw. I got in a hurry towards end of day and ran the blade into my middle finger on my left hand, missed the nail but cut it open real good. The other mistake I made was wearing cheap, loose gloves. Never rush with saws or wear loose anything. Great video! I think we all need these reminders from time to time
I work in a factory and cut aluminum parts, and i've seen kickback a few times on parts if you don't cut off enough material. One time the guard that covers the saw didn't come all the way down when an employee in my department made a mistake and cut about 1" off a piece and the kickback chucked that piece of metal into the oven about 50 feet behind us and left a dent in it.
You've entered the third phase of your youtube career. Phase 1 - UA-camr gets famous for a very specific type of video (in your case, epoxy river tables) that they make themselves with minimal support Phase 2 - UA-camr branches out to related but different genres (epoxy denim tables, power carving, etc.), and acquires professional filmmaking support. Phase 3 - UA-camr buys Phantom slo-mo camera. Slo-mo videos increasingly tangential to their original genre follow.
When I was an apprentice doing hardwood floors the first time I was going to use the table saw my mentor said let me show you first what not to do . He said watch what happens when you twist the board going through the blade . He did that and he sent a piece of hardwood flooring through the drywall in back of us. He looked at me and said you got that and then he proceeded to show me the correct way to use a table saw . I'm retired now and I never had a kickback ever
Thanks for telling people to use the clamps on the miter saw. The number of UA-camrs I see completely avoiding them, I know the ones that come with most saws are kinda annoying but... they're easily upgraded. I know the temptation and for longer pieces of wood it's mostly okay to hold but yeah, they can still kick back.
my mom broke a thumb holding a board in a chop saw when it kicked back as the flying chunk wasnt detached yet when it got bound up, I still do it though, just not small bits
I was dumb enough to cause massive kickback on a jointer, turning it into something more akin to a blade-throwing claymore. Full story: I inherited a cheap 16cm/~6in electrical jointer from a relative who had lost the original blades. Found some standardized replacements but didn't know what screws to use so I just resorted to some random M6 screws my dad had lying around. Thread fit but seemed a bit short. I had cut an old oak beam into slices to make candle holders and wanted to push one through the jointer to try it out. As my dad was walking past I put it on the machine, turned it on, pushed it into the blade with a push stick and just heard a loud bang. I got clocked in the jaw with a piece of wood and heard a few metal pieces hitting the ground as the machine was angrily and unhealthily whirring. Pulled the plug because I didn't want to go anywhere near that switch. Turns out the block got jammed in the blade, broke in two and both pieces went flying, one of them hitting me in the face. The impact ripped out the screws holding the 3mm thick, 16cm long blade in place, causing it to get dragged through the bottom of the machine before shooting out the top, blasting through the edge of the push-table, sending aluminum shrapnel flying everywhere. The hardened steel blade was bent at a ~20° angle. Luckly it didn't hit anyone. I threw that thing out. I'll be sanding from now on. Edit: Jointer, not planer. Specific model was a GÜDE GAH 1300 if anyone wants a visualization.
@@BlacktailStudio *Jointer, not planer. I'm not a native speaker so I got my terms mixed up. I think I was also taking off too much at once so the blade "bit" into the oak block and tried to pull it into down into the "barrel" the blades are mounted on. That's where things got jammed. Edited my comment with correction and specific model name if you want a visual of how that could happen.
My daughter (3) and son (5) love your videos and keep asking before bed to watch one. I keep going farther and farther back and I finally think I’ve gotten through them all, or close to it. You have three die hard fans here and we can’t wait for more content! You rock!
Worst thing I had happen in high school woodshop was the bandsaw blade snapping on me (it was OLD, but we had limited supplies of new ones, so we had to use them until they died). I just hit the emergency stop and backed away. But I got to learn how to put a new blade in, which was cool. Another class, one of the students leaned too close to the lathe while it was running, and it ate his shop apron. (The lathe might just be the most dangerous thing because it lulls you into a false sense of security since there’s no sharp spinning blades.)
Ugh. Yeah, spinning things are vastly underestimated. In one of my lectures the prof showed a picture of why long hair has to always be tied together in the chemistry lab and especially when using a rotary evaporator. Luckily I'm not susceptible to PTSD from pictures.
I've been a first responder out here in the sticks for 14 years, and I've seen all manner of saw injuries from a lacerated leg to a DOA. It's rarely less gruesome than you can imagine it is. Be safe out there when you can folks.
@13:08 THAT might be the best one yet!!!! I physically LOL'ed and my wife looked at me like I was crazy. Also, I now use the "Think about it" often and then giggle. People must think I'm crazy.
I never knew a saw could cut a banana, thanks for your sacrifice to educate us... jokes aside, that was some frightening stuff with that kick back and it definitely served as a good demonstration.
In high school, the table saw in my shop class was mounted on a high fixed bench. I’m short, and I basically had to lay down on it to push wood through. I told my teacher I wasn’t comfortable, but he told me that I could either use it or fail the class. Fast forward to the end of the year, I was way behind, and needed to cut a large sheet of balsa for the back of a book shelf. Got it almost halfway through before it kicked, flew across the room, hit a cabinet and ricocheted into a wall. Whole class looked over to see me shaking, counting my fingers because I felt it graze the tips. Teacher came over, turned the saw off, and informed me I didn’t have to use it anymore. He helped me cut wood for the projects I had time to finish, and cut me a break on the rest. I hope he learned something that day.
Hade a metal working job in the harbour back in -91. An experienced -trust me, seasoned, - worker used an angel grinder with a cheaper type of plate. It cracked, ran all the way up his lower arm, and lodged in his elbow. While I rushed to help him, using my t-shirt and belt to stop the worse of the bleeding, blood was litterly pouring out of him. He was of course forced to early retirement. What I took with me was - grinders are dangerous things. Bad plates doesnt make it safer. Stay safe👍
What an excellent video. it's things like this we need to show younger generations. Plus novice wood workers starting their new journey, again what a great video.
