19 Feb
2010
19 Feb
'10
9:17 p.m.
Tony Duell wrote:
My father who is a retired carpenter told me to always keep both hands
on circular saw when using it. It's pretty hard to cut your
fingers/hands/arms when they are both on top of the saw.
This is a pretty cool design for table saws:
http://www.sawstop.com/
"We're passionate about preventing saw accidents.
That?s why SawStop? saws are equipped with a safety
system to stop the blade within 5 milliseconds of
detecting contact with skin."
The owner/inventor put his finger in a moving table saw blade to prove
it works. It's pretty neat.
Keith
Some of the
best advice I got in college was from an EE professor who told
us, "If you drop your soldering iron, don't try to catch it on the way
down. Just let it go."
I've heard much the same thing said about (turned-on) power saws...
As I've mentioned before, I am the least athletic person around, and have
difficulty catching anything thrown at me. Apart that is, from dropped
soldering irons. It's a natural reaction to try to prevent it falling,
and I always seem to manage to get hold of the metal shaft. Ouch!.
-tony