TABLE SAW SAFETY - 11 tips to avoid death!
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- Опубліковано 29 вер 2024
- I run a little joinery workshop and have been using my trusty DeWalt DW745 table saw for around 5 years. In this video I'm telling you what goes through my mind to keep myself safe with my table saw in my small workshop. Please bear in mind this is only 11 tips and there are MANY more things you need to consider before using a saw like this. Sorry this video is so long - there's really nothing I can leave out. Believe me, I tried!
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I got you boss. Thanks for kicking down some knowledge!
Absolutely! I appreciate your well thought out, informative style. Thank you for taking the time and caring enough to do these with care. God bless...
you got it!
A very good basic safety video. I would just like to add that when reusing wood please beware of there possibly being screws or nails within it. Take care.
thanks
As someone with no experience of table saws, but just bought my first one; thank you for sharing this and hopefully making me think about what I'm doing and avoid injury.
Same here. I haven't even plugged mine in yet, and I've had it two weeks. I'm studying over and over, until I really learn all the safety lessons first. I like my fingers, I've grown attached to them over the years, and I don't want to lose them. Or any other of my soft parts!
Michael Williams Good point. I would just mention the thinner the piece of wood the more dangerous it can be, and it was shown in this video with kickback. I was not using a push stick and the other mistake I made same as in the video I did not clear the wood past the blade, even though I have used the saw for years “complacency” is what can turn around and bite you in the butt.
Same
I downed a longneck of vodka before testing mine the first time. Would like to submit a short report but cant remember enough, all i know is the next day when i saw that the cuts were so far from being straight that i almost questioned my sexual orientation.
Anyone can have an accident and not want to share what they've experienced. But to show a video of what you've learned is really cool. Even though I've always operated my bench saw from the side I've never really thought much about the other dangers of using it, especially in relation to kickback until you made me aware of it. Apart from the PPE that I'll start wearing when I'm operating the saw, you've also confirmed the need for me to put a First Aid cabinet in my workshop. Thanks heaps for the info.
Thank you for the life saving advice! You are very lucky that the board missed the femoral artery, vein and nerve that are located in this area. I have read also the previous comments. Each one is a lesson that might save a life. Most accidents happen when “confidence” flies in the air. Must be focused on what we are doing the specific moment. Thoughts of a retired Orthopedic Surgeon, that has spent all his professional life dealing with such accidents and now an amateur woodworker. Greetings from Greece!
Never apologize for taking the time to explain something as important as safety. If you save one person from serious, possibly life threatening injury, it was worth spending whatever amount of time it took to drive the point home!
Excellent video. As a retired craft teacher I have used table saws for 50 yrs. In that time I have attended a number of safety courses on this machine and on each occasion realised how much I still had to learn. I have witnessed the design improvements made and the availability of inexpensive diy machines. This video goes a long way to filling the gap in training. There are many videos showing experts producing great results on unguarded machines i.e. dangerous techniques. I think the main reason for removing the Riving knife and guard is to facilitate the cutting of grooves or rebates but too many people do not bother to replace them. This is the first video to draw attention to the dangers of pushing the hand past the blade since it then has to be pulled back past the blade and if you get kickback, possibly on to the blade. Keep up the good work.
I jist ordered a table saw. I have NEVER used one before and have virtually no experience with woodworking. I bought it because I want to learn. I'm so glad I saw your video. I will make sure I invest significant time understanding safety procedures. Thank you. Subscribed!
You do have to spend some time setting the saw up... blade, fence, etc. But once done, the saw is great. Fairly compact which is Nice ua-cam.com/users/postUgkxXh-4_3-ZT1fFWP91ZV7iVqzElr0lEb-a I did get an Incra Miter Gauge which takes some setup as well. The stock miter gauge can be adjusted in the miter slot with a little painter's tape... this tightens up the side to side play a lot.
Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Safety is everything in woodworking. I’m glad you weren’t seriously injured.