I'm a carpenter from Switzerland and a few months ago I had a kickback on the table saw. Luckily I only got away with a slight cut on my fingernail and some internal bleeding under the fingernail. Love the videos and your build's
Good timing! Just last week I was using a 15-cm battery-powdered mini-chainsaw to cut some slots in large beams for a project that is far behind schedule. It was going well, but, unsurprisingly, with only 4 cuts left to go, the saw motor burned out. With no chance of repair, and any replacement literally half a world away, I *almost* allowed myself to try the hack shown at 11:40 going as far as buying a blade for it. Fortunately, I came to my senses in time, and with a bit of uncharacteristic luck regarding shipping, a replacement chainsaw will be here in a few days. Sorry, Cam, you'll get no clips for your next safety video from me! 😅
Excellent video Cam. It’s good to put out a video that shows what can happen when things go really bad in the shop and it happens in a blink of an eye. Again excellent video 👍👍👍
When I was a kid, more than anything I wanted a lathe. It's been long enough that I don't remember why I thought a lathe was an awesome tool. We watched New Yankee Workshop and This Old House every weekend. Not much lathe use in those. Every time the fancy bits and blades and pen blanks magazine came, there I was circling the mini lathe. Eventually my birthday rolled around. It was with a mixture of pleasure and disappointment that I unboxed a scroll saw. It was a very fine tool, but not the one I had been asking for. My dad just told me that a lathe was too dangerous, I wasn't even allowed to save up and buy it for myself... It came up again recently, and my dad, who I love, who I had to bug for years to get to wear PPE, told me that he saw a degloving incident with a lathe when he was a young man. It left an impression. Thanks for not buying me that mini lathe, Dad.
This is one of the most practical learning videos I’ve seen of NOT WHAT TO DO. Very educational and top slowmo photography and certainly something I would like to be able to share in courses I deliver for aviation safety and risk management. Thinking outside of the box to get the message across and seeing more up there can only heighten the danger of using any power tool, of which I use on a regular basis but evaluate, emulate (in the mind), evaluate again before actually activating. It’s like the 6 P’s - Proper Planning Prevents Piss Poor Performance. Rgds J
Thanks for the demonstration. I use these kind of tools all the time (no professional training whatsoever) and despite being careful and aware of the destructive power of power tools in general, seeing what actually may happen was a very big eye opener.
Thanks Cam, for the educational and really scary video. Reminds me of the time at the end of a high school shop class, we were refinishing our bench tops. The instructor plugged in a portable belt sander that was sitting on a bench. Of course it was already turned on, raced across the desk, flew through the air, and hit a student in the knee. Most memorable "Don't Do This" safety demo I ever saw. Until your slo-mo video of course. 🙂
Saw stop is the best safety invention I have seen. I remember seeing it on a show when it first came out, even though I saw what happened when they put a hot dog sausage through it. It was still a heart in mouth moment watching him stick his hand in the spinning blade it it stop dead. Since that day I have thought that every single drop saw, miter saw, table saw, hand held version (I've seen what the hand held version does to a foot when the safety guard has been removed and its dropped) should have it as standard and that needs to made a requirement in every country, better to sacrifice a saw blade then a hand and some ones quality of life. this is the first video of yours I have watched and I sincerely hope you have promoted them in at least one video and shown how effective that are. NOT with your own hand,. Despite the guy who demonstrated it showing that all he has was scruff marks on his fingers seeing that left a lasting impression.
Typically, every one of us has made a stupid cut in our lifetime and experienced a kickback. We usually learn after the first time. It's one of the fastest and scariest things we can experience in our woodshops. I experienced mine in my 20's when I was worldly, experienced, bullet-proof and knew exactly what I was doing! Right! I luckily still have all my digits, but I had a monstrous bruise in the center of my chest for weeks. And I had on a heavy shop apron. My "almost digit-removing disaster" was one night when I was tired after a long day, and I was cutting some things on my bandsaw. Last part of the night. I pushed the stock straight through to my thumb. My thumb took a nick to the bone before I could retract it. Several stitches that night, but still had a thumb. Don't run machinery tired! The video shots were not ridiculous. Maybe except for the water balloon, but the wood kickbacks they were very realistic what to expect. Good video.
Back in March I was working on a home remodel and got a bit loose and fast with a circular saw and ended up almost amputating my middle, ring, and pinky fingers on my left hand. I was feeling crappy and I wanted to be done for the day, but I just wanted to get to a good stopping point. It felt like a small nick but when I lifted my hand up I saw blood squirting everywhere and my middle finger was dangling backwards. I ran to the kitchen and wrapped my hand in a thick wad of paper towels and drove (4 blocks) to the ER. Two surgeries and months of physical therapy later, my hand is now as functional as ever. My grip strength is still on the weak side but I’m gaining that back slowly. Overall, I’m thankful I was able to walk away with all my fingers still intact and in the future when I’m done, I’m done.
I'm not sure if you ever tried anything crazy when you were a pilot, but this definitely looks like fun and good reason to switch to full-time UA-camr and woodworker!
I was born and raised in central Oregon and moved to Texas a few years ago. Haven’t had a Deschutes brewery beer in a long time. Got my mouth watering with that plug!
As some one that seldom uses the *big tools* reminders like this are amazing. I have basic skills, but kickback isn't something something I would always think about - no kickback cutting paper or foam etc. Thanks for the great content 😁
Thanks Cam. I"m a member of a local Makerspace and we had an idiot violate all our wood shop safety rules and remove three of his fingers on the tablesaw. After that we got a SawStop and stricter safety rules.
One of the first times I used my Ryobi table saw, I got a kickback with a small piece of plywood. I was using a push stick and my hand was well out of the way, but the wood slammed right into my hip to the left of my groin. Fortunately wasn’t seriously hurt, but had a bit of bruising and a very valuable lesson.
I have been in construction for over 40 years and as an employer the first priority on any job or task is personal safety. I have seen too many accidents in those years, but thankfully I have not had any injuries to my employees that were improper use or safety precautions not being used. I did have a guy putting down OSB into H clips when a gust of wind rocked him on his heels. He lost balance and did a double back roll off the roof onto the ground. The OSB came down behind him and the edge hit the ground 4” above his head. Other than a sore back he came out with no injuries.
Hi, I have a wild suggestion. I just stumbled across your channel and have loved binge watching your old videos, despite being an old lady with no woodworking skills. I do love a good gnarly piece of wood and design that calls for some lateral thinking. Watching back to back, I keep seeing (with some horror) those little rough cut rings from around your circular tables being flung to one side... Oh the design potential of those offcuts! I imagine grading sizes, using different woods, nesting them into each other in concentric rings, offset and with the uneven outer rims rotated to be closer or further apart until the composition looks balanced, then filling with epoxy. It would be such an interesting experiment in repurposing offcuts and might produce a magical piece!
A few month ago I was using a small battery powered chainsaw to cut down some bushes to fit them into the bin. After about 2 days of doing it I got a bit too comfortable and it kicked off a stick I was holding and barely cut into my glove. I'm lucky I walked away with some scratches on my hand, it could have been so much worse. Never get comfortable or complacent around power tools, it could be the difference between having 2 functional hands and having only 1. Great video
So yeah, this proves I would watch anything you post and love it. I don't want to call myself a fanboy but I love your sense of humor and your approach. Just think about it...
