boatblder

This situation was an accident waiting to happen. He was not trained but used the tool anyway, he removed all safety devices, including the fence, he didn't use a push stick, and continued when there was a percieved problem. What ever happened to personal responsibility and self-reliance. The saw was just doing it's job. He caused the accident. Had the guard, splitter and fence been used, and had he used a push stick there would not have been an accident. But I guess asking someone to use some common sense is out of the question.

I have also been the subject (not a victim) of a similar injury, unfortunately. It was not the saw's fault, it was my fault. I let my guard down for one millisecond, pulled my hand through the spinning blade. I had not reinstalled the blade guard after using a dado blade.