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.
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 .
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.
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.
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 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.
There seriously needs to be more videos like this....This is far better education than any school or college or university.. I always wanted a table saw, but never imagined these kick backs being so violent.. Well done for showing us..
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
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
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.
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.
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
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.
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'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
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!
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👍
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.
When I was in high school I took a woodshop class and while it wasn't the same as what you showed in the video I did have a piece of wood kickback on me which was pretty terrifying. We were using a dado blade (?) to cut a groove into a piece of wood and I wasn't quite pushing it firmly enough so i lost my grip and it sent the piece flying across the shop. That made me really glad that I had paid attention to all the safety stuff at the beginning of the year and was standing off to the side instead of right behind the blade
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
Офигеть! Озвучка на русском?! Уже давно подписан и смотрю ваш канал. Всегда смотрел только картинку и тооько интуитивно, по контексту, понимал что говорится. Спасибо огромное за перевод!
@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.
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 👍👍👍
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.
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.
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! 😅
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 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.
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 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!
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
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.
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.
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.
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. 🙂
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.
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)!!
Adoro seus videos, fiquei feliz que vc esta fazendo legendas para português-brasileiro, nao domino muito bem o ingles e agora fica mais facil te acompanhar, sucesso na vida
Yep, the table saw is the tool I respect the most in my woodworking arsenal. What Cam says about it not feeling right when he's pushing the board at the beginning is probably the most important bit. You know when you're doing something sketchy. Be safe.
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.
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
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
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!
Great video to demonstrate the power of a table saw and miter saw. I got lucky with a miter saw many years ago it made me much more cautious - it could have been an extremely high price to pay. I get hating your miter saw - it does say Bosch on it.
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.
Was thinking of adding a table saw to my small collection of tools, glad I watched this. Knew they were items to be wary of, now have a much better idea of how wary to be!! Thank you.
Always use the blade guard that comes with your saw. For some reason UA-camrs tend to leave that very important piece of safety equipment off their saw.
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.
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.
Well done, young man! Although there weren't most of these tools in my industrial arts class in 1966 and 1967, the teacher was a true safety man and he pounded safety into our teenage heads....at least most of them. Do a lathe video and maybe one fellow who launched a gouge into the ceiling might be watching....he had to spend a few days in the classroom and failed his project due to that gouge incident.
Hi Cam from Blacktail Studio) I don't know if you know or not, but the latest UA-cam automatically translates your videos into Russian, despite many political and technical difficulties. I want to say - thank you. You are a great guy, a lot of work has been put into your work and the videos are also very good There are minor errors in machine translation - incorrect declension of some words (case), as well as problems with the numerical value, but everything is clear
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.
I am also a statistic, was making a lapdesk for my daughter about 10 years ago, it was the typical i need to take one more sliver off the side of a board. It kicked back and pulled my ring and pinky fingers on my right hand into the blade. Just like your video it happened so fast I didnt feel it but I know it wasnt good. I was lucky....my two fingers at the 1st knuckle were like a zippo lighter, and after some surgery i have full use if my fingers. As I said I was very lucky and every time I turn the table saw on I need to take a breath and steady myself.
Okay another piece of advice I always found very helpful when cutting very small things is that if your cut does not have to be very accurate repeatedly then just use hand tools!! Way less risk of hurting yourself, way more control over small pieces. Always keep the purpose of your part in the finished build in mind and if your wife or mom or dad or client or gf will not be able to tell if you cut it on a machine or with a handsaw then dont take the risk! :)
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....
Tom Sachs/Van Neistat, Love letter to plywood: 5:24, "The table saw is a witch, a witch that will take your finger. We treat her with great care and respect. When you are a the table saw, you are cutting wood, you are not thinking about anything else." That whole video Is the best intro to table saw safety
Good day, I'm from Ukraine, I watch your videos and I like what you do. And so there is a war in my country, I take part in it, if I survive I will open my carpentry workshop. I am inspired by your works.
The slow motion destruction is awesome 😎 unfortunately I have had a table saw accident which nearly lost my thumb and a skill saw accident that I lost part of my finger. Both were operator stupid scenarios. As a fellow PNW resident (NW Portland) I really enjoy your content keep up the beautiful work!