I've had two scary incidents with that Bosch miter saw. In both instances, the saw bound up and lurched upwards and toward me with incredible speed and force. It's astonishing that I was able to hold on to the handle with my right hand in both instances, but fortunately, my left hand was well clear both times.
I've been using a table saw 6 hours a day for a whole year since i got my job. Every day i like to watch table saw accidents and think more ways to setup my cuts in a way that i can work worrying the least i can for my fingers
The content of this video is great, but I want to give compliments to the editor and camera team that got such crisp and beautiful final footage, these shots look great
Excellent video and is probably just what someone needed today... just that one microsecond thought to NOT do that is all it takes to save your hands or eyes... these videos might have saved someone a critical injury today.
Thank you for this safety video, I couldn't watch the last one you made as I am currently typing with my left index finger's nub! Table saw accident 24 years ago. Be safe and if you have to "THINK ABOUT IT"
This gives me flashbacks, When I was 12 I was making some wooden box and as I needed to saw plywoods, went to my cousin workshop and found nobody there so I started the table saw unsupervised to act like how my cousin does, the piece kicked away and hopefully all my 10 fingers attached , too scary this happened 20 years ago and still gives me chills to remember. Always keep such machines locked out kids are curious and confidence.
1977-2019 I have been around all of the old stuff and lots of new. Operated many unsafe tools in all imaginable scenarios. Built and made so many things, uncountable as the times I have seen terrible things happen to the unwary and ignorant. I still call myself Mr Safety and I have been lucky over the years. A sled is your friend on a table saw. Some memories are haunting.
I was hit by a kickback on my table saw once.... once! If I wasn't dressed for the freezing temps (t-shirt, sweater, hoody, and an old leather jacket), I would probably have been impaled. What got kicked back was about 3/4" x 3/4" x 4 ft long. It hit me so hard that even wearing all the clothing it knocked me down and left a bruise that was at least 6" in diameter. I learned to cut standing to the side and using push sticks. Thanks for the video. Hopefully people learned something and you saved them a trip to the hospital.
It's crazy how fast these accidents can happen and change your life forever (or end it). I needed to do a quick trim of a shelf assembly part, so I decided to do that with my chop saw and... because it was "quick," I neglected to put safety glasses on. I failed to take out the metal screw inserts before making the cut and next thing you know I hear a loud bang and one of the metal pieces flying by left eye. I had to take a timeout after that one... almost lost an eye because of trying to do things quick and failing to take safety into account.
I have a friend who was using an angle grinder while wearing a hoodie. The strings on the hood caught and pulled the angle grinder into his face faster than he could react. Now he looks like Two Face. I ALWAYS cut the strings on my hoodies now. Also, we used to have a very old dovetailing machine (super cool tool, a row of routing bits that cut both sides of the dovetails at once) Anyway, a friend came over to use it. It was super loud and he was cutting drawer sides all day. At one point I realized the machine wasn't changing pitch, it was just running. I walked over to see and he was gone but there was a spray of blood all the way up the wall. I cut the machine off and called him. It turns out he had gotten his fingers caught in the bits, and in his shock he just left and drove back to his shop to get his wife and she took him to the hospital. He lost a finger and had a few surgeries to repair the tendons and nerves in the rest. I think he was in shock, but also embarrassed, so he didn't ask us for help, he just left.
Just started using a table saw for some small woodworking and DIY projects. Learned a lot of useful tips from videos like this. Outside of the usual fundamental rules, I’ve found some of the best tips to be fairly simple yet seemingly overlooked at times. Don’t be complacent. Treat your 1000th cut just like your 1st. Take a second to rehearse each cut before making it, making note of things like hand and arm placement and what kind of clothing you’re wearing. Be aware of the complacency involved in batch cutting. And just trust your gut. If it doesn’t feel right. Don’t make the cut.
Stable bench, table and fence extensions, Feather boards, both on table and the fence, riving knife, clean blade, a push handle/jig (Homemade MicroJig The Ripperrr with more height clearance than the blade max height) and a COLD CLEAR HEAD + Safety glasses + Hearing protection.
i'm going to comment this before i watch the video, but i'd love to see you tackle a unique bookshelf one day. something that's more than just a standard bookshelf made out of wood.
Cam, you'd be a fantastic Shop Teacher/Instructor for Middle/Junior High School. Kids would have an absolute blast in your classes and your dry wit would keep them in stitches (pun intended)!!
If they were grossed out by the ballistic hands, the video most likely the whole channel isn't for them. It's extremely important to have that visual demonstration so you ARE scared of that table saw like you should be. Fear puts respect into us because we are too dumb to learn otherwise. Why do you think such gore as medical procedures or nasty car accidents is aloud on UA-cam if it's for educational purposes? It's super important that's why and people need to get over themselves and see how the real world actually is so they're aware instead of ignorant and in danger because of themselves all the time
My uncle has done woodworking for 50 years, used to be an editor for the Popular Woodworking magazine, and has published around 15 books on woodworking. All of that experience and, in the blink of an eye, after 50 years, the table saw kicked a piece of wood back and pulled his hand into the blade. It cut off three of his fingers.
Not sure this has already been mentioned, but The Slo MO Guys recently (last week?) did an ultra-slow motion video of a giant water balloon bursting. The patterns in the water during the burst were incredible!
Ablation disks are probably the safest power tool. Not safe, but more safe than any tooth based tool. I've bumped my gloved (rarely ungloved) hand many times with an ablation disk, and it doesn't do much. Most importantly, it doesn't have enough traction to suck your hand in. It's scary when they explode. But I wear a welding hood, apron, and gloves as PPE. Miter saws, not so much. They don't suck you in like table saws, but it will take some skin off your knuckle when you're trying to trim that extra 1/4" off a board you cut too long. Side note, my favorite angle grinder glove is a cheap welding glove with black gasket maker rubbed into it. You get the strength of real leather (unlike 90% of all work and mechanic gloves out there now), and the gasket maker holds the fibers together.
I lost one finger but the doctors saved another 2, it's just a quick whack on the hand and in an instant I thought "If I'm lucky it's a stitch job, if I'm not....". So I was lucky but not that lucky. Thanks mate keep the safety message going.
