On Thu, 18 Aug 2005 12:40:16 -0700, David wrote:

Lawrence Wasserman wrote:

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Have you ever played "tug of war" ? (Personally I see nothing wrong
with pulling a board from the back of the saw under certain
circumstances)
consider that you aren't pulling parallel to the ground, but are
situated OVER the board and hence have your hand(s) on TOP of the board
and are tugging it through. can you NOT see the POSSIBILITY that your
hand could come in contact with the blade from a kickback (assuming OF
COURSE that there's no blade guard to prevent such contact?

Dave

Well, in any scenario in which I would be pulling a board from the
outfeed side, I can see *no* possibility in which my hand would be pulled
that far into the blade. The kickback would have to physically lift me from
the floor and drag me across the outfeed table in order for that to occur
since the only times I can envision such an operation entail the cutting of
long pieces that are going to extend past the outfeed table.




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