"Mike W." wrote in message
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Before you read this, please understand I am not asking if it's OK to be
unsafe and have a kickback incident, I just want to know what really
happens to us all.

A post about a year ago from me describes a kickback incident I had that
hurt pretty bad. The board didnt break the skin, but blood finally made
it to the surface of my gut the next day. I never want to have that
happen again, but a recent post titled 'Table saw wood splitter/anti kick
back question' made me wonder what people are actually referring too when
they say stuff like "it'll eventually get you".

How many people here have had a significant kickback incident?

How bad was it? Was it just a 'put a bandaid on it and get back to
sawing' incident or a 'Im not sure I ever want to touch a tablesaw again'
incident? Was it really a life threatening issue?

Mine was a 'put a bandaid on it' (plus a new pair of undies) incident. A
year later and I'm still ultra careful and hate to think what would have
happend had my gut been my head in that instance.

Thanks,

Mike

Not a table saw story, but about 25 years ago, a friend was killed in a saw
mill kickback accident. Cecil was a preacher, farmer, mechanic, and all
around jack-of-all-trades. I'm not certain how it happened but the piece
hit him in the head. He had a closed casket funeral. RIP Cecil.

Gary

gary said:

Not a table saw story, but about 25 years ago, a friend was killed in a saw
mill kickback accident. Cecil was a preacher, farmer, mechanic, and all
around jack-of-all-trades. I'm not certain how it happened but the piece
hit him in the head. He had a closed casket funeral. RIP Cecil.

What a way to start the day...
Sorry for the loss of your friend, he sounds like a real Renaissance
Man - in dungarees.

Ever seen a 60" mill saw operated with no guards, and almost no safety
equipment? Or trim/grading operators working with a 22" blade 12"
from their left arm... scary stuff!


Greg G.

How many people here have had a significant kickback incident?

When I first started woodworking I had a pretty nasty kickback. I was
trying to rip a big piece of plywood (no infeed or outfeed table) and
while pushing it through allowed it to twist just enough to catch the
back of the blade. Piece lifted up and was thrown into my gut, hurt
like hell, monster bruise. Looking at the piece you could see where the
teeth had grabbed it and thrown it back. These days I have two of the
anti kickback wheels that attach to the fence and a griptite to keep
stock firmly against the fence, I also use a tru-grip and circular saw
for my big panel cuts these days.