Blacktail uploads always brighten my day.... and now now only is it entertaining, its educational!! I knew f@ck all about woodworking, the closest I've ever came to making something is rubbin on Ol' Woody.... no where NEAR the same yet somehow I feel safer now....
Just cut my hand in half on DEWALT table saw three weeks ago. Cut through every bone, tendon and nerve in my hand after a 5 hour surgery which will be the first of three I lucked out and will get most of the use in my hand back in about a year. Be careful guys life sucks with one hand.
Whoa man, that genuinely terrifying
Goodluck doc, stick to that physical therapy and remember to rest
That saw is NOT your huckleberry...
Strange to like that type of comment, but good luck with recovery.
@@TheOnceAndFutureDougI appreciated this reference 👍
My dad was a builder his whole life. His mentor / the guy he worked for before going on his own lost 3 fingers on an old craftsman table saw. When sawstop came out my dad got one immediately. When I started getting into woodworking as a hobby, a sawstop showed up in my garage one day. My dad had sent it when I told him I was in the market. Amazing tool.
Sawstop saved my fingers a few times, id rather spend money on those cartridge brakes then new fingers!!!
You're wise people!
Sawstop is great. Too bad it's proprietary.
I believe another factor in causes of kickback is blade height, sharpness, and cleanliness. I personally believe if your blade isn't penetrating the material enough or dull or gummy, that can increase climb and the likelihood of kickback. An Improperly toothed blade for your application can be a cause also.
Back in my younger days, I had a kickback happen and was bitten by a table saw (2 separate instances) fortunately only minor injuries. More importantly, I learned from both.
I strongly don't recommend learning the way I did. Learn those lessons from videos.
A Sawstop would be awesome (next give-away?)
There are a lot of excuses for not owning a Sawstop and more for not using a blade guard but a must should be, always use a Riving Knife.
@@pocketchange3543 Thanks for your wise council, from the Organisation For Hands And Fingers (OFAFH). Big ups, and Respect.
I'm retired 37 years concrete carpenter. I built the giant forms for the things we love. Dams bridges gigantic hotels resorts ect ect. When asked what I feel is my greatest achievement I hold up my hands and wiggle my fingers. "Still got all 10 "". Cam I've seen up close it's down right crazy. Careless and complacent that's the two biggest ❤😂. Good video
Me Too !!!1
that's quite an impressive job you had, building those gigantic forms is not for the faint hearted
I was a union carpenter and when people ask me that same question I say I don't have any skeletons in the closet meaning I never worked under the table I never worked for cash and I never worked straight time for overtime . I guess what I'm saying is I followed the union rules to a T and I'm now retired 25 years with all my fingers and a pension with medical coverage .
@@n40tom local 184 salt lake city
I loved the "think about it" callback, haha
Happy I’m not the only one who got a instant chuckle
Which itself is a reference to @smartereveryday right?
In 1991 my grandfather took the safety guard off his saw to saw a bigger piece of wood. It kicked back and he put his hand on the blade. Chopped right through from his thumb to his wrist. 10 months of surgeon's hospitals and pain. They saved his thumb but he was never able to use his hand properly again. Until the day he died he would bollocking us all if he saw us misusing tools! Miss him so much. Stay safe guys
My uncle was a drunkard. He somehow managed to cut his head with a table circular saw. The injuries were not too bad and he was stiched up in a hospital. He already had lost some of his fingers in similar accidents. He obviously didn’t learn from his drunk-sawing accidents, but us, kids, were constantly reminded how dangerous those tools are. But us, kids, thought maybe this is what happens when you are drunk while using a table saw. 😅
Learning from other people’s mistakes is definitely a powerful tool for young people. Although I have no drinking issues and I do not use such tools, memories of my uncle having his head wrapped in bandages are still vivid in my memories.
@@Trammiliin_nr2awesome!
@@NeverSarcasticMan absolutely! That's why I told the story.
Been getting a little too comfortable on the table saw lately. Glad this video popped up
be careful
Smart man.
I use an unripened plantain for a push stick these days. It really does help bring awareness to my situation. Can’t be too safe.
Don't they ripen eventually? How do you always have an unripened one on-hand?
@@quipstad yes I have a bowl at all times
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@@AGlimpseInside Do the plantains trigger sawstop?
@@xugro how do you know I have a saw stop. Haha. And yes, they do.
I worked in a wood shop in my twenties and was extremely lucky using the cross saw, I have a 3 inch scar on my little finger and a nice groove in the bones of the knuckle, when I stupidly went to pull a small piece of wood out from the saw before it had finished rotating, made me so much more safety conscious after that.
It’s nice to see that at least you were being safe by using your SawStop
Would it impact your opinion if you knew I turned the sawstop feature off? Hypothetically.
@@BlacktailStudiothat's the joke, thanks for making it funnier by explaining it.
@@BlacktailStudio Realisticly? no
@@BlacktailStudio Read that comment again but with a sarcastic tone
@@BlacktailStudiowell then that would just be careless
The "Think about it" logic is back !!!
This makes me remember my neighbour. He has an old 400v saw build out of the electrical motor from an electrical stair. No on or off just plug it in and there we go.
I came home from work and heard him cutting old pallets for fire wood. The saw blade was screaming and burning more through the wood than cutting it. I told him, I will just change my clothes, you will change the saw blade and than we will get this job done.
When I’ve changed clothes, I went back to his garage but he ran out with his right hand up and the thumb 2cm shorter. I’ve called an ambulance, turned off the saw, collected the meat and gave it to the medic who has arrived. He looked at me and asked if I want it for my dog or if he should throw it away. My neighbour looked scared and asked if there is any chance to ad this ground meat to his thumb. The medic looked up to him and started laughing 😂
I was cutting out windows in a brick wall with the big 230mm angle grinder and the diamond blade. One kickback later I’ve nearly lost my left arm right under the elbow. But thankfully the angle grinder had a motor stop so it just gave me a little kiss and burnt me a nice scar inside my underarm.
Long story short, I’m scared of big table saws and big angle grinders.
Edit:
I was in the army and we were at the shooting range. I’ve pointed my G36 on the floor next to my foot and was playing with the trigger when the rifle was unsecured. Yep I nearly shot my foot. The bullet just went 1cm next to my shoe in the ground.
Man I’ve done stupid things in my life…
my dad has a delta saw running 3 phase, that he bought to cut pinblocks for piano's (its like plywood, but made of hard maple veneer and epoxy, inches thick, that's what holds your tuning pins in place) it takes so long to spin up it sounds like its saying "IM GONNA KILL YOU" , and it don't give a FK
Random dude: Neesh, not nitch.
