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"Mark Jerde" wrote:

Are there some good sites for learning to use the jointer
and still be able to do10-finger typing for the rest of my life?

I don't have any site to recommend, but I'd like to offer up what I
think is one of the most important tips.

Many folks appear to push the wood down against the table & fence
*really hard.* The problem with this is that they have so much body
weight leaning against the jointer that if something goes wrong and the
piece is kicked out or their hand (or pushblock) slips, they have no
where to go but fall onto the jointer.

It really only takes a light, but firm pressure to keep the board in
proper position to flatten or square an edge. If something should
happen, then there's much more likelyhood you'll maintain your balance
and not end up lunging forward - thereby keeping any injury to a minimum.

Have respect for the jointer or any tool; visualize what the proceedure
is for each cut; plan ahead to make sure you have ample room to maneuver
the piece going into the cutter and out of the cutter; and finally take
your time - rushing through a final step at the end of a session leads
to more errors and injury than probably anything an inexperienced
woodworker may do to himself. IOW, complacency and impatience are the
real demons of a working safely.

--
Owen Lowe and his Fly-by-Night Copper Company
Offering a shim for the Porter-Cable 557 type 2 fence design.
http://www.flybynightcoppercompany.com
http://www.easystreet.com/~onlnlowe/index.html