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Which wood working power tool... #8041685
01/06/24 10:48 AM
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.... scares you the most to work with.

Mine is the router. Scares me how fast that thing could take off a finger tip.


How many lies will people believe before they realize their own idiocy?
Re: Which wood working power tool... [Re: bowhunter27295] #8041688
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Table Saw. Had a bad kick-back experience with one when I was in 8th Grade Shop class. Have not used one since.

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Re: Which wood working power tool... [Re: bowhunter27295] #8041692
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A toss up between a shaper making door panels a large cutter spinning fast and under pressure could break the spindle, or the tablesaw as wood can kick back really fast and a local guy just lost his spleen to this as a thin strip of wood came back and went into him.

Re: Which wood working power tool... [Re: bowhunter27295] #8041715
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Being a carpenter in my early years all power tools are dangerous and used them all. The most dangerous that I owned was a power feed by far. I sold it!


I love the smell of burning spruce---I love the sound of a spring time goose---I love the feel of 40 below---from my trapline I will never go!
Re: Which wood working power tool... [Re: bowhunter27295] #8041717
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I wound up in Public School after having been kicked out of Catholic School after 7th Grade. Never had shop class in St. Mary's! I don't know if the Shop teacher assumed I had experience on a table saw or what, but he was nowhere in the area. I was feeding in a board and it went crooked and BANG. It blew up the aluminum and plastic guard over the saw, stuck a lot of splinters in my shirt, and put a hole in a garage door 15 ft. behind me. Guys waiting in line said it went about a foot over my head. I wound up paying someone else to cut the boards I needed and never touched a table saw since.

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Re: Which wood working power tool... [Re: bowhunter27295] #8041723
01/06/24 11:36 AM
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Probably the 54” Frick saw mill spun by a Detroit diesel with a bungee holding the throttle wide open.


It’s a lazy man who can’t find his wife a second job !
Re: Which wood working power tool... [Re: bowhunter27295] #8041731
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Same as Bob said; table saw and shaper with a big bit. I am very cautious around both.

In forty-plus years of woodworking and professional carpentry I've only had one incident with either tool.

It was a kickback on my little, under-powered, job site table saw. I was cutting the a bevel on an oak door threshold when I had a kickback. Thankfully I was using a push-stick and all my digits stayed attached. The push-stick slammed into my palm cutting it and flew fifteen feet across the room into a newly installed $600.00 window.

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I learned a long time ago not to stand directly behind a table saw whenever possible. That probably saved me from more injury.

I had to replace the window sash which cost more than half the whole window cost.


Eh...wot?

Re: Which wood working power tool... [Re: bowhunter27295] #8041742
01/06/24 11:53 AM
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No pictures BUT..I had a project that required 1/4”X 3/4” hardwood splines, lots of them. I got the bright idea of putting 2 blades 1/4” part and reduce my cutting time in 1/2. I learned long before about where to stand, good thing because when one of the splines cut loose it imbedded itself in a 5/8” Sheetrock wall over 30 feet away. I was the only one in my shop thankfully!


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Re: Which wood working power tool... [Re: bowhunter27295] #8041751
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Re: Which wood working power tool... [Re: Lugnut] #8041753
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Originally Posted by Lugnut
Same as Bob said; table saw and shaper with a big bit. I am very cautious around both.

In forty-plus years of woodworking and professional carpentry I've only had one incident with either tool.

It was a kickback on my little, under-powered, job site table saw. I was cutting the a bevel on an oak door threshold when I had a kickback. Thankfully I was using a push-stick and all my digits stayed attached. The push-stick slammed into my palm cutting it and flew fifteen feet across the room into a newly installed $600.00 window.

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I learned a long time ago not to stand directly behind a table saw whenever possible. That probably saved me from more injury.

I had to replace the window sash which cost more than half the whole window cost.




It was a punch in the gut that left a mark that taught me to stand to the side.


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Re: Which wood working power tool... [Re: bowhunter27295] #8041773
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I'm not scared of any of them, but I respect all of them!

Re: Which wood working power tool... [Re: bowhunter27295] #8041777
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Whatever machine you choose consider the following.
Saw, shaper, router mounted in a table make sure its stable.
Blades are sharp.
Inspect the wood your milling for knots, splits or other problem spots.
Don't hurry!


I love the smell of burning spruce---I love the sound of a spring time goose---I love the feel of 40 below---from my trapline I will never go!
Re: Which wood working power tool... [Re: Lugnut] #8041792
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Originally Posted by Lugnut
Same as Bob said; table saw and shaper with a big bit. I am very cautious around both.

In forty-plus years of woodworking and professional carpentry I've only had one incident with either tool.

It was a kickback on my little, under-powered, job site table saw. I was cutting the a bevel on an oak door threshold when I had a kickback. Thankfully I was using a push-stick and all my digits stayed attached. The push-stick slammed into my palm cutting it and flew fifteen feet across the room into a newly installed $600.00 window.

[Linked Image]

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[Linked Image]

I learned a long time ago not to stand directly behind a table saw whenever possible. That probably saved me from more injury.

I had to replace the window sash which cost more than half the whole window cost.




Been there. Done that......same injury !


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Re: Which wood working power tool... [Re: bowhunter27295] #8041794
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All are dangerous. Woodworking is dangerous. Any tool could cause serious injury! They key is, operating them appropriately and safely. Therefore, in my eyes their is no more or less dangerous tools.

Re: Which wood working power tool... [Re: bowhunter27295] #8041928
01/06/24 04:13 PM
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I’m surprised nobody has said bandsaw. Those devils can remove body parts faster than you can imagine. I do a lot of free hand cutting of antler and other materials on a bandsaw which just a single point of contact between material and table. After 40 plus years of doing it, it still scares the crap out of me. The very end of my thumb and a cut just about all the way through a thumb nail have been the only casualties to date.


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Re: Which wood working power tool... [Re: bowhunter27295] #8041940
01/06/24 04:27 PM
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Bandsaws can turn a good day into a bad day super fast. So can grain augers and worn out PTO couplers that don't lock in properly. Chain saws scare me so much I pay attention
So do table saws with the fence and more than about 2 inches from the blade.


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Re: Which wood working power tool... [Re: bowhunter27295] #8041950
01/06/24 04:42 PM
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Add an angle grinder that cracks up at about 4000 RPM. I blew one up and a pie shaped chunk went thru 5/8 drywall and 6 inches of insulation to end up imbedded in the roof sheathing. I shudder just thinking how bad that could have been had it found soft tissue or worse yet a face.


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Re: Which wood working power tool... [Re: bowhunter27295] #8041956
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I consider the band saw to be one of the less dangerous tools in my shop because it lacks the ability to grab work pieces and sling them back at you with a great deal of force like a table saw does. The downward direction of the blade is why. For long rips I'll often choose the band saw over the table saw.

Of course working with small and irregular pieces very close to the blade or bit is always going to be dangerous, no matter what tool.


Eh...wot?

Re: Which wood working power tool... [Re: bowhunter27295] #8041996
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I have a SawStop… never had any issues in the past with Powermatic tables saws but it’s a safer and better cabinet saw. Most dangerous for me in the past was ripping on a Radial Arm Saw.

Re: Which wood working power tool... [Re: bowhunter27295] #8042032
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I used a radial arm saw for a few years early in my career. Definitely one of the more dangerous woodworking tools out there, especially when ripping with one.


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