Cam: you sound like a beesh.
Greatest comeback ever.
i only now got it, thanks to your comment :D
and he's baiting us all by saying "drug" instead of "dragged" I can smell it a mile off
I have been building movie sets for many years, I have been a carpenter my whole working life seen lots of stupid things and dangerous people lose fingers. My Dad taught me theres no reason to have your fingers near any blade and told me the bandsaw was the most dangerous saw ( I still believe that ) . I supply all the tools for my crew no matter the size of the show and always upgrade to whatever is better and safer . Sawstops are Awesome I have 6 in my tool kit now , also I have huge box of push sticks that we make out of masonite so theres always plenty on hand, Hoping someone can invent a sawstop type miter saw one of these days . I enjoy your channel very much
I’m not disagreeing, but why is the band saw the most dangerous in your opinion?
A bandsaw is really safe in comparison to other power tools. The sawing motion is only downwards. It won't pull your workpiece, including your fingers, into the blade. I have way more respect for table saw, router tables and angle grinders.
@@LAZER1981A My guess would be that without a brake, the blade takes a fairly long time to stop but you not realizing the the blade is still moving could easily stick your hand into the blade. I actually did that once. Luckily it was only a 9 inch saw with aluminum wheels almost stopped. Scared the hell of of me when the teeth hit my fingers. Also, complacency.
@@LAZER1981A Think because your pushing toward the blade , no fence and they will cut right through . Usually they don't have brakes although I have some that do, and that's the tool butchers use to cut meat.. I used to think tablesaws were equally scary but sawstops are the best safety upgrade I've ever seen
@@DPCtahoe lol thanks! I’m a butcher and use a band saw everyday.
April fools day in 2015, I was cutting some quarter round trim with a mitre saw. I got in a hurry towards end of day and ran the blade into my middle finger on my left hand, missed the nail but cut it open real good. The other mistake I made was wearing cheap, loose gloves. Never rush with saws or wear loose anything. Great video! I think we all need these reminders from time to time
I work in a factory and cut aluminum parts, and i've seen kickback a few times on parts if you don't cut off enough material. One time the guard that covers the saw didn't come all the way down when an employee in my department made a mistake and cut about 1" off a piece and the kickback chucked that piece of metal into the oven about 50 feet behind us and left a dent in it.
You've entered the third phase of your youtube career.
Phase 1 - UA-camr gets famous for a very specific type of video (in your case, epoxy river tables) that they make themselves with minimal support
Phase 2 - UA-camr branches out to related but different genres (epoxy denim tables, power carving, etc.), and acquires professional filmmaking support.
Phase 3 - UA-camr buys Phantom slo-mo camera. Slo-mo videos increasingly tangential to their original genre follow.
Eventually everyone gets to Demolition Ranch.
It’s all coming together
I don’t think this video is “tangential” at all.
@@robertbusek30 Water balloon on the miter saw? That's just having fun with slo-mo.
@@The2wanderers fair point
When I was an apprentice doing hardwood floors the first time I was going to use the table saw my mentor said let me show you first what not to do . He said watch what happens when you twist the board going through the blade . He did that and he sent a piece of hardwood flooring through the drywall in back of us. He looked at me and said you got that and then he proceeded to show me the correct way to use a table saw . I'm retired now and I never had a kickback ever
Love the O.J. to Aaron Hernandez scale…hilarious 😂😂😂
I was told nobody would understand it
@@BlacktailStudio Ray Lewis would understand and is jealous
the lesson is...theyre both dead
^Went to LSU; hates Florida. Excellent reference
Thanks for telling people to use the clamps on the miter saw. The number of UA-camrs I see completely avoiding them, I know the ones that come with most saws are kinda annoying but... they're easily upgraded.
I know the temptation and for longer pieces of wood it's mostly okay to hold but yeah, they can still kick back.
my mom broke a thumb holding a board in a chop saw when it kicked back as the flying chunk wasnt detached yet when it got bound up, I still do it though, just not small bits
Just watching you force a kickback made my stomach drop, cant imagine your shorts were clean after some of these shots. Thanks for the entertainment.
Reminds me of the 14 years I spent in the sign business cutting aluminum sheets on a table saw. Always push against the fence! Fun video...thank you!
awesome video man.
1 note i have is that i almost skipped the video completely until i realized it was blacktail studios
Fastest click in the west
🔫🔫🤠
town aint big nuff for the both of us
Did you hear it where I hear it?
I've been doing so many of these cuts. Once again, not the video I wanted but certainly the video I needed.
I was dumb enough to cause massive kickback on a jointer, turning it into something more akin to a blade-throwing claymore.
Full story:
I inherited a cheap 16cm/~6in electrical jointer from a relative who had lost the original blades. Found some standardized replacements but didn't know what screws to use so I just resorted to some random M6 screws my dad had lying around. Thread fit but seemed a bit short. I had cut an old oak beam into slices to make candle holders and wanted to push one through the jointer to try it out. As my dad was walking past I put it on the machine, turned it on, pushed it into the blade with a push stick and just heard a loud bang. I got clocked in the jaw with a piece of wood and heard a few metal pieces hitting the ground as the machine was angrily and unhealthily whirring. Pulled the plug because I didn't want to go anywhere near that switch.
Turns out the block got jammed in the blade, broke in two and both pieces went flying, one of them hitting me in the face. The impact ripped out the screws holding the 3mm thick, 16cm long blade in place, causing it to get dragged through the bottom of the machine before shooting out the top, blasting through the edge of the push-table, sending aluminum shrapnel flying everywhere. The hardened steel blade was bent at a ~20° angle. Luckly it didn't hit anyone.
I threw that thing out. I'll be sanding from now on.
Edit: Jointer, not planer. Specific model was a GÜDE GAH 1300 if anyone wants a visualization.
Sounds like a good judgement call👍
Whoa, never seen that!
@@BlacktailStudio *Jointer, not planer. I'm not a native speaker so I got my terms mixed up. I think I was also taking off too much at once so the blade "bit" into the oak block and tried to pull it into down into the "barrel" the blades are mounted on. That's where things got jammed. Edited my comment with correction and specific model name if you want a visual of how that could happen.
My daughter (3) and son (5) love your videos and keep asking before bed to watch one. I keep going farther and farther back and I finally think I’ve gotten through them all, or close to it. You have three die hard fans here and we can’t wait for more content! You rock!
That’s awesome! Sorry if they use any of my language though
For anyone new to tools, Cam SERIOUSLY risked his life to do this. best safety video ever
Worst thing I had happen in high school woodshop was the bandsaw blade snapping on me (it was OLD, but we had limited supplies of new ones, so we had to use them until they died).
