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Default Share your accidents and close-calls so others can learn from them?

On Fri, 10 Aug 2007 21:02:17 GMT, "Thomas G. Marshall"
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[...] Always take the time to set the blade at
the proper height on a table saw. If I had set the blade at the right
height the kick back would not have been as severe.



Is there a proper height rule-of-thumb for hand-held circular saws? I've
often wondered what was optimal, safe, or both.


As in never higher than your shoulders?