Woodworking

Soygen said:

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Soygen said:

Yeah, table saw lessons are learned in two ways(both ass-puckering fast). The good way(yours) and the bad way(losing parts of your body). Stay safe!

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After careful reflection and examination of the situation, the product, and the results, I have come to the conclusion that this is what happened.



His piece of wood looks almost exactly the same as mine.

This new saw is a Craftsman 315. Apparently it comes with a splitter and a blade guard, but they were so horrible that most people took them off and never put them on again. This one is no exception.

Now I've been using table saws for a long while 10 years as an adult, and I learned on one of these when I was a kid. I honestly don't remember whether my dad had the splitter on there or not, but I've obviously had a riving knife and pawls the entire time I've been an adult. So, really, I thought I knew what i was doing because I had modern safety equipment the whole time, and I got complacent.

So, looks like the cut was done, it wandered away from the fence, and it kicked both pieces back. I was using a push stick - the mark on my arm is not blade contact, even though the above picture makes it appear so. I caught that piece right in the push stick arm as it was thrown back. I'm really happy it was that piece too - the other piece also got kicked and hit something (unsure what) and it fucking snapped in half, and it was an inch and a half thick piece of walnut.

I'm sure I'm gonna figure out what it hit at some point in the garage. But anyway, ordered a shark guard splitter and pawls for it, they'll be here next week. Saw is in quarantine until then.

Lanx said:

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I figured that. The arbor is metric. Belt driven saws with cast iron tops are still superior to the bullshit I had.