I just hit the emergency stop and backed away. But I got to learn how to put a new blade in, which was cool.
Another class, one of the students leaned too close to the lathe while it was running, and it ate his shop apron. (The lathe might just be the most dangerous thing because it lulls you into a false sense of security since there’s no sharp spinning blades.)
Ugh. Yeah, spinning things are vastly underestimated. In one of my lectures the prof showed a picture of why long hair has to always be tied together in the chemistry lab and especially when using a rotary evaporator. Luckily I'm not susceptible to PTSD from pictures.
Slo Mo guys just got their next video idea.
I legit clicked thinking it was a Slow Mo Guys video haha
I've been a first responder out here in the sticks for 14 years, and I've seen all manner of saw injuries from a lacerated leg to a DOA. It's rarely less gruesome than you can imagine it is. Be safe out there when you can folks.
I used to fly hems out in rural Oregon. The crew saw all the bad stuff in the back, but they would tell me all about it.
Our HEMS paramedics always want to show us the photos after they get back from a job 🤢
$10k to rent a slow motion cam is absolutely nuts Cam! Thanks for doing it though! You earned my subscription years ago
@13:08 THAT might be the best one yet!!!! I physically LOL'ed and my wife looked at me like I was crazy. Also, I now use the "Think about it" often and then giggle. People must think I'm crazy.
I never knew a saw could cut a banana, thanks for your sacrifice to educate us... jokes aside, that was some frightening stuff with that kick back and it definitely served as a good demonstration.
In high school, the table saw in my shop class was mounted on a high fixed bench. I’m short, and I basically had to lay down on it to push wood through. I told my teacher I wasn’t comfortable, but he told me that I could either use it or fail the class. Fast forward to the end of the year, I was way behind, and needed to cut a large sheet of balsa for the back of a book shelf. Got it almost halfway through before it kicked, flew across the room, hit a cabinet and ricocheted into a wall. Whole class looked over to see me shaking, counting my fingers because I felt it graze the tips.
Teacher came over, turned the saw off, and informed me I didn’t have to use it anymore. He helped me cut wood for the projects I had time to finish, and cut me a break on the rest. I hope he learned something that day.
I have two angle grinders. They're the best tools I ever bought. I respect, fear and love them in equal measure.
Now make them fight
@@bearsuitattack😂😂😂
Hade a metal working job in the harbour back in -91. An experienced -trust me, seasoned, - worker used an angel grinder with a cheaper type of plate.
It cracked, ran all the way up his lower arm, and lodged in his elbow.
While I rushed to help him, using my t-shirt and belt to stop the worse of the bleeding, blood was litterly pouring out of him.
He was of course forced to early retirement.
What I took with me was - grinders are dangerous things. Bad plates doesnt make it safer.
Stay safe👍
@@bearsuitattack The more powerful mains powered one would win.
What an excellent video. it's things like this we need to show younger generations. Plus novice wood workers starting their new journey, again what a great video.
2:41 - What seems to be the problem, officer?
I’m a shop authority
THIS IS EXTREMELY IRRESPONSIBLE! I WATCHED THIS WHOLE VIDEO WHILE DRIVING AND AM SHOCKED YOU POSTED IT!
lmao
And posted your comment before you parked I hope.
😅
😂
Oh no, a woodworker, showcasing what happens if you don't use tools the right way and giving tips to avoid being injured, so irresponsible
8:22 “Taking ‘em off was more college” I’m dying at this man 😂
hahahahahahaha, "this is all aluminum, the motor's up there, think about it" ... classic call back to the the think about it
I'm a carpenter from Switzerland and a few months ago I had a kickback on the table saw. Luckily I only got away with a slight cut on my fingernail and some internal bleeding under the fingernail.
Love the videos and your build's
I used to have a T Shirt that said ‘ I reserve the right to the inappropriate use of my equipment’
I now realise what it means…
Thanks for the gratuitous "Think about it" during the miter saw water balloon segment!
"the fact that i've always kinda hated this miter saw"
literally anyone with the bosch gliding saw
Good timing! Just last week I was using a 15-cm battery-powdered mini-chainsaw to cut some slots in large beams for a project that is far behind schedule. It was going well, but, unsurprisingly, with only 4 cuts left to go, the saw motor burned out. With no chance of repair, and any replacement literally half a world away, I *almost* allowed myself to try the hack shown at 11:40 going as far as buying a blade for it. Fortunately, I came to my senses in time, and with a bit of uncharacteristic luck regarding shipping, a replacement chainsaw will be here in a few days. Sorry, Cam, you'll get no clips for your next safety video from me! 😅
Even though I watched this from the comfort of my living room, I was constantly wincing and nervous throughout the entire video.
Excellent video Cam. It’s good to put out a video that shows what can happen when things go really bad in the shop and it happens in a blink of an eye. Again excellent video 👍👍👍
Quite simply epic mr table guy!
As a retired woodworker, and fan of the channel, I tried but couldn't watch this. Also not sure why I didn't see a notification for this vid!
When I was a kid, more than anything I wanted a lathe. It's been long enough that I don't remember why I thought a lathe was an awesome tool. We watched New Yankee Workshop and This Old House every weekend. Not much lathe use in those. Every time the fancy bits and blades and pen blanks magazine came, there I was circling the mini lathe. Eventually my birthday rolled around. It was with a mixture of pleasure and disappointment that I unboxed a scroll saw. It was a very fine tool, but not the one I had been asking for. My dad just told me that a lathe was too dangerous, I wasn't even allowed to save up and buy it for myself... It came up again recently, and my dad, who I love, who I had to bug for years to get to wear PPE, told me that he saw a degloving incident with a lathe when he was a young man. It left an impression. Thanks for not buying me that mini lathe, Dad.
This is one of the most practical learning videos I’ve seen of NOT WHAT TO DO. Very educational and top slowmo photography and certainly something I would like to be able to share in courses I deliver for aviation safety and risk management.
Thinking outside of the box to get the message across and seeing more up there can only heighten the danger of using any power tool, of which I use on a regular basis but evaluate, emulate (in the mind), evaluate again before actually activating.
It’s like the 6 P’s - Proper Planning Prevents Piss Poor Performance.
Rgds J
I love the new format where you explain every detail and I find it more practical than this one in Spanish.😊
Thanks for the demonstration. I use these kind of tools all the time (no professional training whatsoever) and despite being careful and aware of the destructive power of power tools in general, seeing what actually may happen was a very big eye opener.
