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(Doug Miller) wrote:

So how does it qualify as "a nasty piece of gear"?

I have never heard of a table saw lurching up somebody's arm before.
I have never head of an arm being cut-off above the wrist on a table saw.

Stupid careless people will always be stupid careless people.
In their hands, a fork is dangerous.

A table saw has a limited amount of blade exposed unlike a RAS

Don't even talk to me about work getting pinched between the table and
the blade.

The guys who crosses-over a left hand to the right of the blade to hold
a small piece and run the blade with their right hand towards their arm.

I have seen these moves in real life.

I have stood there, aghast at the stupidity.....going WTF???

BUT.. in a perfect world, where one safety-conscience operator who is
not careless and not stupid extolls the virtues of a RAS because that
has been HIS experience... that in itself, does not make my concerns
invalid.

In the hands of a stupid, careless moron, the RAS is an extremely
dangerous piece of ****. Period. Much more so than a TS.

Exactly the same argument as 1100cc crotch rockets being sold to 16-year
old kids.... The brakes are excellent, the horn works.... but don't try
to tell me that it is safe. Not when the safety aspect rests entirely on
the shoulders of the operator like in the case of a RAS.

I'm done ****ing now.