Tablesaw safety introduction.

[Stytooner]

Check this out Guys.
I just had a chance to view it and I like most of the contents.
Click on Tablesaw safety.
http://www.powertoolinstitute.com/stream1.html

[Wood_workur]

thanks. I have it bookmarked

[monte]

Cool site Lee. Thanks for posting it.

[kyle.w]

Cool site thanks

[softop41]

Lee,
Thanks for the info!
I watched the tablesaw video and it is very good, especially for a novice. I found it informative and picked up a reminder that might prevent an incident in the future.
Jerry

[JimD]

I looked at this and my first reaction is that it was a bit over the top (don't have anything on the floor, roll long sleeves up, etc) and that they didn't do a good job with kick-back or how to set up the rip fence but if you listen to the whole thing it's really pretty good. I don't always do everything they are saying but I would not suggest that they change their comments - it is the right thing to say in a safety message like this.

There is also good useful content (reminders for some of us) on the right way to make certain cuts. I thought they were giving not so great advice about using the rip fence in combination with the miter guage (sliding miter table for those of us fortunate to use the BT3x) but then, later, they say use a stop block on the rip fence. I agree that the rip fence alone is not a good idea but the rip fence with a stop block is just fine but they get to that point.

I agree it is a nice reference item.

Did they ever say that it is better to have the fence a bit open than a tiny bit closed? Parallel is a nice goal but I think it's important to say that you need to aim on the side of having the fence wider at the back. That hurts nearly nothing but having it a bit closer at the back is much, much worse.

Jim

[lcm1947]

Well you learn something new every day. I have a sliding compound saw and never knew you were supposed to extend it out then push it back to cut wide boards. The few times I have cut a wide board ( 12 inches ) I always just turned it on and pulled it thur the cut [:I]. So thanks Lee for possibly saving me some grif or worst by posting this. I watched them all. Good job.