Table Saw Safety: My Accident and How to Avoid Your Own
What it is
A woodworker shows how his table saw accident happened, why it happened and how to avoid a similar one. He describes severe hand lacerations from a blade contact.
Why Hacker News recommends it
HN recommends it as a candid mea culpa and a kickback demonstration that changed how people use push blocks.
- 2 people recommended it
- 2 different months
- 0 strong recommendations
- first 2018, last 2020
What HN commenters said
“Pretty good "mea culpa" video here from a guy that cut his hand up”
Table saw accident story and safety lessons
tyingq, 2018-11 · Recommendation · in “Making transparent wood [video]”
“This is one of my favorite kickback demonstrations.”
Kickback demonstration changed commenter's push-block practice
beams_of_light, 2019-02 · Recommendation · in “Table Saw Accidents”
Excerpts from Hacker News comments, linked to the originals. Summaries and labels were written by a language model from those comments.
Topics: woodworking, kickback, safety, diy
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