Pickup Making Injuries

[David Schwab]

Never stand behind the blade on a table saw. Even a little one. Always stand off to the side. I have a micro table saw, and it likes to fling small strips of plastic at high speed across the room all the time!

[jonson]

Splitting a 14 foot by 12" by 2.1/2" plank of hardwood, it's a bit difficult not to stand behind it and sometimes use your groin area to help push it through.
I'm a wonderful advocater of the saftey rules but just accident prone meself. The one iv'e stopped standing behind is my 18 planer thicknesser. A 5 inch by 1/2" splinter through my thigh tought me that one. No try and be safe guys and respect machinery. Things are getting better as far as safety devices go, things we never dreamed about 40 years ago keep being introduced. But I'm still here so that's one consolation to me. Lots of accidents and one silly one that frightened me and it applies to all of you as there is no machines involved.
22 years ago I had a guitar on the bench I was stringing up and the top E. a 9 snapped at the bridge. It doubled back and headed towards the peghead as normal and hit the back of my left forarm round about the middle. I thought that stung, till I moved my arm. It was right through flesh, bone the lot and an inch out the other side. It pulled out easy enough and left me with a lump of lead for an arm for a couple of weeks, but think eye's, think scull, think brain, think stand behind bridge area when putting strings on. Almost certainly a total fluke, once in a lifetime job, but that scared me more than any machine.

[David Schwab]

Splitting a 14 foot by 12" by 2.1/2" plank of hardwood, it's a bit difficult not to stand behind it and sometimes use your groin area to help push it through.

Nooooo! You should never stand behind the piece being cut. The velocity of the wood coming back at the operator can be nearly the same speed as the blade. (50 to 100 miles per hour on a typical 10 inch saw.)

That's why they have roller stands and push sticks! (and friends)

You should stand just to the left (or right) of the piece.

How To Rip Boards Safely with a Table Saw

Follow These Commonsense Safety Rules
To avoid being hit by a board if it kicks back, stand to the side of the blade when you’re cutting, not directly behind it. Also keep onlookers away from this danger zone. If possible, orient the saw so that doors, windows and walkways aren’t in the blade’s path in case a kickback occurs.

Another machine that will sober you up is a jointer. That cutter head is just plain scary!

[chevalij]

Ya see.. that's why I got married and taught my wire how to use power tools!

[Joe Gwinn]

Another machine that will sober you up is a jointer. That cutter head is just plain scary!

Even the sound of a jointer gets my undivided attention. It just sounds dangerous. It's the low but overpowering hum.

[Possum]

I think Jonson wins the award for the most freaky accident, Jezus H! I've managed to cut Forbon for all these years on a router without injury. Imagine the router template for a tele neck bobbin top piece, guiding that thing around a high speed cutter. Scary, but I learned early on to get a firm grip or the thing gets ripped out of the hand and disappears into the stratosphere. Its a wonder Jason didn't lose his scalp with that loooong hair around high speed spinning machine parts, yikes...

[Spence]

Looks like we should all give it up then. Silly me trying to develop something new. And it's Jonson that's freaky, not the accidents he has

[David Schwab]

Even the sound of a jointer gets my undivided attention. It just sounds dangerous. It's the low but overpowering hum.

Very true.

Now on the other hand a band saw looks dangerous but is pretty safe. But even then I was using one to cut some plastic for a pickguard, and for one moment was distracted and backed my knuckle into the blade above the guard! It was just a nick, but it bled like crazy!

[jonson]

Jointers are fine, humming away like a demented weasel. Nick your finger and they will shave a bit off " LIKE HELL" they will drag your arm in and eat it all the way up to the shoulder, but no trouble getting it out as it's not there anymore. I love mine. 18 inch wide blades that takes a tele or any other block down in mins and the blades are locked in with big big allen screws. It's my friends one that worries me as he slides the blades in from the end of the block and starts it up and they throw out and lock in place. He says it's foolproof but iv'e never been in his shop when he's changed them and won't be. That mother is 26 inches wide so you could probably get a complete person in that one.

[jason lollar]

hey I did cut my hair short and chooped that belly button length beard down to 1 inch long because it kept getting sucked into routers etc, never actually got it caught good but I didnt want to risk it anymore and it was a pain in the ass when I wanted to zip my coat up- have to pull the beard out of the way four times everytime I put my leather on but riding would give me this cool yosemity sam look
Everyone use to go - hey ZZ! Now they go hey- Hetfeild!

[Joe Gwinn]

Now on the other hand a band saw looks dangerous but is pretty safe. But even then I was using one to cut some plastic for a pickguard, and for one moment was distracted and backed my knuckle into the blade above the guard! It was just a nick, but it bled like crazy!

Near misses are silent warnings. You should not be able to blunder into the blade above the guard.

Sounds like a cover or guard piece is missing. I would replace it, or make a new one if necessary.

[LtKojak]

Everyone use to go - hey ZZ! Now they go hey- Hetfeild!

Hetfield? OUCH! That hurts...

[David Schwab]

Near misses are silent warnings. You should not be able to blunder into the blade above the guard.

Sounds like a cover or guard piece is missing. I would replace it, or make a new one if necessary.

Yes, I agree, but it wasn't my saw. They had the riser block installed, but didn't use the longer blade guard.

[Joe Gwinn]

Yes, I agree, but it wasn't my saw. They had the riser block installed, but didn't use the longer blade guard.

I would lean on the owner. This is so easy to prevent that there can be no excuses.

[Zhangliqun]

Years ago I had a few cuts from part explosions before I figured out that a hand reamer is better for forbon -- the grabbiest, most undrillable substance known to man -- than any drill bit over about 1/16" dia.