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Re: Shop: scarf jig
By:Will Nettles
Date: 9/17/2012, 12:11 am
In Response To: Re: Shop: scarf jig (ebanista)

I'm with Glenn,
This doesn't look at all safe.
The clamp is OK until it shakes loose. The nearness of the fence increases the chance a cut off has something to help it get back onto the blade.

: Simple and cheap? Definitely. Safe? I'm not so sure...

: If the off-cut moves slightly, the blade could still pick it up and
: fling it back at the operator. It doesn't take a lot of contact
: to make this happen, especially if one end of the off-cut hits
: the blade and the other hits the fence. I'm sure you're careful
: - and 99 times out of a hundred nothing is likely to happen -
: but I wouldn't pass this off to the casual user as
: "safe." Accidents are just too common on tablesaws.

: Don't mean to be a wet blanket, and others may see this
: differently.

: Glenn

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Michael -- 9/14/2012, 10:24 am
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Jeff Horton -- 9/14/2012, 12:45 pm
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Michael -- 9/14/2012, 9:07 pm
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ancient kayaker -- 9/15/2012, 9:10 am
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Michael -- 9/16/2012, 5:08 pm
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ebanista -- 9/16/2012, 10:07 pm
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Will Nettles -- 9/17/2012, 12:11 am
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Michael -- 9/17/2012, 12:16 am
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Jeff Horton -- 9/17/2012, 7:54 am
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Michael -- 9/17/2012, 9:31 am
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Les Cheeseman -- 9/17/2012, 3:14 pm
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ancient kayaker -- 9/17/2012, 3:33 pm
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Etienne Muller -- 9/17/2012, 6:57 pm
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ancient kayaker -- 9/17/2012, 10:59 pm
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Bill Mayberry -- 9/18/2012, 12:18 am
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Marc Upchurch -- 9/17/2012, 6:17 pm