What is/are the tool/tools, that you always take an extra minute before starting up?

Myself, it is always the table saw. It scares me a little, so I always think about what I am doing while using it.

-- Rule 7 - Always be specific when you lie

The router table scares me the most. But i try to think twice b4 using any tool (its the one you are most comfortable with that will bite you). I almost let the table saw get me once and its my favorite tool.

-Eric

-- Building quality in a throw away world.

Table saw for sure. But, almost every motorized tool, spinning sharp steel, gives me pause. I keep trying to remember that I’m supposed to be smarter than the tool.

-- Gene 'The true soldier fights not because he hates what is in front of him, but because he loves what is behind him.' G. K. Chesterton

My advise;
“Be Safe Think Twice” before using any tool. Including hand tools

-- DeputyDawg

Router, bandsaws ( 20” industrial), jointer, planer

router
i even put my arm on it if it isn’t plugged in
just in case

-- david - only thru kindness can this world be whole . If we don't succeed we run the risk of failure. Dan Quayle

Just one really, the shaper. You have to be awake and I don’t use it often enough to be really comfortable without checklisting before hitting the switch.

-- Paul M ..............the early bird may get the worm but it’s the second mouse that gets the cheese! http://thecanadianschooloffrenchmarquetry.com/

Every machine: I make sure the cut I’m about to make has room for the workpiece, before, during, & after the cut.

Bandsaw: Is it Tensioned? (If not, you’ll NEVER forget what happens when you start it up!)
... Vac connected?

Table saw: Blade Ht. OK? Everything square?

Jointer: I gotta get the grain right!

Planer: I gotta get the grain right. Thickness of cut OK?

Router table: Bit Ht. Fence setup OK. Vac. ready to go? The Grain… watch the grain!

Oscillating Belt sander: Turn it This way or That way if belt creeps this way or that way…
Vac. connected? Belt OK? Be sure hold-on to things good!

Drill Press: Are the handles good & tight? (after awhile, they loosen a little). Depth control good and solid. (I hate it when it creeps lower stopping my drill.)

-- Have Fun! Joe Lyddon - Alta Loma, CA USA - Home: http://www.WoodworkStuff.net ... My Small Gallery: https://www.ncwoodworker.net/forums/index.php?media/albums/users/joe-lyddon.1389/

The jointer scares me the most, followed by the table saw and the router in a router table. Hand held routers feel safer to me than routers in a router table.

Strange – I have never suffered any injuries from a jointer, but the though of my hand be ground up by those blades is scary. I’ve gotten one nick on the TS. I’ve gotten 2 nicks off the router in a router table.

My worst injury (required surgery) was from an accident with the drill press and my second worst (9 stitches) was when some wood flew off the lathe. Still I have very little fear of the drill press or lathe. Maybe I should be a little more afraid.

-- Rich, Cedar Rapids, IA - I'm a woodworker. I don't create beauty, I reveal it.

router table

-- Optimists are usually disappointed. Pessimists are either right or pleasantly surprised. I tend to be a disappointed pessimist.

Router with a raised panel bit, next is the jointer and then the table saw with a dado blade.

Router especially but also my planer.

For me it is all power tools. I always take a second to think what if….which direction will I go, where will I move my hands, etc.

-- Ron - Any day that I don't learn something new is a wasted day.

Lathe. I always start it clear of the throw path. It’s the nature of the beast, even the masters throw bowls sometimes.

-- Nate, thegaragestudio.etsy.com

Random Orbit Sanders.. Loud, dusty, and shake my wrists to bits. Yes, other power tools can have more serious effects, but the wrist pain from an ROS is guaranteed.

-- Dan, Rochester, NY