I love your content. I have seen every video (I think). I also watch a lot of gun tubers. Every one of them eventually does a torture test video where they do something like put the muzzle of a gun into concrete and shoot it. I hate it when they do that. I thought I was going to feel the same way about these but I did not. So, thanks for the education. Having said that....here is my kickback story. I had a radial arm saw set up in a garage. I had eight feet of table on either side. It was a really nice set up. I would routinely rip with it as well as cross cut. I was ripping once and the offcut shot down the 8 foot table on the left side of the saw and through my garage door. Not all the way through. But, it went through. Another time I had a kickback go all the way into the street which was a good sixty feet from the saw blade. But, I've never had one on a table saw. Thankfully. Of course, the radial arm saw was a "niche" tool.
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 👍
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
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.
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 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?
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.
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 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.
There seriously needs to be more videos like this....This is far better education than any school or college or university..
I always wanted a table saw, but never imagined these kick backs being so violent..
Well done for showing us..
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 !!!
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.
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!
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
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.
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.
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
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
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
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 🤢
I've been doing so many of these cuts. Once again, not the video I wanted but certainly the video I needed.
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.
For anyone new to tools, Cam SERIOUSLY risked his life to do this. best safety video ever
Slo Mo guys just got their next video idea.
I legit clicked thinking it was a Slow Mo Guys video haha
awesome video man.
1 note i have is that i almost skipped the video completely until i realized it was blacktail studios
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
$10k to rent a slow motion cam is absolutely nuts Cam! Thanks for doing it though! You earned my subscription years ago
Fastest click in the west
🔫🔫🤠
town aint big nuff for the both of us
Did you hear it where I hear it?
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
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.
This video has probably saved quite a few hands. You should be proud.
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.
When I was in high school I took a woodshop class and while it wasn't the same as what you showed in the video I did have a piece of wood kickback on me which was pretty terrifying. We were using a dado blade (?) to cut a groove into a piece of wood and I wasn't quite pushing it firmly enough so i lost my grip and it sent the piece flying across the shop. That made me really glad that I had paid attention to all the safety stuff at the beginning of the year and was standing off to the side instead of right behind the blade
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
Офигеть! Озвучка на русском?!
Уже давно подписан и смотрю ваш канал. Всегда смотрел только картинку и тооько интуитивно, по контексту, понимал что говорится.
Спасибо огромное за перевод!
@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.
Literally thought the exact same thing. This man is the greatest troll in the world!! He just hapoens to woodwork
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 👍👍👍
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.
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 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
"Think about it" could be the greatest this channel has contributed.
Even though I watched this from the comfort of my living room, I was constantly wincing and nervous throughout the entire video.
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! 😅
2:41 - What seems to be the problem, officer?
I’m a shop authority
Здравствуйте как с вами связаться @@BlacktailStudio
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 😁
Поддерживаю образовательный формат безопасной работы 👍 сталкивался с откатом детали с торцевой пилы-сало приятного
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.
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 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
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
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.
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.
🎉Esse canal apareceu pra mim aqui hoje como sugestão. Sou do Brasil... Fiquei ipnotisada assistir vários videos. Parabens!!!! Muito Top 🎉
Fantastic commentary on a hilariously educational video! Your videos come up on my feed and I stop whatever else is going on and watch!
Thank you for your sacrifice in making this video. Cleaning banana out of the saw must’ve been a labor of love.
I LOVED your first safety video!
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.
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. 🙂
Your videos make me fall sleep faster, thank you!
I love the new format where you explain every detail and I find it more practical than this one in Spanish.😊
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.
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)!!
Adoro seus videos, fiquei feliz que vc esta fazendo legendas para português-brasileiro, nao domino muito bem o ingles e agora fica mais facil te acompanhar, sucesso na vida
Yep, the table saw is the tool I respect the most in my woodworking arsenal. What Cam says about it not feeling right when he's pushing the board at the beginning is probably the most important bit. You know when you're doing something sketchy. Be safe.
I Love this video, it is annoying to search for fingers or parts of it. As a paramedic I hope a lot of people learn theire lessons with this video!
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 see a blacktail upload i click.... simple as that
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! 🙂
I think this was a very good demonstration, and the slow motion shots were great!
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
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
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!
Te deseo lo mejor y no dejes de ayudar a la gente ,que Dios te bendiga!!!!
Great video to demonstrate the power of a table saw and miter saw. I got lucky with a miter saw many years ago it made me much more cautious - it could have been an extremely high price to pay.
