Great video on the importance of riving knife on your TS

[SVB]

Say what you will about our friends overseas, it is always better to learn from someone else's mistakes than go to all the effort of making your own!

https://youtu.be/u7sRrC2Jpp4

Simon

 

[YorkshireMartin]

The mechanics of this could potentially make a superb drunken party game. Tablesaw darts. But nothing in the game for two in a bed, unless you get lucky with one of the female guests.

 

[Steve Maskery]

I've had two accidents on my tablesaw, one about a year ago when I got hit by the guard, because I'd not secured it properly, but the first was 25 years ago when I bought my first TS. I'd had it a few days and I knew the square root of zero about it. I was cutting some thin ply freehand. Yes, I know, I know. I got kickback and I had a lump on my arm the size of a duck egg. I felt sick and didn't go back to the workshop for days. I still have the scar on my arm.
It's because of that incident that I am so safety conscious and I try to make sure that others, who are starting out just like I started out, don't make the same mistakes that I did.

 

[RobinBHM]

That youtube clip was posted a while back, and it made cringe then, just watched and the stills show just how close his fingers go to the blade.

I imagine that guy must really wince when he watches that back.

 

[Bodgers]

Yeah, old video. Daft thing to do. I think this freaked him out so much he sunk a chunk of cash into a Sawstop.

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[selectortone]

After watching many US videos I was considering taking the riving knife off my table saw. Hey, if Norm Abram on "New Yankee Workshop" doesn't need one.....

I saw that video and immediately decided against that bright idea. In fact I put the blade guard back on too. I only use my table saw if I'm cutting panels and I want really accurate, repeatable clean cuts. And then I treat it with the greatest respect. Otherwise I much prefer my bandsaw or my track saw. I'm a guitarist and you need a full compliment of fingers for that.

 

[Steve Maskery]

I'm not trying to contradict you ST, really I'm not, I think you made the right choice

But you reminded of a bloke I saw busking Nottingham. I don't usually reward buskers, it only encourages them but this guy was different. He had no right arm, just a stump. And he played guitar. He didn't just strum a bit, he really played it. I can't quite remember how he did it, it was a long time ago. I think that somehow he was fingering with his left hand as well as using it for the chords. Just brilliant. He wasn't an old man either, so it's possible that he is still around and still performing.

I'm glad you've kept your RK and guard though

 

[SteveF]

scary video
makes you realise how much care we should take every time walk into workshop
I messed up today and ruined a tool, rather that than myself, but it re-iterates how easy mistakes are made
the video follows on very well from another thread I created, because I wanted to make sure I had safety in my head
when-does-a-rip-cut-become-a-cross-cut-on-ts-t101513.html

don't get me wrong I have done some real stupid dumb stuff and got away with it
but as my years are getting on, I want to enjoy it, in one piece
makes u wonder how long before that guy got "back on the bike"
Steve

 

[Karl]

Such an idiotic thing to do. I understand the point he is trying to make, but he came perilously close to showing the full extent of the dangers involved. Richard Head.

Cheers

Karl

 

[selectortone]

I'm not trying to contradict you ST, really I'm not, I think you made the right choice

But you reminded of a bloke I saw busking Nottingham. I don't usually reward buskers, it only encourages them but this guy was different. He had no right arm, just a stump. And he played guitar. He didn't just strum a bit, he really played it. I can't quite remember how he did it, it was a long time ago. I think that somehow he was fingering with his left hand as well as using it for the chords. Just brilliant. He wasn't an old man either, so it's possible that he is still around and still performing.

I'm glad you've kept your RK and guard though

I've seen videos of disabled people playing guitar with their feet. That's very humbling...

 

[Robbo3]

I've seen videos of disabled people playing guitar with their feet. That's very humbling...

Or, even woodturning
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wnv0DAR_gWA

 

[Steve Maskery]

There are more errors in that film. Firstly, he should not be trying to cut such a short piece of wood on a TS, a BS would be more suitable And that is a ripping operation, for which he should be using a short fence.

It is a good illustration of how quickly things can go wrong, though.

 

[MattRoberts]

Plus he should be using a decent push stick!

 

[PAC1]

I have watched this several times over the years. It should be compulsive viewing to anyone buying a table saw. In one short video it demonstrates why you need a riving knife, a crown guard (though a full SUVA guard is better as there are no gaps), a proper push stick not a push pad and shows the consequences of not having your fence properly aligned (in fact next time I go in my shop I will check mine as the first job). It also is a warning about standing in the right place. Never stand in the firing line. As an apprentice I did, it hurts. 37 years later I still remember that lesson. I was very lucky the push stick hit the top of the blade (rebating on the saw) and flew back and hit me in the stomach just above the crown jewels (thankfully I was not as tall as I am now). It laid me flat on my back several feet back from where I was stood. I was only bruised.