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Posted on 11/7/20 at 9:49 pm to TigerFanatic99
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Kobalt 80v lawn tool system is legit.
This +1000. frick gas powered lawn tools.
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Posted on 11/7/20 at 10:06 pm to Rocco4
What ever brand battery powered tools you have get the tire inflator, very handy. The Makita goes up to 120 psi.
Posted on 11/8/20 at 9:34 pm to tLSU
Duke, you around? Give me an email.
Posted on 11/8/20 at 9:39 pm to Rocco4
If you regularly use a table saw, and don't already have one, put this on your list. In fact, put two of them on it and it will be even better:
Posted on 11/8/20 at 10:40 pm to LegendInMyMind
I find the GRR-Ripper is useful for some specialty cuts where the blade guard has to be removed but for most small work a sled is just as effective and better in a lot of ways. The real (equipment) answer to table saw safety is either a SawStop or Euro slider but unless woodworking is a serious hobby or profession most people will not afford either.
That said the majority of people work without a blade guard and usually stand right in the line of kickback which is why there are over 25,000 TS accidents a year. That and the VAST majority of table saws used are tiny lightweight job site saws that I would argue are 10x as dangerous as a cainet saw and 100x as dangerous as a slider or SawStop.
That said the majority of people work without a blade guard and usually stand right in the line of kickback which is why there are over 25,000 TS accidents a year. That and the VAST majority of table saws used are tiny lightweight job site saws that I would argue are 10x as dangerous as a cainet saw and 100x as dangerous as a slider or SawStop.
Posted on 11/8/20 at 11:09 pm to Obtuse1
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That said the majority of people work without a blade guard and usually stand right in the line of kickback which is why there are over 25,000 TS accidents a year.
I rarely use a guard. I do, however, use a splitter whenever I possibly can. I keep my saw and fence well tuned and I've trained myself to stay out of line of kickback. I also have a substantial outfeed table with an extension that I can bolt to it that allows me to rip a full sheet of plywood by myself with it staying on the table through the cut.
The Grr-ripper takes time to set up, and I do still use regular push sticks sometimes, but since I have gotten used to using them, I like them. I can still stand to the side like usual, but keep that downward pressure on the fence side of the blade while being further from the blade and having a barrier between it and my hand. Using two of them at once took some practice, but it isn't too bad.
I've also found a use for the Grr-ripper on my jointer, bandsaw, and router.
I have a couple of sleds I use, too. Any cross cutting I do on the table saw, I use a sled. I have a few special-purpose sleds hanging on my shop wall.
Posted on 11/8/20 at 11:15 pm to Earthquake 88
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When buying a weed eater, chainsaw, edger, hedge trimmers,
If you’re buying any of these for standard personal residential purposes frick gas go battery powered.
Posted on 11/8/20 at 11:38 pm to Obtuse1
I had a shop teacher in high school (ironically he cut his finger off early in his life but I digress) show us a kickback with a table saw.
I never stood in kickback territory again, that was terrifying.
I never stood in kickback territory again, that was terrifying.
Posted on 11/9/20 at 12:10 am to Jcorye1
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I had a shop teacher in high school (ironically he cut his finger off early in his life but I digress) show us a kickback with a table saw.
I never stood in kickback territory again, that was terrifying.
I've got two dents in my shop door that remind me every day. I have endeavored to make my table saw as safe as it can be to use. That said, I never feel too safe using it and I approach it as if it is actually TRYING to injure me.
A person will always be the softest thing in a shop. Hell, I I took out a divot of a nail on my index finger on a belt sander last week. What I was standing caught just right and jerked my hand into the running belt before I knew what happened. The nail was missing a chunk and it was sanded smooth down to the quick. Never really hurt that badly, but it was a very weird feeling for a day or two.
Of all things, a plunge router scares me the most. I don't like using one, and will use the router table if at all possible. You're holding a 1+ horse motor with a cutter on it in your hand.....it just spooks me. I couldn't imagine doing that with my big 3 1/2 horse router.
Posted on 11/9/20 at 1:39 am to LegendInMyMind
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Of all things, a plunge router scares me the most. I don't like using one, and will use the router table if at all possible. You're holding a 1+ horse motor with a cutter on it in your hand.....it just spooks me. I couldn't imagine doing that with my big 3 1/2 horse router.
Plunging cuts with a router are one of those things that you just have to do when nothing else will work and you don't have a CNC or a pin router. I never use more than a mid-sized router for a plunge cut.
The scariest thing for me is probably my 24" jointer. It has a custom Helixhead from Strouse and I run the DMD motor at 70hz so when it spins up it sounds like a jet engine even over the cyclone. That is mostly mental but the real danger is the rare times I handfeed something on the shaper.
The real danger is laziness but being a hobbyist I can just turn off the lights and some back to it later. I have visited some of my pro friends from SMC around the country and some of them have amazing safety built into their operations and some plain scare the shite outta me but most of them still have all their digits.
Posted on 11/9/20 at 1:49 am to Obtuse1
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The real danger is laziness....
and fatigue.
More people get hurt working tired than anything. My Pops nearly lost a finger or two on a table saw due to it. He said, "I'm just going to make one more cut...." What actually saved him was a no-cut glove that jammed the blade into the zero-clearance insert and stopped it. The damage wasn't bad enough for the ER (though, it may should have had a few stitches), but he bled "like a stuck hog" as he would say. I can still see a few blood drop stains on the floor. Another reminder.
I'm just a setup freak. Doesn't matter what I'm working on, I try to take the time to set up the best and safest cuts I can do. Jigs, feather boards, hold downs, whatever.
Posted on 11/9/20 at 7:23 am to Rocco4
Seems I’ve gone the opposite path of most on here. I find myself buying more and more corded tools. Been buying a lot of Makita lately. I don’t mind plugging it in as not having to worry about batteries.
Posted on 11/9/20 at 7:26 am to Jcorye1
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Posted on 11/9/20 at 10:24 pm to tLSU
Bump.trying once more. Coming in Fri.
Posted on 11/9/20 at 10:29 pm to Rocco4
Damn, I have a $4500 Hammer jointer/planer, an ancient Delta unisaw, a Delta bandsaw, Delta drill press, three routers and a Dewalt siding compound mitersaw. I've got other woodworking stuff also. And then I have all the other tools. I have all kinds of tool. When I built my new lake house I built a 32 by 32 detached workshop to put all this shite in.
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