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

["wannadelorean" <mcquinlan@xxxxxxxxxx>]

This is a wood shaper.  There aren't really any guards.  There is a 
hold down that keeps the wood from jumping up and it was in place.  
They apply some downward pressure but with the large panel blades 
you have to apply some pressure with your hand too.  The board had 
cleared one hold down and got shot out sideways dragging my hand 
across the blade.  I use push sticks on my table saw but the shaper 
(especially with the panel cutters) needs to much downward force to 
use a push stick.  What I really need is an autofeeder.  It's a 
motorized contraption with rubber rollers that hangs above the 
cutter and feeds the wood for you.

--- In DMCForum@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, "content22207" <brobertson@xxxx> 
wrote:
> 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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