Kickback!!!!

[thesource]

As everbody heads out to the shop this weekend, just a reminder. Kickback from a tablesaw, really .....REALLY hurts. Be very careful.

 

[4yanks]

I agree. About 8 years ago I caught a 1/4" ply drawer bottom in the stomach after it climbed over the back of the blade on my tablesaw. I now use a splitter whenever it is possible.

 

[Touchwood]

No Sh--, ... I mean Kidding!!!

It's happened to me three times...duh!

When my shop was in the garage a kickback put a 1"x1" x6ft. piece of cherry through the drywall (both sides) and into the dining room like a javelin!! Just missed me .

The other two I caught with my arm and stomach. I usually use my yellow wheels on all ripping, but these pieces were too short to be grabbed by both wheels, so I just fed them through with a push block ...except once they were through I took my eyes off things for a split second, and both times they vibrated back into the blade.:BangHead:

If you do the math, a tip on a 10" blade is moving somewhere around 120 mph. I dont think the wood picks up all that velocity...but it's close enough to cause some major bruising, or outright wounds.:-(

I used to do other stupid things, like riding "no hands" on a motorcycle", so my wife thinks I have a death wish and won't come into the shop if a machine is running:eusa_clap

"The main thing is to always remember that the main thing is the main thing"

Don

 

[McRabbet]

Rick,

I moved this thread to the Safety & Health Forum where it really belongs -- I can appreciate the horrors you've each experienced and know that full attention to the activity, proper push stick, a sharp blade and appropriate hold-downs can make all the difference. I've only had one significant case of kickback myself -- I had a piece of 2 x 4 I was ripping grab the blade on my 9" Rockwell tablesaw and it flew like a javelin some fifteen feet and busted a panel in my garage door. Fortunately, I was standing (as one always should when ripping) out of the direct line of the wood I was feeding. In my case, I hit a knot, but it can happen.

BTW, I now have a pair of Board-Buddies (the "yellow wheels" mentioned above) and use them for most ripping work. And it is a good thing, because I now rip stock on a 3 HP 10" cabinet saw rotating a Forrest WWII blade!!

 

[jeff...]

[EVIL]KICKBACK[/EVIL] must remember

 

[Gotcha6]

We had a neighbor in a community near here that had a sawmill. He got in the way of a slab that gut punched him. He was in the hospital for almost a year before he passed away. It can happen to anyone.

 

[Nativespec]

I have had the wind knocked out of me from ripping a 2X4. I use that new magnetic featherboard which is really convenient and can be set with one hand (this would be another of MY top 10 tools of 2007).

David