Thank you so much for this video, i am very new in Wood work, i am self told, and have been building my own home workshop for home projects , after watching this i know i have been using the table saw so wrong i am surprise i haven’t hurt my self, you video is a life saver, thanks.
Great video and thanks for sharing. I might suggest explaining how the intention of the riving knife is to prevent the kerf from closing on the back-side of the cut. Without it, the kerf can easily close behind the blade, binding it, and ultimately the work-piece is thrown back. The main purpose of the riving knife is to prevent this. In my view, understanding the "why" is important for making decisions based on good judgement.
I had kickback 2 yrs ago and it took pointer finger, messed up ring finger and pinkie finger has 3 pins in knuckle. And that is with feather boards and push pads. So thanks for doing this video! Just need to keep people aware of always think through before doing anything.
Wait. Can we get an explanation? You say you had kick back while using featherboards and. Push blocks. That sounds almost impossible ......what happened? Z
@@mrkoolio8494 Well if you think nothings impossible it will get you at some point. It happened. The cause - All I heard was a click so if the magnet on the feather board slipped or I did see that the blade was missing a tooth so that might have been the trigger. I can show you my hand if you want - of course I don't need to prove it so you believe, but I sure do since it happened to me. Keep and be safe my friend.
Excellent safety video ! I will be buying my first table saw soon and I am glad I saw your video now so I need to get a safe pushstick at the same time.Thanks!
I bought a Dewalt table saw last year for home use purposes. I only ran a couple cuts through it over the summer. I feel I don’t have enough knowledge about the saw as yet. Glad I found your video.
Many thanks for this video. I am just reactivating my table saw after 45 years and was looking for a push stick idea but found much much more.
As a professional musician I’ve always avoided buying a table saw. I’ve tried to avoid circular saws as well, but my desire to build things has finally overridden my apprehension. I bought this same saw yesterday. I’m SO GLAD I watched this video before going outside and getting stupid. Thank you.
Like so many here I did not know the riving knife should remain up, I always had mine down, I will not do that any longer. I believe the most important part in your video was the fact you mentioned “complacency”. Complacency is so very important to keep in mind. When I was a bus driver complacency was mentioned at our meetings. I’m sure this has happened to all of us at one point or another while in our car driving the same route day after day can lead to boredom and can come around and bite you in the butt, more so when you’re tired.
About using it from the side, the only thing I'd be wary of is not being able to reach the off button if I need to abort a cut. Also, it might be worth explaining how to abort a cut safely. Otherwise, great video man :)
Your tip about standing to one side and not standing directly behind the wood being cut, saved me a trip to the hospital yesterday. Table saw flung a 4 x 27" piece across the garage yesterday. Scary! Thanks
I have had 18 stitches in my thumb and the tip of my middle finger has damaged nerves because I was complacent, always use a riving knife and good push blocks (Microjig Grrr-ripper is excellent). The advice in this video is excellent!
I have the same saw but haven't actually used it yet so thanks for the saftey tips.
Great video really informative. 😁
It's a really nice saw. Love the fence. :)
I’ve been watching table saw videos for days. I’ve seen videos about how to set it up, how to make this or that cut, how to make jigs and sleds, etc.. This is the best advice I’ve come across so you’ve earnt yourself a subscriber. And apart from that, I’ll never buy or use a dado stack.
Taught me a couple things. Good advice. I appreciate it. Haven't used a table saw since High School (35+ years). Just bought my first one.
I have experience of a waste piece kicking back. It was strip work for a kayak build and it missed me and struck my interior garage wall and through to the stucco wire mesh. I occasionally find a reminder safety video to watch. Good video.
My first table saw experience my heart was racing. I still go through a checklist to make sure im not going to get hurt. SAFETY FIRST. Thanks for the good video
In architecture school, I used a table saw to cut small pieces for a project. And without the guide, a piece chucked back and got me good. Nothing too serious, but was a life learning moment to use a guide. Great tips for the table saw!
