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Re: Strip: Saw setup update/clarification
By:Etienne Muller
Date: 11/7/2016, 3:45 am
In Response To: Re: Strip: Saw setup update/clarification (Dan Thaler)

Radial arm saw ripping, table saw, planer, router table, chainsaws... So far all have been kind to me. It is the utility knife ( box cutter... Stanley knife) that has, on a few occasions, been my nemesis. Always in a moment of distraction by a family member. Utility knives are so common that we forget just how sharp they are.

Distraction is a killer, just like reading a text while driving. I wonder how many accidents have been caused buy children squabbling in the rear seat of cars. It only take a second of inattention. My family know now not to disturb me until I have finished a process. We have discussed it formally.

Once a tree fell on me too. A big eighty ft pine which was hung up. Like Dan with the car, it was at the end of a long day in the forest and I was tired and wanted to get the job finished. The setup was akward, and I took the risk of cutting from the wrong side and was hammered for it. Fortunately there was a depression where I was working and I was punched down into the hole, otherwise I would probably no longer be here. Bruised, but nothing broken. The saw survived too.

The lesson... Don't carry on if you are tired or in a hurry. Leave it for another day.

Et

Messages In This Thread

Strip: Saw setup update/clarification
Steve Solomon -- 11/4/2016, 12:34 pm
Re: Strip: Saw setup update/clarification
Nick Schade - Guillemot Kayaks -- 11/4/2016, 12:44 pm
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Steve Solomon -- 11/4/2016, 1:48 pm
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Steve Solomon -- 11/4/2016, 2:14 pm
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jaybabina -- 11/4/2016, 5:51 pm
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Rob Macks/Laughing Loon CC&K -- 11/4/2016, 8:13 pm
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Steve Solomon -- 11/4/2016, 8:44 pm
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Etienne Muller -- 11/5/2016, 4:42 am
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Walt Kirchhoff -- 11/5/2016, 6:17 am
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Rob Macks/Laughing Loon CC&K -- 11/5/2016, 10:13 am
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Ken Blanton -- 11/5/2016, 2:57 pm
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Nick Schade - Guillemot Kayaks -- 11/6/2016, 7:18 pm
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Walt Kirchhoff -- 11/6/2016, 8:02 pm
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Bill Hamm -- 11/8/2016, 1:23 am
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Mike Bielski -- 11/8/2016, 5:44 pm
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Dan Thaler -- 11/6/2016, 8:50 pm
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Etienne Muller -- 11/7/2016, 3:45 am
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Etienne Muller -- 11/7/2016, 3:50 am
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Rob Macks/Laughing Loon CC&K -- 11/7/2016, 12:05 pm
Re: Strip: Mildly amusing safety story
John Messinger -- 11/8/2016, 8:03 am
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rbodelon -- 11/7/2016, 5:24 pm
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Steve Solomon -- 11/7/2016, 5:45 pm
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Nick Schade - Guillemot Kayaks -- 11/7/2016, 6:56 pm
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rbodelon -- 11/8/2016, 2:25 am
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Steve Solomon -- 11/8/2016, 8:42 am
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JohnAbercrombie -- 11/8/2016, 12:19 pm
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Etienne Muller -- 11/8/2016, 4:08 pm
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JohnAbercrombie -- 11/8/2016, 4:14 pm
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Nick Schade - Guillemot Kayaks -- 11/8/2016, 6:18 pm
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Marc Upchurch -- 11/8/2016, 4:21 pm
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rbodelon -- 11/12/2016, 7:12 pm
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Steve Solomon -- 11/7/2016, 9:47 pm
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Steve Solomon -- 11/7/2016, 9:49 pm
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Etienne Muller -- 11/8/2016, 3:46 am