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Mike Marlow wrote:
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Happened upon this school website
http://www.msd.k12.mo.us/vocational/...oodworking.htm
Can YOU pick out all the safety hazards in these photos?
Check out all the router table action with no push blocks or
sticks,
hands inches from the bit.
You scare me Larry. I didn't see a picture there where they were
doing
anything unsafe. Push sticks on a router table is not one of the
best ideas
I've ever heard. Hands inches from the bit? Yeah - it's called
woodworking. It requires control in order to be safe. Look at what
they
are routing and suggest a safer alternative.
You guys serious? I'd shake your hand if you had any fingers left.
You don't think this is a problem?
http://www.msd.k12.mo.us/vocational/...in%20Dylan.jpg
http://www.msd.k12.mo.us/vocational/woodworking/Plaques%20and%20frames/plaque%20(Tabitha).JPG
??
No, and no. I prefer the safety and control of my hands on a piece of wood
than the instability of a push stick used for the wrong task. Yes, I have
all of my fingers and I've been woodworking for over 35 years. Maybe you
have also, and I don't suggest you abandon procedures that make you
comfortable, but the level of pure asinine safety talk here is absurd. Most
of it is nothing more than people repeating things they've heard or read and
it becomes mantra, rather than being based on anything substantial. There
are too many people here who do nothing more than look for what they can
point out as a safety issue, just for the sake of passing wind.
As to the photos, neither you nor I know what number 44 is shaping. He has
a solid hold on his stock and that mitigates more potential problems than
anything you're going to do with a push stick. If he's just doing edge work
on that shaper his hands are perfectly safe where they are. What are you
seeing that is such a concern?
The young lady, likewise has a good hold on her stock and her hands are well
clear of the cutter. She has control. What are you seeing wrong with her
picture?
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-Mike-