LJ Challenges #9: >>>>>FREE DRAW!!!! <<<<< deadline Jan. 3/14

Be sure your table saw is tuned up properly. Blade aligned to miter slot and fence lined up to the blade and miter slot.

-- Wood Chuck (Bruce) http://3dwoodworkingplans.com

Don’t ever come near the blade with your fingers when the saw is turned on. This means using a push stick or a crosscut sled.

-- Mike, an American living in Norway.

Always use a push stick and never force something through the blade… if there is some resistance when cutting, determine why before proceeding.

... oh and always wear eye protection.

After completing a cut on the table saw, never pull your pieces back toward you. Push both pieces pass the blade, turn off the saw and wait for the blade to stop before removing both pieces.

-- Dave - NH

Be sure to use all the safety guards, i.e safety glasses, push sticks or blocks, blade guards, etc

-- www.carvingandturningsbyrick.com, Rick Kruse, Grand Rapids, MI

Never stand directly behind the piece of wood that you’re cutting. Stand off to the side
If it kicks back, you don’t want to be in the flight path.

-- Steve-- http://www.urbanexteriors.biz

Don’t be afraid of the saw, but use every safety precaution at your disposal with great respect for the power of the tool.

-- No trees were damaged in posting this message, but thousands of electrons were seriously inconvenienced.

Always remember where your hands are.

-- Life is good.

Keep the fence between you and the blade. Reach over it with a push stick. Any kickback will not hit your body.

-- No PHD just a DD214 Lubbock Texas

Spend some time with a trusted table saw user. It could be a friend, relative or professional instructor.

There is nothing like that immediate feedback.

-- "Join the chorus if you can. It'll make of you an honest man." - I. Anderson

I unplug mine when changing blades, and always have the blade height no higher the 1/8” above the thickness of the board I am cutting. I also periodically clean and wax the table surface so the piece slides more smoothly. Oh, and not touching that spinning thingie helps too.

-- John from Hampstead

Never, EVER, turn on a saw (or other equipment) when you are tired or distracted.

-- "Don't let the perfect be the enemy of the good." Voltaire

If you can’t do the cut in a safe way don’t do it at all

Be sure to read, understand & follow all safety precautions in the manual. Remember to always wear these, safety glasses. (said in my best Norm voice!!!)

Read the manual…
Properly adjust (& maintain) the saw…
Use a sharp blade…
If it feels wrong/unsafe, it IS wrong/unsafe…
read, understand & follow the wisdom, contained within, Hendrik’s second DVD course called “Revelations on Table Saw Set-up & Safety”.

-- Randy-- I may not be good...but I am slow! If good things come to those who wait.... Why is procrastination a bad thing?

Keep your fingers away from the blade and never leave your workshop without them!!

-- Harold