I like the idea of a side cut near the end of the video. Also, after using so many years suddenly I am afraid of the kickback so decided to put back the safety. You have only once chance you let not go too crazy. Thanks for the safety lesson.
Just watched your video. I found it excellent, and taught me a proper respect for the table saw. I have one as a DIY, but don’t use it often. So many people remove the guard. After your video, I will never take it off. I was trying to learn how to cut full sheets of plywood, but now think that a circular saw and guide will be safer. Thank- you. I am subscribed now. Looking forward to more lessons
Agree! Table Saw is the most dangerous tools in the shop.
When I started as a woodworker apprentice 40 years ago, my mentor asked me, "which power tool is the most dangerous one in the shop?" The answer was perfect: "The one you're using." His solution? "Before you hit the start button, look around the shop to see who's available to take you to the hospital." I always do. Gives you the right attitude.
Excellent! I took all the information you presented to heart (and mind!) I was just making a push stick for my table saw and revised the design, per your suggestion. Showing your accident took guts, and all viewers of your video benefit. Thank you so much!
Bought a new table saw and want to learn as much as possible to get the most out of it, came across this video and I'm going to be even MORE paranoid than I was. I had no idea what the riving knife was really for, I always thought it was just the bracket for holding the blade shield. Now I know so much more and this REALLY put it into perspective with the slow motion only having one frame between the kick-back and it hit you. GREAT job.
This is a great video and thank you for it. One thing that I wish you would have addressed (and maybe you didn't because it's so obvious) but you alluded to it: Never wear any loose clothing like long sleeves, untucked shirt, unzipped sweater, or hanging things like a necklace, or loose long hair. Always remove these and tie your hair back tight if you have it long. You don't want to get anything caught in the blade that will pull any part of your body into it. Also, never wear gloves when using any kind of power saw. Gloves are guaranteed to get caught in a spinning blade and, well, there go your fingers.
Brilliant video, really grateful for the time you took to make it.
Iv just came out of hospital after fracturing my small finger and cutting through the tendons on three other fingers Why did it happen, I was pushing a 1" wide by 3/4 in thick section of wood using a push stick and just taking a sliver off one side. My left hand was the other side of the blade getting ready to take the completed cut away from the machine. We still do not why we had a kick back but it dragged my whole hand into the blade. My small finger top was hanging off and blood puring all over my wortkshop floor. The future prognosise is not good. How to avoid it. Use a 3D safety push handle as it keeps your hands well away from the blade.
Great video, Many thanks for using the slow motion frames as well.
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I am getting a table saw delivered in few days. Glad I am watching your safety tips.
Going to be unboxing my saw today, glad I took the time to watch your video! 👍👊✌️
Thank you for the excellent video!
I was fortunate in that I asked around and we had an experienced woodworker in our community who was more than happy to discuss tools with me and took me on a safety tour of his own shop. We are now close friends, and I am still using advice he gave me initially.
Partly thanks to that advice, my first major power tool purchase was not a table saw but a (second hand) band saw. I had a higher level of comfort with that machine and I learned a lot from using it. Definitely worth considering for people who might be like I was: interested in woodworking but with little or no experience using power tools larger than a cordless drill.
Just got a second hand table saw and was excited to use it for the first time this morning until watching this and realizing the riving knife isn't, as the previous owner explained, optional. He didn't include one so I guess my plans for the day are shot but honestly, I can see 4-5 MORE safety issues that need to be addressed before cutting anything. Thanks Andy.
Thank you for this post. It's UA-cam so even with a short attention span, play it again. I will. I'm not a current owner of a table saw but I'm interested. So I'm doing my homework before deciding to buy. I'm super glad this was among the first videos I found. I have one hand and I plan on keeping all of it.
I love, love, love my power tools but nothing scares me or I should say has my most respect than the table saw. I do everything you covered in your video and then some. One of the first things is having a nice sharp blade. If smoke starts bellowing off your work or the wood has burn marks from your cut and doing everything correct, time for a new blade or time to sharpen the old one. I love the results when I use my saw. For cutting work standing on the side, I do that when I can since I feel it more safer if my work does kick back.
