Rounding on a table saw?
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Get Chris Hightowers book he lays it out pretty simply in there. Also his video shows one.....Just type in Cueman Billiards it should come up.....Hope this helps.....Oh good guy too,smart,honest,patient three things rarely found together.......Ray Weeks
Get Chris Hightowers book he lays it out pretty simply in there. Also his video shows one.....Just type in Cueman Billiards it should come up.....Hope this helps.....Oh good guy too,smart,honest,patient three things rarely found together.......Ray Weeks
is it safe ???
Of course it is safe, Joey.
Just remember to keep your fingers away from the blade.
When studying near miss situations and then so called accidents,
Complacency was a very big part. Most situations can be avoided with a little care and attention to detail.
not much in cuemaking is safe
The moment your lathe lulls you into a sense of security, that is when it gets scary. And a lathe running over the top of a table saw blade that is spinning a few thousand rpm ... look out! I have inventoried my digits a few times over the years, and sighed relief after, so far so good.
The moment your lathe lulls you into a sense of security, that is when it gets scary. And a lathe running over the top of a table saw blade that is spinning a few thousand rpm ... look out! I have inventoried my digits a few times over the years, and sighed relief after, so far so good.
I don't know if you guys are visualizing this correctly or not but don't all blade shaft machines do this identical operation hundreds of times a day with not many mishaps?
The jig is merely two uprights with adjustable centers that your square can rotate on above the blade both at an angle and at a bias to control the speed of rotation and the taper of the soon to be dowel. You slide the base along the saw table utilizing the miter groove and the blades rotation will rotate the square removing the extra wood exactly like a shaft machine. It is very quick but throws chips a long way. It's best done outside.
Dick
Not only will the table saw fixtures do dowels they can also do tapers if you modify them correctly. Never stand in front of one, as if it has a mis-hap it can shoot the wood piece like a missle, just like any table saw can on any board. I do not think any lathe or cutting saw should be considered totally safe. I saw my daughter almost touch the blades on my older saw machine and I stopped her from using it. I would rather run the shafts myself than see her lose some fingers. When people feel too safe they get careless and they can get hurt. Use any machinery with caution.
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Well - IMHO a table saw is the most dangerous machine in any shop
that doesn't have a punch press. That being said, it is about as safe
as any other table saw operation - as safe as you make it.
This is an area where a clever guy could make some kind of shield
that would make it adequately difficult to cut your fingers off.
Dale<10 fingers and counting>
there's another video where he actually puts his finger into blade instead of a hotdog
now i cant find it
i'll keep looking for it :thumbup:
Hi,
The table saw is a dangerous piece but a router can put the hurt to you and it ranks as the most dangerous of wood working tools.
Rick
The table saw can give you a severed digit, not a nice thought, but the router gives you ground meat. I've seen severed digits reattached. Of course I shudder at the thought of either scenario.
Still able to count to ten,
Alan
I took a friend to the ER one time when he had his hand nearly cut off by a table saw.
As soon as the nurse saw it, she said " table saw accident huh?"
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That tells me a lot.
I believe the hammer and the ladder are the other two most dangerous tools.
Band saws will cut your arm off in the blink of an eye. I rate band saws up there at the top, then table saws and then routers.
How in the world does a band saw cut an arm off in half in the blink of an eye ?
Are you sure you're not talking about chainsaw ?
I'm with you on this one Joseph. In my early days around woodworking
machinery, I thought the bandsaw ws the scariest, all that blade hanging there in midair.
IMHO - you almost have to try to hurt yourself with a bandsaw.
Forcing the workpiece or trying to hand feed pieces that should be held with tweezers.
Dale
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