Arts327

oops, though often indecent, I meant kickback incident.

Another shop teacher here - a few years ago a student came back to school after a summer at the Center for Furniture Craftsmanship where she learned this technique and proceeded to teach it so several of my woodworking students without my knowledge. Each and every one of the students that tried it had a kickback indecent. This technique takes coordination that many beginning woodworkers just do not have. Perhaps the video could live online in a advanced-users-only section, titled 'at your own risk' but PLEASE don't advertise it as a time-saving tip in your magazine.

At our school we have been using 2 Sawstop tablesaws for years - they have saved at least a few bad cuts - well worth twice the price of the saws given today's emergency room costs. I have never had to replace a blade after the safety mechanism fired - with a decent blade on the saw the worst damage has been a couple of teeth needing to be replaced. Please stop trying to blame the good folks at Sawstop - the real culprit is the rest of the industry, far more interested in profit than safety.

I'm all about that low angle Jack... mmm.