I was going to exactly ask you if it's safe to stand on the side of the saw until the very end. Thank you so much for this! Sometimes it just feels like the right thing to do cutting something while standing on the side of the beast!
Thank you! I appreciate your vulnerability in sharing your error so we could all learn. I bought my first table saw today and I’m so glad I watched this video!
I.had a table saw as a 2020 Christmas gift, only used it twice, and the second time I used it, I spent 9 hours in morriston hospital Swansea A&E.The kick back was just so fast I didn't have any time to react. I was cutting a 3x2 piece of rough cut timber without the riving knife installed and the timber shot back and took the end of my index finger off,no blade involved here, just the speed of the piece hitting my finger.Your video, i hope,shows what can happen in a second without due care and attention to safety. Thank you for pointing out some of the mishaps that can go tragically wrong.
I used to use a Tridon work bench with a AEG 9 1/2 '' blade. I used to work off to the side 90% off the time. The down side o it was the emergency shut off switch was on the lower left corner when face the blade making it not really possible the use with speed. But I felt safer and had far more control over the cut wood. Plus after the wood had pasted the blade I could move to the back off the bench with just a step removing both the cut and off cut off the back off the bench going away from the blade instead off going out and back past the blade as you do when standing in front. Always set the blade depth just above the timber your cutting. The right and a sharp blade will/does do a clean cut. Make sure when buying a saw such as I did, a hand held to be mounted in a work bench that the blade isn't flatting from side to side. Good bearing with little movement makes for a cleaner cut.
Hello Gosforth. I'm Dutch. I love your video. It's very much the best I ever saw about safety. However I never took out the riving knife. Only for maintenance. A man in the States took it out and demaged himzelf because A (long) bar hit him in solar plexus area. Happily he stayed alive but the hole in his skin was around 3 by 4 inches. He let see the place after he cured with A big scar. I have the same model of pushstick from wood what you trown away what I go to do also. I also liked your very quiet way of speaking. It's clearly I will see more of you on You Tube. I wish you the best what is possible.
Thank you sir. I will be starting to work on saw for the first time soon. I think for start I will be working while standing on the side.
Re the Sawstop. It's a good tool, and I like mine. But it will not stop kickback if the riving knife is not in place. Therefore, an injury could still occur. Thank you so much for this video.
I've always worked from the side of the table saw whenever possible. If the fence is not too tall or wide it's possible to feed the board through with both hands, with the thumbs locked in on the right side of the fence.
I had removed the riving knife on my BT3000 because of some cuts that wouldn't fit through. I did not put it back on for a long time, but just put it back on a couple of months ago from watching another saw safety video.
I was cutting a thin board, using a long push stick and did rehears my cut, but missed an obstical and when I did my actual cut, the table saw moved a little and hit the end of the cut, stopping the board from clearing the blade.
The switch is a big paddle that I can hit with my knee and I was able to switch it off, but the saw still coasted.
IF the riving knife was not installed, the blade would have grabbed the board and kick it back, but the knife saved me.
I cannot stress enough the necessity of using the riving knife!
Standing to the side...absolutely brilliant.
My cheap porter cable table saw has the ability to adjust the height of the riving knife. When I am using the crosscut sled I remove the guard and lower the height of the riving knife. Amazing what you can find in the manual, when you bother to read it.
Just started using a table saw and very glad to have watched this video. Thank you.
Such a well made and sensible video. I have the same saw, ive maybe had it 5 years and im always wary of the thing. Ive used it so much and saved loads of time and expense ripping up stock to use. Happily i have adapted my methods to a lot of these tips already. But i have to admit that i never realised the actual importance of the Riving knife. ( for the kick back) seeing the example, its obvious, and im happy to admit i feel daft for not realising it. Im so pleased i found this video, well done for making it and sharing your skills and advice. Fantastic. Your last section on standing alongside the machine was interesting, ive done that myself and completely agree it seems to de risk things for certain operations. Again, well done and thank you. ( like some other commenters have noted, i too am now looking for my riving knife.......its there somewhere!
