[TheForge] Oh, Jeeze...California Considers Table Saw Law

[Saint Phlip]

I suspect, rather than mandating a bunch of safety crap that you have
to remove to use a power tool effectively, they might be better off,
and at least as effective, if they simply made laws against using
power tools when the user was in a hurry...

Oh, wait, they have one- it's called "Impromptu Amputation"...

On Tue, Mar 20, 2012 at 11:15 AM,  <xlch58 at swbell.net> wrote:
> On 3/20/2012 8:28 AM, Bruce . wrote:
>> Curiously, this bill doesn't address portable rotary saws -- which are
>> a damned sight more dangerous than table saws.
> Years ago I ran my hand through a table saw with a 3/4" wide dado
> blade.   I had plenty of time to review materials on the subject while
> recuperating ( they rebuilt some of my hand using bits from my foot).
> In any event,  it turns out that the majority of injuries come from
> weekend warriors and hand held circular saws.   Dedicated home craftsman
> are less frequently injured, and they tend to favor the table saw.
> True professionals it turns out, go to the jointer planer for digit
> removal.    The other correlation point that hit home is that the later
> you were working the more likely an injury.   I was up at 2am myself
> finishing a project for a Christmas gift.   I still keep a chunk of my
> knuckle I dug out of the saw as a key fob.
>
> Charles

-- 
Saint Phlip

So, you think your data is safe?
http://www.cnn.com/2010/OPINION/01/23/schneier.google.hacking/index.html?hpt=T2

Heat it up
Hit it hard
Repent as necessary.

Priorities:

It's the smith who makes the tools, not the tools which make the smith.

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