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Sometimes I feel darwinism isn't as efficient as it could be.

http://www.youtube.com/embed/u7sRrC2Jpp4

Jayyyyyzusssss, makes yer bum twitch just watchin it! No wonder the guy was calling for fresh crusties afterwards.

I learnt that Lesson when I was a Young Fella, I was building a Vanity unit out of some Jarrah and was triming the rail ends of the door , same thing happened , lucky for me it was a 300 x 600 door so I kept my fingers , the door hit me in the goolies and kept going landing on the other side of the shed , I still have the Vanity and every time I look at the slice in the back of the door my sphincter still clenches, I have treated all power tools with the a lot of respect since.

I hope that does not mean you think think I deserve a darwin award Perry .

Absolutely not. You didn't DELIBERATELY try and experiment with your hands

I saw a piece get thrown whilst doing my pre-apprenticeship. Hit an internal door 6 metres away and smashed through the outer core.

Ive had a solid body SPLIT whilst routing it to size.

Ive been lucky, with the number of power tools and machinery I use.

Scary scary stuff, that requires constant undivided attention.

Im too squeamish to even look at the link.

simso wrote:Im too squeamish to even look at the link.

Just went for a looksey around your website Steve, very nice setup you have over there in W.A Didn't realise your services were so extensive. Congrats.

simso wrote:Im too squeamish to even look at the link.

It's actually pretty good Steve, no blood just a very near miss. I first saw the video a while back, maybe a year or two and it's worth a watch just to see the slowmoe of what is really happening with kickback. Sure we all have a basic understanding of kickback, or at least should, but the video really clarifies things for your minds eye and that's always helpful in theprocess of knowing.

Cheers

Kim

Nick, thanks

Kim - Yep I went and watched it, glad you said it didnt have any blood, I would not have watched it if it did. Yep the guys an idiot for even trying to show what happens with kickback.

But all in all it was a good vid - thanks perry.

Good video.

Unless someone has felt it, they simply dont know how brutally powerful kickback is.

I use push blocks or pressure pads depending on which machine. When I look at my pressure pad and see chunks missing, I know I'm using them for a reason.

One machine that cought me by surprise with kickback was the bandsaw. Scared the shit out of me as it's one case I dont use any pushing devices and the fingers are usually pretty close to the blade.

demonx wrote:Good video.

Unless someone has felt it, they simply dont know how brutally powerful kickback is.

I use push blocks or pressure pads depending on which machine. When I look at my pressure pad and see chunks missing, I know I'm using them for a reason.

One machine that cought me by surprise with kickback was the bandsaw. Scared the shit out of me as it's one case I dont use any pushing devices and the fingers are usually pretty close to the blade.

It's a good practice to get into Steve, I always use a push stick/block (or even a scrap of MDF), especially on the bandsaw! I've been using bandsaws all my working life, I've seen how easily a coarse pitched blade can cut a fairly decent chunk of Aluminium so realise my poor little fingers wouldn't stand a chance at the blade speed used for woods & soft metals, and it's too easy to take them off and a whole heap of pain & trouble to put them back on, if at all (fingers that is)!