Great video about how to use or work with a saw table...thanks for sharing!!..you probably just save me some fingers or even my life with those advices ...gracias again!!
Working from the side is an excellent strategy. I do t his particularly with a sled I built with clamps to carry wood through to make a straight edge. Handles on the sled place my hands out of harms way. Basically I hate standing directly behind the blade! I know two people with shorter or missing digits from table saws, so I have a lot of respect for them. On the other hand, ripping is a lot easier, and seems safer than say using a hand held circular saw.
I subscribed as a thank you for posting this; it influenced me to a safety decision that's a bit tangent but I wanted to note it.
With a project coming up, I dug out my old Ryobi and ran some test cuts on it. Basically a disaster: the blade isn't 90° to the table, or even parallel to its slot, damaged fence surface, etc. Probably dropped at some point in storage, at any rate after some fiddling I threw up my hands to invest in a new unit. My first thought was to throw the Ryobi on the sidewalk, thinking someone could grab it for basic cuts. Now, you've upgraded my thinking to "an imprecise table saw isn't just annoying, but dangerous" (did I mention it's missing it's riving knife?)
The new plan is full break-down/recycling to ensure NO ONE uses it ever again.
Thanks for your video.I'm about to purchase a table saw and found this very informative.
I have the same saw, and I almost always stand on the right side facing the blade, as you were at the end of this video. It just feels safer, for the reasons you identified. Good video - thank you!
Your honesty is greatly appreciated.
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Thank you for the awesome and honest safety guidelines. Getting a new table saw soon. Will go through all safety procedures and readings
Thanks for doing this. Great advice that I will follow. I'm a new owner of a table saw.
I always wear safety goggles, ear defenders and dust mask, but now I've added a heavy leather jerkin to my list of safety gear.
Thanks for this excellent video
Thank you for making this table saw safety video. I knew about kick back but not exactly what are the circumstances that caused it. Your video certainly covered this well and now i know what to look out for.
Brilliant information champ.
Thanks for taking the time to share all this information and reminding us all to work smart not fast.
I will share this video with my son when he is ready to use power tools. Also great that you added links to other videos with additional safety info 👍 Well done
I’m glad I finally got around to watching this. Long overdue.
I should have pick tip number 9 naturally because I’m usually thinking critically and geometrically, yet I had overlooked that safety measure.
As for cutting from the side, I actually thought about that and had did it naturally one day using the router table as a table saw feedings he piece in between the blade and the fence for a perfect jointed face. I probably went against the grain as a chunk had broke off. Luckily I was behind the table. 😬 😇
Great video and love the tips. I agree 100% pick the right tool for the right job. Too often table saws are used for jobs better suited to other shop tools. For breaking down large panels, I prefer my track saw to the table saw even for fine cuts. It is quick to setup and does a better overall job. Thank you for all you are doing especially addressing the safety topci.
While I understand why you made this video, I don’t like the fact that many commentators below are now scared of the table saw. I believe that “healthy respect” for the tool is paramount. A huge danger is approaching a cut with anxiety... rather than confidence. The most dangerous tool in a workshop is the workman who doesn’t know what they’re doing. Plus, plenty of highly respected woodworkers (Matthias, Steve Ramsay, Colin Knecht) use jigs, sleds etc safely and there’s no reason why they can’t be safely used.
This was hard to watch. Thanks for posting, very useful for us beginners.
Thanks for the great video. By the way, my kickback was a 2'-square chunk of 1/2" plywood. And it _did not_ miss my nether bits.
Took 6 months to heal. And I was lucky it could.
