Ultimate Table Saw

[Fenton Murray]

Hey Guys,
I'm way behind on looking at these posts so maybe this has been addressed. Kick back is the real killer with table saws, blade contact injuries are not as common. 2 things you have to have right, and a couple more safety issues and kick back risk is much less. This is easy stuff. 1. Blade parallel to fence. 2. Splitter in line with blade. Done, good to go. Now don't stand in line with blade, feed stock in a direction pointing towards the stock's contact with the fence adjacent to the blade. Let's add a sharp blade, with height set so gullets clear the stock. There is a complex rotational force placed on the stock as it passes the blade, the back of the blade picks it up and throws it at you at 120 mph. Not good. The splitter all but eliminates this from happening.
Fenton
  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: William R. Monroe 
  To: Pianotech List 
  Sent: Friday, March 30, 2007 7:27 PM
  Subject: Re: Ultimate Table Saw


  Hi Terry,

  You sound like me about 10 years ago.  I was scared to death of a table saw, too.  I would suggest, however that they are really no different than any large shop implement.  You need to use them properly, with care and respect always, and risk is then minimized.  I'd say if you're getting kickback that frequently, there is something wrong with the saw set-up, your techniques, or both.  If used within their limitations, they are a powerful ally in the shop.  It's not that you can't do most (or all) of the tasks a table saw does with another type of saw - some operations are simply easier or more accurate on the table saw.

  William R. Monroe

    Is there anything we do with pianos on a table saw that a band saw and a router can't (and maybe a hand-held circular saw for plywood and a good hand saw for cutting off large dimension lumber)? I have a Shopsmith, a table saw being the main feature, but I use it mostly for buffing and drilling (horizontal) - I can't remember when I last used it as a table saw.

    Table saws scare the heck out of me (or maybe it's the combination of me & a table saw). I've had things kick back so darn hard at me - I simply avoid its use at all costs. I'll be the first to admit, perhaps I just don't know how to use a table saw correctly - but I'll also suggest that there are a lot of folks using table saws that haven't had any more professional woodworking training than I have had (hmmm, could common sense be a factor here?).

    So many of the things commonly done on a table saw can be done with a bandsaw. William Monroe suggested: "Ask Terry Farrell about his bandsaw (in case you haven't read enough already ;-}  )." 

    Cool suggestion. Anyone want to hear about my bandsaw???  ;-)

    Terry Farrell
      ----- Original Message ----- 

      It's taken a good part of my career to figure out that I need to have the best tools possible if I want to do high level work. I'll never forget Laroy Edwards telling me that if you have the right tool, the customer pays for it. If you don't have the right tool, you pay for it. 

      Ironically, he himself was a victim of a table saw blade =8-O (long before SawStop).

      Tom Cole
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