[DMCForum] Re: McQuinlan's (?) Fingers

["content22207" <brobertson@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

I'm sure like every woodworker, you've removed the guards from all
your equipment. They're there for a reason, but they are ALWAYS in the
way. They also snag the material at the most inopportune times. I'm a
big fan of push sticks. Cut my own because I'm continuously ruining
them in the blades. Featherboards also do a great job of holding wood
against a blade (actually I just use scraps of wood clamped in place,
but the principle is the same).

Bill Robertson
#5939

>--- In DMCForum@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, "wannadelorean" <mcquinlan@xxxx> wrote:
> The wood shaper has got to be one of the most dangerous tools.  A 
> table saw will kick towards you so your hands usually get thrown 
> away from the blade.  When a shaper catches a knot or starts to 
> chatter, it tends to pull your hands toward the blade.  The large 
> panel cutters make it especially dangerous too because the wood is 
> covering the blade and you can't tell where your hand is relative to 
> the blade.  I didn't realize my hand was in the path of the blade 
> until the board got yanked through the cutter and took my hand with 
> it.
> 
> --- In DMCForum@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, "content22207" <brobertson@xxxx> 
> wrote:
> > Fellow I work with lost his making doors with a moulding head 
> cutter
> > in the table saw (extremely dangerous -- much better to use a 
> proper
> > shaper, your unfortunate experience notwithstanding).
> > 
> > Did you see pics of my carb adapter? Cut it myself from a block of
> > aluminum using steel bladed wood working tools. Put up about the 
> same
> > resistance to those blades as oak to carbide. Consistency was 
> closer
> > to pine (didn't chip at all). Ran the tools full speed yet the 
> blades
> > never got hot.
> > 
> > Bill Robertson
> > #5939
> > 
> > >--- In DMCForum@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, "wannadelorean" <mcquinlan@xxxx> 
> wrote:
> > > I lost mine on a large wood shaper (making raised panel doors 
> for 
> > > custom cabinets in my house).  I lost all 3 fingers at the first 
> > > knuckle.  Couldn't save them (shredded).  Wood working is a 
> hobby of 
> > > mine but I'm doing less and less all the time.  My shop is being 
> > > relocated to make room for a Delorean.  It is a little harder to 
> > > lose appendages on car.  Took me a good year to learn to type 
> again 
> > > and they hurt all the time.  
> > >

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