21:00. It's a really interesting conundrum. A push block is better because it prevents twisting of the wood, by applying more downforce and more pressure on the work piece. But a push block allows your hand and body to go across the area of the blade. A push stick is extremely poor at controlling a kickback, and a piece of wood can spontaneously kickback if using a push stick without a riving knife. This is why a riving knife is so important, because it allows you to use a push stick with much less risk of a kickback. When using a push block, it's not any safer than using your bare hands, because if a board kicks back, it sucks the entire push block away from you, and still rips your hand towards the blade. The safest option would seem to be a push block that locks onto the fence, so it cannot be "sucked" into the blade during a kickback. In my case, I found that you can lock your body and your hands over the fence, and basically stay behind the fence, and use the fence to provide a barrier between you and the blade, so if there is a kickback, your hands can't be drawn towards the blade. You can stand on the side of the fence, and pull the material towards the fence as you are cutting, so there is no possible way a kickback can happen, but if it does, you are pulling hard away from the blade, so your hands won't be drawn into the blade. The worst methods of cut are using a push stick (a chicken foot stick) with no riving knife, or using your bare hands and standing directly behind and in line with the blade. If you are standing directly behind the blade, then your hands, or a push block, can be drawn rapidly into a blade.
Great tips ! I like your pushstick, but in addition to the heel, how about cutting notch out of the front? make it look like the plastic dewalt stick. this way you can switch from the heel at the start to the front notch when the board gets to the end; and you can still maintain a bit of downward pressure while not leaning forward . I also like to stand on the other side of the fence and stay out of the line of fire as much as possible!
I am new to this, but this is ... wow... I actually was about to buy my table saw and now thinking.. am I really need it so badly? Anyways, thank You, Sir, for such useful information! Cheers
Good video, a lot of great advice.
I do have mixed feelings about the push stick though. I like to have personal contact with the piece I'm cutting. This way I always know that pressure is applied downward, to keep piece flat on table surface, and towards the guide fence, so that piece does not twist left at the end of the cut to catch back side of blade (which is where kick back happens). OBVIOUSLY, if the piece is really narrow - 100% - I use push stick!!
Setting blade height- rule of thumb that I was taught is that blade height should be set so that gullet of the blade would be equal, or just above, thickness of piece being cut. Personally, I like to set the blade slightly higher (gullet x2), to make sure that force of blade while cutting is actually forcing the piece downward. If the blade is set too low and you push the piece a bit too fast - blade will actually push the piece up.
Safety guard....yes, it covers the blade and prevent you from putting your hand down on running blade. But at the same time, it hides the view of the cut you're making, and on narrow cuts - makes it more difficult to feed piece through.
The best advice anyone can give for using table saw, I agree with you 100% - RESPECT the saw and always be focused on what you're doing!!
Great video overall!!
i liked your video and tips, they are excellent and well worth listening to an watching. i have just got a table and am not sure how to fit the riving knife. before i use the machine i will figure out how to install the riving knife.
I have many corded and cordless tools except two - Angle grinder and Table saw, for a reason. I use my sliding miter saw and home made track saw to make almost every cut. Yes, a table saw is a great tool but I love my fingers.
Very sensible content. I find it hard to stare dead on at spinning wheels without a guard. I started working the saw on the fence side and I'm pretty comfortable that way now. Standing in front of the saw feels odd.
Buying my first table saw soon…. Thank you so much mate
Thank you, Thank you, Thank you, I have recently just bought a an Evolution Table saw, this video has just come at the right time.
Thank you very much for your video. I just purchased this saw. I am sure you have a finger or two. I will watch it again.
I always keep my small pinky over the rail hooked. i had the blade kick back a 450 x 450 3/4 ply as it caught the top of the blade hit me in the knee and it was agony . Do not rush around power tools , think smart, think safety think i like picking my nose. good vid.
Great tips and thanks for sharing. My very second cut on my new table saw I had a small piece of wood kickback right into my car. A small chip actually imbedded itself into my taillight. Tip # 11...do not park directly behind a table saw:)
Joe here again , this is for those who watched. I use and I'm adding to all my tools a pedal switch , maybe you could make a comment on that . Thanks again and Work Safe
Really useful. I didn't think I needed to watch this...I was wrong!
