Thread: Tablesaw Safety For Adults

Originally Posted by soundman

Oh and of course like so many Americans......no guard and no way of fitting one.

I downloaded a bunch of New Yankee Workshop as I have a lot of time to kill ATM, and as I started watching I kept seeing the disclaimers come across the screen, but the one that bugged me most, and it's not just NYW, is "Safety guard removed for video".

I would think safety would come before a clear shot. Sure, the guy is experienced, but lack of concentration will take his fingers off the same as anyone else. In fact, having to get the shot right, narrating and having lights and cameras on is even more of a distraction. Rant off....I feel better now.

Still like watching though, only 70 odd episodes to go

Flabbergasted!

What a bloody idiot. I hope this bloke isn't teaching people safety in real life. It is like it a joke or something, no one in their right mind would do something like this surley

I am very interested in the point about poorly made blade guards and splitters.

Maybe we could start a new thread about that.

My table saw came with a splitter which doubled as the blade guard holder.
It is totally useless as the splitter is a set height. It also was very thin and flexed a LOT.

I installed a home made wooden splitter at the time which worked quite well.
Now I use the MJ splitter which is excellent.

I still dont have a blade guard after all these years. I am still unsure on how to solve that problem. Maybe something that hangs from the roof on a big flexible arm or something?

My first job after I finished my apprenticeship as a pattern maker was as a wood machinist and the guy they put me with in the machine shop did not have a finger or part of his hands that were complete he was constantly of work recovering from one injury or another. He would tail out while I was feeding timber cutting 2mm edge strips as soon as the timber was past the blade he would virtually run with it as I was trying to keep it against the fence and as the board got narrower and narrower the faster he would go. I have never liked working with guy's with multiple scar's they have very little regard for themselves let alone my hand's but their out there. Must be why I spent most of my working life working for myself.
Regards Rod.

Originally Posted by legin

I still dont have a blade guard after all these years. I am still unsure on how to solve that problem. Maybe something that hangs from the roof on a big flexible arm or something?

Something like what you see in the pic might do the job. It is 10 mm guard grade polycarbonate. Not too expensive and not difficult to make.
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