Thanks Cam, for the educational and really scary video. Reminds me of the time at the end of a high school shop class, we were refinishing our bench tops. The instructor plugged in a portable belt sander that was sitting on a bench. Of course it was already turned on, raced across the desk, flew through the air, and hit a student in the knee. Most memorable "Don't Do This" safety demo I ever saw. Until your slo-mo video of course. 🙂
Saw stop is the best safety invention I have seen. I remember seeing it on a show when it first came out, even though I saw what happened when they put a hot dog sausage through it. It was still a heart in mouth moment watching him stick his hand in the spinning blade it it stop dead. Since that day I have thought that every single drop saw, miter saw, table saw, hand held version (I've seen what the hand held version does to a foot when the safety guard has been removed and its dropped) should have it as standard and that needs to made a requirement in every country, better to sacrifice a saw blade then a hand and some ones quality of life. this is the first video of yours I have watched and I sincerely hope you have promoted them in at least one video and shown how effective that are. NOT with your own hand,. Despite the guy who demonstrated it showing that all he has was scruff marks on his fingers seeing that left a lasting impression.
🎉Esse canal apareceu pra mim aqui hoje como sugestão. Sou do Brasil... Fiquei ipnotisada assistir vários videos. Parabens!!!! Muito Top 🎉
"Think about it" could be the greatest this channel has contributed.
Typically, every one of us has made a stupid cut in our lifetime and experienced a kickback. We usually learn after the first time. It's one of the fastest and scariest things we can experience in our woodshops. I experienced mine in my 20's when I was worldly, experienced, bullet-proof and knew exactly what I was doing! Right! I luckily still have all my digits, but I had a monstrous bruise in the center of my chest for weeks. And I had on a heavy shop apron.
My "almost digit-removing disaster" was one night when I was tired after a long day, and I was cutting some things on my bandsaw. Last part of the night. I pushed the stock straight through to my thumb. My thumb took a nick to the bone before I could retract it. Several stitches that night, but still had a thumb. Don't run machinery tired!
The video shots were not ridiculous. Maybe except for the water balloon, but the wood kickbacks they were very realistic what to expect.
Good video.
Back in March I was working on a home remodel and got a bit loose and fast with a circular saw and ended up almost amputating my middle, ring, and pinky fingers on my left hand. I was feeling crappy and I wanted to be done for the day, but I just wanted to get to a good stopping point. It felt like a small nick but when I lifted my hand up I saw blood squirting everywhere and my middle finger was dangling backwards. I ran to the kitchen and wrapped my hand in a thick wad of paper towels and drove (4 blocks) to the ER. Two surgeries and months of physical therapy later, my hand is now as functional as ever. My grip strength is still on the weak side but I’m gaining that back slowly. Overall, I’m thankful I was able to walk away with all my fingers still intact and in the future when I’m done, I’m done.
I'm not sure if you ever tried anything crazy when you were a pilot, but this definitely looks like fun and good reason to switch to full-time UA-camr and woodworker!
I was born and raised in central Oregon and moved to Texas a few years ago. Haven’t had a Deschutes brewery beer in a long time. Got my mouth watering with that plug!
Enjoy your Shiner
As some one that seldom uses the *big tools* reminders like this are amazing. I have basic skills, but kickback isn't something something I would always think about - no kickback cutting paper or foam etc.
Thanks for the great content 😁
The way that board flies back so violently and fast 😮. There's absolutely no dodging that. Safe practice is super important with tools!
Thanks Cam. I"m a member of a local Makerspace and we had an idiot violate all our wood shop safety rules and remove three of his fingers on the tablesaw. After that we got a SawStop and stricter safety rules.
Thank you for your sacrifice in making this video. Cleaning banana out of the saw must’ve been a labor of love.
One of the first times I used my Ryobi table saw, I got a kickback with a small piece of plywood. I was using a push stick and my hand was well out of the way, but the wood slammed right into my hip to the left of my groin.
Fortunately wasn’t seriously hurt, but had a bit of bruising and a very valuable lesson.
I have been in construction for over 40 years and as an employer the first priority on any job or task is personal safety. I have seen too many accidents in those years, but thankfully I have not had any injuries to my employees that were improper use or safety precautions not being used. I did have a guy putting down OSB into H clips when a gust of wind rocked him on his heels. He lost balance and did a double back roll off the roof onto the ground. The OSB came down behind him and the edge hit the ground 4” above his head. Other than a sore back he came out with no injuries.
Hi, I have a wild suggestion. I just stumbled across your channel and have loved binge watching your old videos, despite being an old lady with no woodworking skills. I do love a good gnarly piece of wood and design that calls for some lateral thinking. Watching back to back, I keep seeing (with some horror) those little rough cut rings from around your circular tables being flung to one side... Oh the design potential of those offcuts! I imagine grading sizes, using different woods, nesting them into each other in concentric rings, offset and with the uneven outer rims rotated to be closer or further apart until the composition looks balanced, then filling with epoxy. It would be such an interesting experiment in repurposing offcuts and might produce a magical piece!
I'm setting up my little house in Brazil, living with my fiancée, the budget is low but my dream is to have a living room table made by you
Your videos make me fall sleep faster, thank you!
Fantastic commentary on a hilariously educational video! Your videos come up on my feed and I stop whatever else is going on and watch!
A few month ago I was using a small battery powered chainsaw to cut down some bushes to fit them into the bin. After about 2 days of doing it I got a bit too comfortable and it kicked off a stick I was holding and barely cut into my glove. I'm lucky I walked away with some scratches on my hand, it could have been so much worse. Never get comfortable or complacent around power tools, it could be the difference between having 2 functional hands and having only 1. Great video
Thought I was watching the 'slo mo' guys for a moment or two. Great safety instructions.
Awesome video and great way to show the risks. Also, I just love the balloon videos!!! Who doesn't like a good balloon slo mo! 🙂
So yeah, this proves I would watch anything you post and love it. I don't want to call myself a fanboy but I love your sense of humor and your approach. Just think about it...
I've had two scary incidents with that Bosch miter saw. In both instances, the saw bound up and lurched upwards and toward me with incredible speed and force. It's astonishing that I was able to hold on to the handle with my right hand in both instances, but fortunately, my left hand was well clear both times.
I've been using a table saw 6 hours a day for a whole year since i got my job. Every day i like to watch table saw accidents and think more ways to setup my cuts in a way that i can work worrying the least i can for my fingers
The content of this video is great, but I want to give compliments to the editor and camera team that got such crisp and beautiful final footage, these shots look great
Excellent video and is probably just what someone needed today... just that one microsecond thought to NOT do that is all it takes to save your hands or eyes... these videos might have saved someone a critical injury today.
