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Table Saw Safety: My Accident and How to Avoid Your Own

MrFixItDIY · tutorial · Watch on YouTube

Woodworking, metalworking & workshop skillsHome, DIY & practical skills

What it is

A woodworker shows how his table saw accident happened, why it happened and how to avoid a similar one. He describes severe hand lacerations from a blade contact.

Why Hacker News recommends it

HN recommends it as a candid mea culpa and a kickback demonstration that changed how people use push blocks.

  • 2 people recommended it
  • 2 different months
  • 0 strong recommendations
  • first 2018, last 2020

What HN commenters said

  1. “Pretty good "mea culpa" video here from a guy that cut his hand up”

    Table saw accident story and safety lessons

    tyingq, 2018-11 · Recommendation · in “Making transparent wood [video]”

  2. “This is one of my favorite kickback demonstrations.”

    Kickback demonstration changed commenter's push-block practice

    beams_of_light, 2019-02 · Recommendation · in “Table Saw Accidents”

Excerpts from Hacker News comments, linked to the originals. Summaries and labels were written by a language model from those comments.

Topics: woodworking, kickback, safety, diy

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