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Table Saw Safety: My Accident and How to Avoid Your Own

MrFixItDIY · 79.9K views · 2017-12-02 · 8:35

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Overview

A woodworker shows how his table saw accident happened, why it happened and how to avoid a similar one. He describes severe hand lacerations from a blade contact.

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HN recommends it as a candid mea culpa and a kickback demonstration that changed how people use push blocks.

Recommended by 2 HN people across 2 months · HN mentions 2018–2020

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Woodworking, metalworking & workshop skillsHome, DIY & practical skills
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beams_of_light · 2019-02 · Recommendation

This is one of my favorite kickback demonstrations. Since watching this, I have made sure to keep my push block/stick close to the blade & applying pressure toward the fence, instead of closer to the fence & applying pressure toward the blade. [VIDEO]

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tyingq · 2018-11 · Recommendation

I moved around a lot as a kid, so I saw a lot of wood shop teachers. All were missing various parts of fingers. Pretty good "mea culpa" video here from a guy that cut his hand up: [VIDEO]

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troydavis · 2020-07 · Reference

> They are not a problem if a parent teaches young kids how to use them properly. The statistics don’t bear out that training or experience eliminates risk of serious injury. It’s even trivially disprovable with anecdotes - tons of experienced woodworkers have had blade touches and/or kickback-induced blade touches. Here’s 3: [LINK] [LINK] [VIDEO] If anyone is learning advanced shop safety, a few years ago I made the advanced survey that I wished existed: [LINK] . [LINK] has table saw injury stats. In an era of flesh-detecting table saws, using a table saw without it (other than weird special-purpose saws) means underestimating either the probability or the consequences.

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