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    Default put this down to experience i think

    What is the most important thing you do JUST before turning the power on to your saw for the triton workbench?

    A) Nothin just pug it in and turn it on
    B) Level the slide bench
    C) Blow the dust off it
    D) Spin the Sawblade by hand
    E) Check the Sawblade is Square
    F) Check the saw is in the locked position

    I no what i will be doing from now on and that is d) and F). Reason being my saw moved backwards and hit the riving saw when i turned it on today. This wrecked the saw blade and threw the table top about a metre passed me. I got a peice of tungston in the top lip, and a scare but very lucky.
    Well that is my story thanks for reading.

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    Ouch

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    Maybe you shouldn't be playing with power tools at the ripe old age of 100.

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    It might be just me but it seems like something easy to overlook...the saw being able to be moved...like when it is used as a docking saw.
    I have not ever used it like this alway keep it in the bench saw mode...but things get loose a spose!

    100...should fix that huh....32 actually


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    Quote Originally Posted by readnik
    What is the most important thing you do JUST before turning the power on to your saw for the triton workbench?

    A) Nothin just pug it in and turn it on
    B) Level the slide bench
    C) Blow the dust off it
    D) Spin the Sawblade by hand
    E) Check the Sawblade is Square
    F) Check the saw is in the locked position


    Well that is my story thanks for reading.

    To answer your original question.....
    I'd have to say, A and that's because I automatically assume when I am at home that everything is as I left it. I am after all the only one that uses it.
    When working for Triton, I have to set up the whole outfit each day so B, D, E and F.

    Woody

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    Quote Originally Posted by Woodworker101
    To answer your original question.....
    I'd have to say, A and that's because I automatically assume when I am at home that everything is as I left it. I am after all the only one that uses it.
    When working for Triton, I have to set up the whole outfit each day so B, D, E and F.

    Woody
    And I'd say that is a dangerous assumption- things move, vibration loosens things etc. So one day, A will get you into serious problems. Hope you can duck fast enough.
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    Nasty eh! (quote from Monty Python, if I recall):eek:

    I make a habit of ALWAYS checking any powered machine (jointer, T/S, B/S, Router, drill press, etc) for freedom to move, base secured, freedom for workpiece, etc.

    I won't quite go so far as to say I bow down before the T/S before using it (as some here have said!), but it can be a very unforgiving beast if used incorrectly (as can any machine).

    Despite all that, I've still given myself a few "wake-up!" calls One springs to mind: I'd just cut a poofteenth of a sliver in a rip cut off a board on the T/S, the went to do the same with another piece - except that I hadn't noticed that a wee sliver had jammed itself partially under the fence - so the second workpiece wasn't going through exactly parallel to the blade: result an increasing tightness - which I ignored until the blerry piece came backwards at a rate of knots enough to impress Herr Mach!:eek: :eek:

    Cheers!

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    Quote Originally Posted by readnik
    Reason being my saw moved backwards and hit the riving saw when i turned it on today. This wrecked the saw blade and threw the table top about a metre passed me. I got a peice of tungston in the top lip, and a scare but very lucky.
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    I'd like to check eveyones WC2000 for a lovely 'arced' (or should that be pharced ) riving knife!!! I've got one, and so's my wife (Pythons again ).The trick, it seems, so that pieces don't fly off, is to have the saw running before pushing the stock thru and therefore 'gently' introducing the blade to the knife.......well thats what I did....also helps to make sure the locking tab is in place under the table

    I LUV DOUG......and any post he puts up,,,,,,I never seem to be able to read them, though.....for some reason I get a bit distracted
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    Red face

    With the Triton I always make a point of pressing the OFF switch before turning it on at the power point .

    Here in the interest of maybe saving someone elses blood is one of the dumbest things I have ever done with a power tool .

    After removing the saw from the triton a friend plugged in the saw while I was holding it . He switched on the power . The cable tie was still on the switch . Close call , almost cut into my leg as the saw started while I was unprepared . I'll never do that again .

