DSticker

OK, making fun of this guy is fine and fun (that's what the internet is for, right?), but posting this video on FWW only qualifies as educational if you list some specifics of what the guy is doing wrong. There is an unspoken assumption that everyone who sees this will be able to enumerate exactly how he is screwing up. For the pros among us that may be true, and there is certainly enough here to give even non-woodworking observers pause. However, there are enough folks reading this who have less experience that it would be beneficial to at least list the biggies-- you can't count on everyone to buy & read a book. My list starts with:
- Motor-starting process is pure insanity-- I can envision the belt grabbing the pliers and throwing them back to ensure that girl remains an only child
- Operating without a splitter/blade guard
- Cross-cutting with the fence in place

OK, what else?? I'm assuming that the girl is safely upstairs (the motor is still disassembled when she is shown). On the plus side, at least the guy had the sense to keep the blade lowered when he was starting the motor, and he didn't use his hand to push the cutoff piece past the blade.