I had a very small kickback incident on my table saw. I’m not hurt but it was a serious wake up call!
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I had a very small kickback incident on my table saw. I’m not hurt but it was a serious wake up call!
Tsk, tsk tsk! You’re not going to get any practice for the WIA olympics using one of those screaming beasts Shannon. What were you thinking?!
Seriously though, I’m glad you walked away with only a scratch. As you said, it could have been much worse. Good thing you were wearing your glasses. Safety first!
Thanks Bob. I hope my recording didn’t sound too nonchalant as I have been going over this incident in my head all night and I think I see where the blame lies. Squarely on me.
That baseball cap is very important. It keeps the dust from dropping in behind the tops of my safety glasses. Great reminder to folks.
Shannon!
Wow, glad to hear that you are OK. I hate to hear these kinds of stories. I could not tell from your audio snippet what exactly happened. What caused the piece to shoot back?
Thank God for safety gear!
–Mark
The Craftsman’s Path
Mark,
I have been running this through my head for the past day and now I remember that I had a stray offcut from a previous cut still on the table. When I pushed the stock through the offcut hit the stray piece and pushed it into the splitter which then pushed my existing offcut back to the back edge of the blade and shot it straight up into my face. So you can see, lots of errors on my part led to this incident. The moral of the story is, don’t do what I did! My idea of removing the splitter isn’t the correct solutions here but just to make sure all the offcuts are off the table. Might be time to make a sled too.
Shannon,
Thanks for the additional info. Glad to hear you figured out the cause.
I’ve had that happen before with the little off cuts as well – though in my case it shot straight back and not up at my face. They always make me nervous near the blade.
I have a small sled for repetitive cross cuts that works well. You can use the eraser end of a pencil to hold the off cut and then slide it out of the way before your next cut. Even on a small sled there’s usually plenty of room for a bunch of pieces before you have to clear it.
–Mark
The Craftsman’s Path