When the rip fence is not aligned to the blade....

[Niki]

Good day

Today, we went for mushrooms pick-up in the woods.

On the way, we went to the village to pick-up my wife's sister and her husband was cutting fire-wood for the winter

I had the camera with me and took some pictures.

He told me that that's the "normal operating procedure" before the winter and did not understand why I'm so shocked...he even offered me to try it...which I "kindly" refused

At some point, after watching him pushing these woods free hand some 50 mm or less from the blade, I could not watch it anymore and went to the woods....

He made this "table saw" himself and yes, he still has all his fingers....to my surprise....

Oh, what do think about his DC....

niki

 

[tim]

Blimey - Its Borat's workshop!! :shock: :shock: :lol: :lol:

I Like

Cheers

Tim

 

[wizer]

the cat looks terrified

 

[Lord Nibbo]

the cat looks terrified

No way, he's on the look out for the odd finger or two... :lol:

 

[Woodmagnet]

Niki, you'll have to invent something for him to use
on that! :wink:

 

[Lukey]

Thats one big ass pile of sawdust!

 

[mailee]

Hey it looks like my workshop. Well it did until I had a clean yesterday.

 

[Blister]

SOMEONE !!

TELL HIM

that belt needs a cover on it !!!!!!!!!!!!!! :shock:

 

[Nick Gibbs]

Cripes. And they say some of the things we put in magazines are dangerous. The belt's the least of his worries, I'd say, though obviously a risk. Cutting round wood that isn't held in V-carriage of some sort is really, really dangerous, even on a bandsaw. Juggling chainsaws might be safer!

Nick

 

[devonwoody]

sorry about the hijack but why is the belt a risk?
I havent put the side covers back on my new Axminster yet.
I'm highly unlikely to go poking inside the cabinet with the saw running, is there a risk that if the belt breaks it flies around?

 

[DaveL]

why is the belt a risk?

I remember ripping down second hand floor joists on a diesel powered saw that had twin or triple belts on and no guard. When I found a nail that had been missed I needed a 12' batten to get the belts back out of the tree they had jumped up into, next to the saw bench. (This was ~40 years ago so I didn't know any better )

 

[devonwoody]

Just as well the saw bench didn't fetch up there as well. :roll:

 

[Smudger]

sorry about the hijack but why is the belt a risk?

It was a joke, the irony of saying the belt was unsafe when the blade is so much more dangerous.

Mind you, I've seen farmers in France doing equally crazy things.

 

[Niki]

It reminds me....

When I was working for "Japan Air System", the Japanese had the Abnormal/Emergency check-list in Japanese.

But, for the "Gayjin" (foreigners) they had another check-list, in English but translated from Japanese...

On one of the procedures, "Abnormal cabin rate" (that meant that the cabin pressurization is running away but at a slow rate...not like the "rapid decompression" that all the pressurization is lost within a few seconds and you have about 30 seconds to don the oxygen mask before you "fall to sleep")

So it was like that:
Check the Outflow Valves position:
If Abnormal...................(action)
If Not Abnormal............(action)

So, in Poland, its "Not Abnormal" to see such a things in the villages and probably also in other countries around...not much of safety regulations implementation in the shops, building sites etc. (one day, I'll take a few pics of a Polish woodworking shop)

BTW, The blade is 350mm Dia and the motor is running on 3 phases

niki

 

[newt]

It looks as though you could hurt yourself without it being powered, it looks mean and unfriendly. You could trip over the mess and land face down on the blade.

 

[lurker]

Niki,

It's not just Poland I can assure you.

Theres a "rustic pine" furniture maker (bird tables garden chairs etc) just north of Burton on Trent and his saw is much like your brother in laws.

 

[Bean]

Not many years ago I used a hardware shop in a village north of leicester, the owner ripped some plywood for me on his saw in the celler, and I think it came from the same manufacturer :shock: They are out there :shock: