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   Woodwrkr | Jan 02, 2006 06:33am | #1

   TTF,

   Did you happen to post that because you've had or just had an accident?

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   TTF | Jan 02, 2006 10:17am | #3

   Nope - I haven't had an accident in my shop in about 15 years.

   I regularly have my kids in the shop either helping me or working on something, and I try to really focus on their safety. I have about 1/2 a dozen basic rules I make them follow.

    

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   Woodwrkr | Jan 02, 2006 11:02am | #4

   That's great TTF!  My mom started me with home improvement stuff when I was little and now I'm capable of utilizing many of the things she taught me, along with all my years of cabinetmaking experience.

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   treeguy | Jan 02, 2006 04:04pm | #5

   Not sure if this is what you are looking for but this is a tool accident survey on another site.  http://69.64.173.24/Accidents/search.htm Not sure if this is what you are looking for but it could be a start. 

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   tangomike | Jan 02, 2006 10:17am | #2

   I would prefer to see fewer forums, not more.

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   Glaucon | Jan 02, 2006 04:50pm | #6

   That's a good idea. There are some obvious safety tips that are often repeated- eye protection, dust collection, how to rip safely- but there are other things that are not. 

   One example that happened to me last week: I was cutting a miter on my RAS using a jig.  I had a combination blade on the saw, and was cutting some fairly hard maple. I held the piece against the jig with my right hand and pulled the saw towards me with my left. Since I wanted the miter to layout exactly, I was pinching the work fairly tightly with my right hand against the jig fence to keep it from moving during the cut. I had cut 9 or 10 miters in a row without a problem when the blade siezed the piece pulling the work off the jig and kicking it back.

   In retrospective, I should have used a crosscut blade to avoid having one of the large notches in the combination blade catch a knot, but the real lesson is in holding the piece. If I had held the piece any more tightly, there is a good chance that my hand might have accompanied the maple into the blade. For me the moral of the story is if you need to hold something that firmly near a blade (RAS or TS), use a clamp. Perhaps its obvious to others, but it is now obvious to me as well.

   Glaucon

   If you don't think too good, then don't think too much...

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   philip | Jan 04, 2006 01:01pm | #7

   I don't feel that it should be a separate issue. Safety is related to correct work practice and method, and would fit under the "Skills &Techniques heading.
   This comment arose after reading Glaucon's post about cutting a mitre on his radial arm saw. Even if he is left-handed, it seems to me that the actual method used was faulty, apart from being unsafe. This is no criticism of Glaucon-happily he is unscathed-this time.

   Philip Marcou
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   RickL | Jan 04, 2006 09:12pm | #8

   Another site has a safety/ accident forum.  Can't recall it at the moment  Do you realize how many woodwork forums are out there????? There's few new questions, just new people asking old questions.

    

   Here's one more...

   http://www.woodworkforums.ubeaut.com.au/