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Dangerous home shop tools

Posted on 3/23/24 at 4:14 pm
Posted by Bamafig
Member since Nov 2018
3212 posts
Posted on 3/23/24 at 4:14 pm
I don’t know statically what the answer is, but using an angle grinder always worries me. I’m just a weekend warrior. I always expect to lose a finger or be impaled by a loose cut off wheel. I imagine table saws get a few fingers for trophies as well.
Posted by North Dallas Tiger
United States of America
Member since Mar 2024
3323 posts
Posted on 3/23/24 at 4:15 pm to
Texas

Posted by cable
Member since Oct 2018
9668 posts
Posted on 3/23/24 at 4:16 pm to
chain saw is #1
Posted by AtticusOSullivan
Member since Mar 2016
2331 posts
Posted on 3/23/24 at 4:19 pm to
Ive got a 36" Craftsmen wood lathe that is posessed by Satan and craves blood.
Posted by ApexHunterNetcode
Member since Aug 2023
287 posts
Posted on 3/23/24 at 4:20 pm to
I just propped a ladder inside the attic, up the chimney against the exterior to get to a spot a woodpecker drilled through. I can't decide if it was an intelligent problem solved or full on stupid.
Posted by billjamin
Houston
Member since Jun 2019
12894 posts
Posted on 3/23/24 at 4:20 pm to
Angle grinder with a cut off wheel. I’ve taken more than one person to the hospital because the wheel came apart. One took 1/3rd of one to the nutsack and had to get stitches.
Posted by el duderino III
People's Republic of Austin
Member since Jul 2011
2387 posts
Posted on 3/23/24 at 4:23 pm to
I feel like there's a difference between how inherently dangerous a tool is and how dangerous a tool can be if used improperly in certain ways.
Posted by Skillet
Member since Aug 2006
108373 posts
Posted on 3/23/24 at 4:23 pm to
I have recurring nightmares about my Milwaukee Sawzall.
Posted by Jcorye1
Tom Brady = GoAT
Member since Dec 2007
71686 posts
Posted on 3/23/24 at 4:24 pm to
Knew a guy that died when working on a snow mobile drive belt.
Posted by Shamoan
Member since Feb 2019
9437 posts
Posted on 3/23/24 at 4:27 pm to
Lathes scare the shite out of me
Posted by OK Roughneck
The Sooner State
Member since Aug 2021
9913 posts
Posted on 3/23/24 at 4:37 pm to
Hate it when drilling a hole in steel and the bit grabs as it's about to go through and the torque of the drill twist your wrist.
Posted by mdomingue
Lafayette, LA
Member since Nov 2010
31200 posts
Posted on 3/23/24 at 4:39 pm to
Posted by LegendInMyMind
Member since Apr 2019
55446 posts
Posted on 3/23/24 at 4:41 pm to
I used the chainsaw attachment deal for the angle grinder twice. I hated it, so I clamped it in my shop vise and whacked it with a hammer until a few teeth broke, then threw it away.

That was a while before seeing Stumpy Nubs damn near lose half his hand from the same attachment. Those things are dangerous as a rattle snake.
Posted by Mr Breeze
The Lunatic Fringe
Member since Dec 2010
6038 posts
Posted on 3/23/24 at 5:35 pm to
One handed chainsaw up a ladder trimming branches is way up there. Haven’t done that in years.

My doctor told me some years ago to not climb ladders, hire Paco.

Good advice.
Posted by RougeDawg
Member since Jul 2016
5974 posts
Posted on 3/23/24 at 5:36 pm to
Table saw will absolutely launch a projectile if it gets bound.
Posted by mudshuvl05
Member since Nov 2023
769 posts
Posted on 3/23/24 at 5:46 pm to
The undisputed king is the ladder.

Every home has at least one, and a fall from a step ladder can cause severe injuries.

Gravity is no admirer of men.
Posted by Shamoan
Member since Feb 2019
9437 posts
Posted on 3/23/24 at 5:50 pm to
I looked for it for 30 seconds and couldn’t find it, but there is a woodworking craftsman-like multi tool (think bandsaw, mitre, lathe, tablesaw, combo monstrosity) that has primary duties of removing flesh from body, but I couldn’t find it. It’s universally understood as the most dangerous piece of woodworking equipment of all-time.
Posted by The Cow Goes Moo Moo
Bucktown
Member since Nov 2012
3509 posts
Posted on 3/23/24 at 5:53 pm to
Router. I’ve sliced off huge chucks of three separate fingers because of using one recklessly
Posted by Asharad
Tiamat
Member since Dec 2010
5736 posts
Posted on 3/23/24 at 6:11 pm to
All of mine are deadly because I use them for unintended purposes which results in unplanned failure of the tool.
Posted by IAmNERD
Member since May 2017
19364 posts
Posted on 3/23/24 at 6:24 pm to
Most probably don't think of a ladder as a "tool" but I'd guess more people are hurt using a ladder than any other home tool. Mostly because they are used incorrectly all the time which causes them to fall while people are at height.
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