Table Saw Safety

Your table saw hungers for fingers.

Table saws are probably the most dangerous power tool in the wood shop. Kick back is more likely than inadvertently sticking a finger in the blade. In fact most amputations are from kick back pulling fingers into the blade. Saw stop is amazing tech. Just be sure to use a splitter or riving knife

No you can't. You can, through usage over a long period of time, and by ignoring a lot of good advice, create problems for yourself just like anything else.If a table saw could only remove your hand after years of dedicated usage, then sawstop wouldn't be the obviously good idea it is.Hence why the comparison to alcohol is much more apt, and yet, mysteriously - absent in the discussion.

> you can use a table saw incorrectly, but best case the work ends up crap, worst case you lose a fingerFunny, just yesterday someone mentioned how Rust is compared to a SawStop: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=31784253And here's a test showing how unlikely it is that it'll chop off your finger: <a href="https://youtu.be/SYLAi4jwXcs" rel="nofollow

I own and use a tablesaw for home maintenance, and occasionally building utilitarian furniture, loudspeaker boxes (musician here), etc. My saw is an ancient Sears Roebuck that a buddy found at a garage sale.I'm aware of the SawStop technology, but haven't felt motivated to buy a brand new saw. The deal for me is simply that I don't have enough use for a saw, to justify buying a new one. I wouldn't recommend this approach to anybody else -- just using myself as an example o

I don't know how good SawStop is exactly but destroying a blade is probably better than losing a finger. Otherwise we could argue that airbags are bad because we need new steering wheels after.

Why are circular saws less prone to injury?

Curious you consider your bandsaw more dangerous. There's a lot less momentum, only one vector for injury and you generally have a lot more control over your stock. My table saw can fire a 2×4 across a room. So I don't agree with your assessment but your kit is obviously different to mine.I don't disagree with your wider point about respect, but even seasoned pros make genuine mistakes. A lapse in concentration or material behaving abnormally. That's all it takes and you&#

Most firearms accidents happen during normal operations like carrying, cleaning, disassembly, and so on. In comparison table saws are extremely versatile and can do many operations some of which categorically prevent entire classes of accidents. For example I have a commercially made box cutting jig with various shields and guards and its not physically possible to stick my fingers in the blade during operation. If as you claim my mind drifted and I did stupid stuff, by physical design of the

I mean, I wouldn't want sawstop to hallucinate my finger is a piece of wood.