On 16 Jan 2005 20:15:40 -0800, "Phillip Hallam-Baker"
wrote:

I don't think that the 'guards removed for visibility' is legit. It
would be pretty easy to mount a modern lightweight CCD camera on a
blade guard. If Norm used a splitter &ct then the number of shop
injuries in the US would probably fall markedly. Friend of mine is now
limited to only using hand tools after he cut half his hand off. He was
lucky and he got it sewn back on and even got feeling back but his hand
now looks like a piece of wood that has been ripped in two and butt
joined together, you can see the jump in the creases of his palm due to
the saw kerf

I've never thought it was legit and is especially laughable after
Norm's little "safety speech" which there's always a "Granted, I don't
use them" addition to the end of.

I'd love to see them use all the proper guards and splitters, if for
no other reason than to serve as a good role model. Do we really need
to see the wood get cut in half or can we just assume that it does
when it comes out the other end in two pieces?