I get hating your miter saw - it does say Bosch on it.
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.
Was thinking of adding a table saw to my small collection of tools, glad I watched this. Knew they were items to be wary of, now have a much better idea of how wary to be!! Thank you.
makes you feel extra smart when your super wary of it, and then it cuts your finger off anyway
Always use the blade guard that comes with your saw. For some reason UA-camrs tend to leave that very important piece of safety equipment off their saw.
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.
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.
Danke fürs sensilibieren !! Safe greetings from Germany.
確かに危険な動画だけど実際にこういうことが起こらない様にする為の貴重な動画
本当に参考になる。
素人作業をするとこうなるぞ！ってとても分かり易く動画の形に収めてる。
この動画を見る事によって今後同じ作業をする人は絶対に何らかの対策をしてこんな目に会わない様にすると思います。
You should do a colab with "the slow mo guys". loved the change of video type and the entertainment value... Keep it up
Well done, young man! Although there weren't most of these tools in my industrial arts class in 1966 and 1967, the teacher was a true safety man and he pounded safety into our teenage heads....at least most of them. Do a lathe video and maybe one fellow who launched a gouge into the ceiling might be watching....he had to spend a few days in the classroom and failed his project due to that gouge incident.
Hi Cam from Blacktail Studio) I don't know if you know or not, but the latest UA-cam automatically translates your videos into Russian, despite many political and technical difficulties.
I want to say - thank you. You are a great guy, a lot of work has been put into your work and the videos are also very good
There are minor errors in machine translation - incorrect declension of some words (case), as well as problems with the numerical value, but everything is clear
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.
I am also a statistic, was making a lapdesk for my daughter about 10 years ago, it was the typical i need to take one more sliver off the side of a board. It kicked back and pulled my ring and pinky fingers on my right hand into the blade. Just like your video it happened so fast I didnt feel it but I know it wasnt good. I was lucky....my two fingers at the 1st knuckle were like a zippo lighter, and after some surgery i have full use if my fingers. As I said I was very lucky and every time I turn the table saw on I need to take a breath and steady myself.
Okay another piece of advice I always found very helpful when cutting very small things is that if your cut does not have to be very accurate repeatedly then just use hand tools!! Way less risk of hurting yourself, way more control over small pieces. Always keep the purpose of your part in the finished build in mind and if your wife or mom or dad or client or gf will not be able to tell if you cut it on a machine or with a handsaw then dont take the risk! :)
Deeply satisfying (and very scary)! I am currently sweating thinking about some of my mitre saw activities!!!
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....
Tom Sachs/Van Neistat, Love letter to plywood: 5:24, "The table saw is a witch, a witch that will take your finger. We treat her with great care and respect. When you are a the table saw, you are cutting wood, you are not thinking about anything else."
That whole video Is the best intro to table saw safety
Спасибо за русскую озвучку❤ Хотя слушать твой монотонный голос тоже было приятно. Придется смотреть дважды 😅
Good day, I'm from Ukraine, I watch your videos and I like what you do. And so there is a war in my country, I take part in it, if I survive I will open my carpentry workshop. I am inspired by your works.
How careful and delicate they are =)
Even avoiding naming "cut-away-hand" but saying "serious troubles"
Is it peculiar to all western men?
This was the most safe video i have seen today
The slow motion destruction is awesome 😎 unfortunately I have had a table saw accident which nearly lost my thumb and a skill saw accident that I lost part of my finger. Both were operator stupid scenarios. As a fellow PNW resident (NW Portland) I really enjoy your content keep up the beautiful work!
I love your content. I have seen every video (I think). I also watch a lot of gun tubers. Every one of them eventually does a torture test video where they do something like put the muzzle of a gun into concrete and shoot it. I hate it when they do that. I thought I was going to feel the same way about these but I did not. So, thanks for the education. Having said that....here is my kickback story. I had a radial arm saw set up in a garage. I had eight feet of table on either side. It was a really nice set up. I would routinely rip with it as well as cross cut. I was ripping once and the offcut shot down the 8 foot table on the left side of the saw and through my garage door. Not all the way through. But, it went through. Another time I had a kickback go all the way into the street which was a good sixty feet from the saw blade. But, I've never had one on a table saw. Thankfully. Of course, the radial arm saw was a "niche" tool.