I just saw ( ;-) ) your video about the safty tips for the table saw. The the greatest words of you were the thing about the rubish world, that it could be, if circumnavigate any risk life is giving us. Thanks for this.
Of course the your tips are also helpfull. Greatings from Germany.
Thank you for the safety lesson it was truly appreciated.!!
well done mate and very good and brilliant safety information. ( safety safety first )
Scared me but what a great video, thank you. I'm inheriting a saw this weekend!
Glad I watched this as I am thinking of buying a saw table - with no experience.
Thank you for the very useful and important tips.
I have to mention this: The birds mouth push stick you're using is a dangerous bit of shrapnel. It's brittle and when a saw blade grabs the end, little pieces of it come off and go at blade speed and usually in your direction. Never use a plastic stick if the blade will cut a piece off the end.
Hi Andy, I know you posted this a year ago, but lockdown has given me a chance to catch up with UA-cam content. I've been using table saws, more often than a job site saw for over 40 years, so far with out any scars or scares. A few moments when I realized I was not paying attention..... So first thing I was told was if you can feel the wind of the blade whirring you are too close. And don't push your feeding hand past the front edge of the table, that's when you use a stick(therefore not leaning over)
Safety training to use the Wadkin at my present job in a high school, was a one hour session, followed by practice cuts to prove you where understanding the process. During the training the entire space between the guide tracks was the DANGER ZONE, never put your hands into that area. The H&S sheet and BS4163:2014 state the crown guard should never be removed.......Our trouble is that 99% of videos on the web are North American, where not having a riving knife is the Norm, and Norm Abrahams, of course never had a knife or a push stick half the time.
I've seen one kickback where an arrow shaft size strip was cut off and because a push stick was not used to pin it down the blade hurled it off the saw horizontally 12ft, where it buried it's self in a thin door panel.
And the aftermath of a kickback that claimed my father in-laws little finger and other minor damage to his left-hand. He foned us to say he had had an accident, we live 5mins away. 6 hour op in Leeds LGI, no grip now in his left hand. I had given him firm instructions when he got his saw never remove the riving knife, but Norm Abrahams has been on the telly as a how to do it, after the incident I replaced the r. knife, it came off the saw very quickly after he got back in his workshop. I am going to clean out his workshop, ( he is in his 80s) so I can find the riving knife and the rip fence which are both hidden under sawdust and crap.
Keep up the good work.
Like a rattlesnake, I give a t-saw great respect, even paranoid!😱
My push stick is 20 inches long with a handle on the back, I also use screws in the pusher, just barely sticking threw, just enough to grab the wood. Thanks for the info, folks need to know, especially those new to woodwork😁👍✝️🇱🇷
Kickback are scary. A student in my woodshop in high school had it occur during a cut and the piece of wood was shoot against the wall at a very highspeed. So loud that our instructor ran over to see what was going on. Luckily no one got hurt.
From USA, well done video.....all great information....cheers
Wish I listened to rule #10 before using my table saw on Sunday, put my thumb right on the sharp spinny thing. A lot of blood, but no major injuries. Oh, also I was watching football while ripping some walnut, and had no blade guard on.
Broke many rules, and paid for it..
A lot of good information, thanks for putting it together. I just shared the video on a Facebook group I'm part of. There's a lot of new woodworkers in the group, just starting to buy table saws, etc. Hopefully this video will help them get started.
Sideways on YES!
A much better way to use a table saw, I'll be giving that a go :-)
Great vid. Many thanks.
I would use a mitre saw to shorten wide pieces (24:19) A lot of those cuts done with the cross cut jigs could be made on a mitre saw
I've freehand cut miles of wood in that same saw. No fence, no riving knife, no safety glasses, mostly doing scribing cuts on Baseboard and 3/4 inch cabinet fillers. Looking back, the only safety protection I probably should have used was a dust mask.
Very helpful...thank you, and glad you're ok. God bless