Table saw

[prowl3r]

been a cabinet maker for 25 years and i can still count to 10   great invention but i wouldent buy it just cause 1 more thing to go wrong with the equipment

[Klam]

I've been a wood butcher for nearly 30 years and have seen some horrible accidents. 
Most are caused by rushing, using the wrong tool for the work and general stupidity.
Once saw a sparks drill a 20mm hole through his palm.  He had one hand holding down
a ceiling rafter while in the other pushing up with a cordless drill and 20mm spade bit.

One of the funniest was an Irish guy who was wearing half an empty cement bag tucked in his
jeans for a nail pouch and using a lump hammer for tacking plasterboard ceilings.
Don't think he'll play the piano again.....

Measure twice....cut once 

[MaSonZ]

rumor has it a neighboring high school has one.... dont get me wrong ,a great thing to have for safety, but the kids at the school are so wreckless and thoughtless of others I'm surprised they havent put hot dogs or theyre own finger in there to ruin the blade.....

[DaCoon]

the brake in those saws is a shaped block of aluminum that the blade gets buried into.  ruins the blade and the brake, so both have to be replaced.   better IMO than some of the accidents I've seen. 

[MaSonZ]

the brake in those saws is a shaped block of aluminum that the blade gets buried into.  ruins the blade and the brake, so both have to be replaced.   better IMO than some of the accidents I've seen. 

no doubt, but the saw is useless until the brake/blade get replaced. being safe in the first place will always be cheaper and more productive then stupid and rushy.

dad was getting rushy back in the '80's to finish a project. hes planing something down, the blades got jammed up or soemthing, he never shut off the machine. stuck his middle finger in to clean out the jam, soon as it was cleared he lost from his finger tip down to the knuckle below his nail.

4 years ago my brother was doing tree work for someone, was getting darkl out hed be workin all day. had a few branches to remove from na tree hed just dropped. used a bar much to large for the branch, and was getting careless due to the light and tiredness. saw kicked and he almost lost his toe.

and people wonder why I work safe in construction and woodworking class..... 

[USRanger]

First thing I learned from my papa and in woodshop was always use a pushstick, you look cooler with two thumbs.

In my case, I was.  As I was pushing through, the pushstick snapped in half where there was a knot.  First reaction was to put my hands out in front of me so I wouldn't get a facefull of saw.  My hands landed on the table, which was covered in sawdust, making it slick as hell.  Hand shot forward, hitting the guard, which of course popped up out of the way, and my hand went in.  The entire thing was only probably about one second.  Found my finger, put it in a bag and headed to the hospital.

[MaSonZ]

In my case, I was.  As I was pushing through, the pushstick snapped in half where there was a knot.  First reaction was to put my hands out in front of me so I wouldn't get a facefull of saw.  My hands landed on the table, which was covered in sawdust, making it slick as hell.  Hand shot forward, hitting the guard, which of course popped up out of the way, and my hand went in.  The entire thing was only probably about one second.  Found my finger, put it in a bag and headed to the hospital.

[pembquist]

In my case, I was.  As I was pushing through, the pushstick snapped in half where there was a knot.  First reaction was to put my hands out in front of me so I wouldn't get a facefull of saw.  My hands landed on the table, which was covered in sawdust, making it slick as hell.  Hand shot forward, hitting the guard, which of course popped up out of the way, and my hand went in.  The entire thing was only probably about one second.  Found my finger, put it in a bag and headed to the hospital.

Now that is a good story.  The closest I've come so far is a guardless mitre saw with a worn out brake that I was always a little afraid of so was especially careful with.  Some how I put my finger against the blade as it was coasting down and shaved off an 1/'8 on the side.  That thing went right into the trash.

[dkff49]

With accident I actually had planty of room between fence and blade but wasn't watching how close I was to the waste piece. Like I said before too much of a hurry and not watching. Funny I always thought I was going to get it with the right hand and turned out I ended up getting bit in the left index finger, blade went 3/4 the way into finger nail on diagonal. Left index looks anout 1/8 inch shorter than right (thickness of blade). Getting the damn stitches out hurt worse than the actual incident.

Too bad i dont have money for one of those saws and. Really those things won't work in my shop anyway, too heavy. My shop is so small that all tools need to be light enough to be able to be lifted onto a specially built box that has the dust collector hose connected to it. I joticed the smallest one there (the job site saw) weighs in at 230 lbs. Oh well guess I will adopt the "count to 10" rule too.

[USRanger]

Now that is a good story.  The closest I've come so far is a guardless mitre saw with a worn out brake that I was always a little afraid of so was especially careful with.  Some how I put my finger against the blade as it was coasting down and shaved off an 1/'8 on the side.  That thing went right into the trash.

Much to the surprise of my co-workers, I was back at work the next morning.  As a single dad with four daughters, a man's gotta work.  The first thing I did was get right back on that saw & cut some wood.  In my mind, I needed to get over that mental hurdle immediately.  I remember everyone around me stopped working to watch me to see what would happen lol.  Now, if I had done the same thing again that next morning, i.e. lost another finger, that would be one for the "Here's your sign" books!

[Penguin]

I used to work with table saws, too, but then those doggone chemtrails caused me to lose focus and injure my super bowel.

-Penguin

[DaCoon]

With accident I actually had planty of room between fence and blade but wasn't watching how close I was to the waste piece. Like I said before too much of a hurry and not watching. Funny I always thought I was going to get it with the right hand and turned out I ended up getting bit in the left index finger, blade went 3/4 the way into finger nail on diagonal. Left index looks anout 1/8 inch shorter than right (thickness of blade). Getting the damn stitches out hurt worse than the actual incident.

Too bad i dont have money for one of those saws and. Really those things won't work in my shop anyway, too heavy. My shop is so small that all tools need to be light enough to be able to be lifted onto a specially built box that has the dust collector hose connected to it. I joticed the smallest one there (the job site saw) weighs in at 230 lbs. Oh well guess I will adopt the "count to 10" rule too.

 There is an optional trolley that you can get.  IIRC it ran about $300 I think

[dkff49]

There is an optional trolley that you can get.  IIRC it ran about $300 I think

I do appreciate the suggestion though I did find that. Problem is with the limited spave that special built box is the mount for all my large power tools ( planer, jointer, table saw, bandsaw, etc). So everything has to be liftable in order to remove it and stow it under work bench. Without pictures that is really the best i can describe it but space is truly a premium. Some of you maybe be amazed at what my work space looks like after seeing some of the pics I have posted of my past projects.

Pretty cool piece of equipment and if I ever get to a situation where I can grow into a bigger shop and move beyond the weekend warrior status, this will be one ofthe first pieces I will buy.

[Penguin]

It would really help if robots could do stuff like this.  It would be like a multi-function scanner/printer/fax machine, except that all the blades would be in one place.  It wouldn't be that big, either.  It would just have extendable metal arms to align the stock from all sides, and the blades would all converge in the middle.  Could it work?

-Penguin

[Jayhawk]

It would really help if robots could do stuff like this.  It would be like a multi-function scanner/printer/fax machine, except that all the blades would be in one place.  It wouldn't be that big, either.  It would just have extendable metal arms to align the stock from all sides, and the blades would all converge in the middle.  Could it work?

-Penguin

Not sure what you mean, there are plenty of robots that build stuff.  There are plenty of other options for cutting materials, but generally not available, due to cost, to the average woodworker.  A table saw is a pretty basic concept, and can be made relatively cheaply.

On top of all that, I think you'll find many people who build stuff wouldn't want a robot to do all the work for them.