Accidents can be prevented!!!!!!!! please read update rules page 3

[fargosmom]

Funny how thumbs are what enable us to use tools in the first place . . .

I'm so so very glad you're recovering. I too use my boyfriend's table saw, with great trepidation, but I'm deathly afraid of the circular saw and stay away from it. I'd rather use a hand saw if it comes to that.
Best wishes on a full and speedy recovery, and thanks for the safety reminder!

 

[lunkerchicken]

I am glad to hear you are recovering. Hope you are back to 100% soon!

 

[vermontgal]

Sorry to hear about your thumb Omran. Glad you are on the mend.

How do we get this stickied? Or perhaps a similar but more comprehensive reminder of safety. It seems that a lot of people do coop construction who don't normally use power tools... because with a chicken coop it sort of doesn't really matter if it's not perfect.

 

[Nifty-Chicken]

Wow, really sorry to hear about your accident and glad to hear you are recovering.


BTW, for those that aren't building inclined, can you expand a bit more on this? Any pictures or websites that have diagrams of this?

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[Kung Foo Chicken]

Never use the tools when you are rushed or angry/distracted and do not sneak up on people using saws.

My uncle and his wife while arguing over cabinets accidentally ran his hand through a table saw. He had his fingers bent almost in a fist like stance pushing the wood so it cut them up in multiple places. The hospital was not able to reattach due to severe mutilation. He lost three fingers.

My dad's neighbor snuck up behind dad and said something while touching his arm.. It startled my father whom ran his hand along the side of the blade. He only received a rub mark. (very lucky!)

Very good thread! Thanks!

 

[SpunkyTheMonkey]

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if the wood isn't secured and supported properly it can 1) pinch the blade which can cause kickback (saw flying backwards at you) or 2) if the wood shifts while you're cutting it can cause the blade to suddenly not be lined up properly in the cut which can cause the saw to "walk up" out of the cut towards you and/or cause kickback.

nb: never stand with your body directly behind the saw so in a worst case scenario (kickback/walk up) you can scream like a little girl while ducking to one side with a much lower likelyhood of actually making contact with a moving saw blade.

for more info, RTFM

(pg 8 of the pdf)

i'm not one to read the manual for most things but anything with sharp blades or bits which measures its speed in X-thousand RPM normally deserves a bit of respect.

 

[Intheswamp]

Never stand directly behind a table saw blade as you cut....they're known for throwing that piece of wood your ripping back at you...

Do your best not to reach "across" the blade as you cut...if the wood slips or whatever the natural tendency is to "fall" into the blade.

Use push sticks to move smaller pieces of wood into the blade or for when you're getting close to the blade with a larger piece of wood.

Safety features (anti-kickback prawls, blade guards, etc) are there for a reason....leave them there.

 

[CityChook]

eeeeek Omran. Sorry to hear about your accident. I am afraid of the circular saw and pace around like a nervous nellie (or like one of my silly hens??) when my DH gets it out. I hope you're feeling better.

 

[Intheswamp]

Omran, do you think you could put us together something like a "Top 10" list of safe powertool use? Drawing from your experience maybe a list comprised of the most likely things to happen when using these tools?

Just a thought.

Hope you continue to heal. My prayers are with you.

Thanks,
Ed

 

[~*Sweet Cheeks*~]

Good information to share. This weekend, I started on my banty tractor and must say, I really don't know what I'm doing when I use the circ. saw.

I only needed to cut 2 x 4's, 1 x 4's straight and then angled for the braces.

A few times the saw would freeze up and not want to cut OR the saw would push the wood back.

I don't have anything to hold the wood on the plywood sitting on the saw horses so that made me a little nervous.

Good luck to you in your recovery and thank you for sharing the information.