    Really dumb
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    I am the only one who ever uses my work bench and i know that if i am the only one using it then everything is ok.....not was i wrong! I think i need a new riving knife and i bent the crap out of the grey insert peice thingy....should be able to fix it i hope or i might be in the market for some new gear.

    For me it is all about complecency...i work in the mining industry and "safety is the most important thing"...but sometimes i just like to frighten the crap out of myself just to make the quote sink in a little more!

    Seeya yas i am going to Perth ...little creatures brewery here i come

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    Quote Originally Posted by rick_rine
    With the Triton I always make a point of pressing the OFF switch before turning it on at the power point .
    so do i , Rick. and i spin the blade by hand, just to be sure, then before each cut (or series of identical cuts),i double- or even triple-check that the setup is right and all safety precautions are in place.

    Things move over a period of time and a couple of seconds checking is far better than the occasional run around to pick up the bits of the wc2000 and the bits of myself and the bystanders/helpers and going up to casualty to have my optional accessories reattached.

    The last thing i do at the end of each session in the workshop is to clean and lubricate all gear and make sure it is all serviceable for next time. it takes about 5 minutes if that. i spray all sawblades and router bits even if i havent used them with WD40 (look out here comes ALSPINE and his silicon $hit) and even then i make sure all is well before teh next session. i started life with 10 fingers 2 eyes etc and i intend to finish that way

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    I now spin the blade, learnt my lesson a few months ago... all set up riving knife in position... blade height good to go, nope... small adjustment raise the blade a little. Turn on and.... BRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR:eek:, the blade stopped on the riving knife and no fast spinny bits. Now I spin blade and stand to the side (with exit route planned) before I turn the orange terror on.

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    Default This thread is reactivated, errant posts removed

    Take 2. Play nice or I will take IP addresses, and there will be consequences.

    To readnik- on behalf of the forum, an apology for the way your legitimate thread was hijacked (not uncommon), but then turned into a slinging match (not so common)
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    Quote Originally Posted by JaD
    I'd like to check eveyones WC2000 for a lovely 'arced' (or should that be pharced ) riving knife!!! I've got one, and so's my wife (Pythons again ).The trick, it seems, so that pieces don't fly off, is to have the saw running before pushing the stock thru and therefore 'gently' introducing the blade to the knife.......well thats what I did....also helps to make sure the locking tab is in place under the table

    I LUV DOUG......and any post he puts up,,,,,,I never seem to be able to read them, though.....for some reason I get a bit distracted
    Cheer up Brian, (Python) I had the same experience with a MK 3 WC. What was worse it was the first time I had used my expensive thin kerf blade. Fortunately, I suspect the aluminium bit in front of the splitter slowed things before it hit the steel and I only lost a couple of TC tips and the rest of the gear and I survived remarkably unscathed. Still, the now partially retired WC has big black letters scribbled on it to the effect that I need to check that the lugs on the saw carriage are engaged.

    I think it is very easy to overlook or miss the lug and rather a dangerous feature of the MK 3 at least. Of course, I said nothing and just gave a whistle !
    Cheers from NZ


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    Quote Originally Posted by RichardL
    Cheer up Brian, (Python) I had the same experience with a MK 3 WC. What was worse it was the first time I had used my expensive thin kerf blade. Fortunately, I suspect the aluminium bit in front of the splitter slowed things before it hit the steel and I only lost a couple of TC tips and the rest of the gear and I survived remarkably unscathed. Still, the now partially retired WC has big black letters scribbled on it to the effect that I need to check that the lugs on the saw carriage are engaged.

    I think it is very easy to overlook or miss the lug and rather a dangerous feature of the MK 3 at least. Of course, I said nothing and just gave a whistle !
    oops, hadn't read the last post, not taking the mickey, however I do think it is a legitimate hazzard with this design and the more users that are aware of it the better (maybe the later Tritons are different). In the end, in my case it boiled down to operator error and not being careful enough.
    Cheers from NZ


    Richard

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