Thank you for this safety video, I couldn't watch the last one you made as I am currently typing with my left index finger's nub! Table saw accident 24 years ago. Be safe and if you have to "THINK ABOUT IT"
This gives me flashbacks,
When I was 12 I was making some wooden box and as I needed to saw plywoods, went to my cousin workshop and found nobody there so I started the table saw unsupervised to act like how my cousin does, the piece kicked away and hopefully all my 10 fingers attached , too scary this happened 20 years ago and still gives me chills to remember. Always keep such machines locked out kids are curious and confidence.
1977-2019 I have been around all of the old stuff and lots of new. Operated many unsafe tools in all imaginable scenarios.
Built and made so many things, uncountable as the times I have seen terrible things happen to the unwary and ignorant.
I still call myself Mr Safety and I have been lucky over the years.
A sled is your friend on a table saw. Some memories are haunting.
I was hit by a kickback on my table saw once.... once! If I wasn't dressed for the freezing temps (t-shirt, sweater, hoody, and an old leather jacket), I would probably have been impaled. What got kicked back was about 3/4" x 3/4" x 4 ft long. It hit me so hard that even wearing all the clothing it knocked me down and left a bruise that was at least 6" in diameter. I learned to cut standing to the side and using push sticks.
Thanks for the video. Hopefully people learned something and you saved them a trip to the hospital.
You should do a colab with "the slow mo guys". loved the change of video type and the entertainment value... Keep it up
It's crazy how fast these accidents can happen and change your life forever (or end it). I needed to do a quick trim of a shelf assembly part, so I decided to do that with my chop saw and... because it was "quick," I neglected to put safety glasses on. I failed to take out the metal screw inserts before making the cut and next thing you know I hear a loud bang and one of the metal pieces flying by left eye. I had to take a timeout after that one... almost lost an eye because of trying to do things quick and failing to take safety into account.
I have a friend who was using an angle grinder while wearing a hoodie.
The strings on the hood caught and pulled the angle grinder into his face faster than he could react. Now he looks like Two Face.
I ALWAYS cut the strings on my hoodies now.
Also, we used to have a very old dovetailing machine (super cool tool, a row of routing bits that cut both sides of the dovetails at once)
Anyway, a friend came over to use it. It was super loud and he was cutting drawer sides all day.
At one point I realized the machine wasn't changing pitch, it was just running. I walked over to see and he was gone but there was a spray of blood all the way up the wall. I cut the machine off and called him. It turns out he had gotten his fingers caught in the bits, and in his shock he just left and drove back to his shop to get his wife and she took him to the hospital.
He lost a finger and had a few surgeries to repair the tendons and nerves in the rest.
I think he was in shock, but also embarrassed, so he didn't ask us for help, he just left.
Te deseo lo mejor y no dejes de ayudar a la gente ,que Dios te bendiga!!!!
Just started using a table saw for some small woodworking and DIY projects. Learned a lot of useful tips from videos like this. Outside of the usual fundamental rules, I’ve found some of the best tips to be fairly simple yet seemingly overlooked at times. Don’t be complacent. Treat your 1000th cut just like your 1st. Take a second to rehearse each cut before making it, making note of things like hand and arm placement and what kind of clothing you’re wearing. Be aware of the complacency involved in batch cutting. And just trust your gut. If it doesn’t feel right. Don’t make the cut.
Stable bench, table and fence extensions, Feather boards, both on table and the fence, riving knife, clean blade, a push handle/jig (Homemade MicroJig The Ripperrr with more height clearance than the blade max height) and a COLD CLEAR HEAD + Safety glasses + Hearing protection.
i'm going to comment this before i watch the video, but i'd love to see you tackle a unique bookshelf one day. something that's more than just a standard bookshelf made out of wood.
Cam, you'd be a fantastic Shop Teacher/Instructor for Middle/Junior High School. Kids would have an absolute blast in your classes and your dry wit would keep them in stitches (pun intended)!!
If they were grossed out by the ballistic hands, the video most likely the whole channel isn't for them. It's extremely important to have that visual demonstration so you ARE scared of that table saw like you should be. Fear puts respect into us because we are too dumb to learn otherwise. Why do you think such gore as medical procedures or nasty car accidents is aloud on UA-cam if it's for educational purposes? It's super important that's why and people need to get over themselves and see how the real world actually is so they're aware instead of ignorant and in danger because of themselves all the time
Video came out sick! Thanks for having me out to do crazy stuff In slowmo
Ya buddy! Let’s do it again!
My uncle has done woodworking for 50 years, used to be an editor for the Popular Woodworking magazine, and has published around 15 books on woodworking. All of that experience and, in the blink of an eye, after 50 years, the table saw kicked a piece of wood back and pulled his hand into the blade. It cut off three of his fingers.
Pitbull is so kind to take time out of his busy schedule to make this safety video for us
I had 28 stitches in my index finger from Skilsaw kickback about 5 years ago. Kickback is real!
Not sure this has already been mentioned, but The Slo MO Guys recently (last week?) did an ultra-slow motion video of a giant water balloon bursting. The patterns in the water during the burst were incredible!
Danke fürs sensilibieren !! Safe greetings from Germany.
Ablation disks are probably the safest power tool. Not safe, but more safe than any tooth based tool. I've bumped my gloved (rarely ungloved) hand many times with an ablation disk, and it doesn't do much. Most importantly, it doesn't have enough traction to suck your hand in. It's scary when they explode. But I wear a welding hood, apron, and gloves as PPE. Miter saws, not so much. They don't suck you in like table saws, but it will take some skin off your knuckle when you're trying to trim that extra 1/4" off a board you cut too long. Side note, my favorite angle grinder glove is a cheap welding glove with black gasket maker rubbed into it. You get the strength of real leather (unlike 90% of all work and mechanic gloves out there now), and the gasket maker holds the fibers together.
I lost one finger but the doctors saved another 2, it's just a quick whack on the hand and in an instant I thought "If I'm lucky it's a stitch job, if I'm not....". So I was lucky but not that lucky.
Thanks mate keep the safety message going.
Loved the slow mo on the water balloons
Blacktail uploads always brighten my day.... and now now only is it entertaining, its educational!! I knew f@ck all about woodworking, the closest I've ever came to making something is rubbin on Ol' Woody.... no where NEAR the same yet somehow I feel safer now....