I was going back and forth between routing and using the table saw tonight. Because of my limited space I have to put the routing table on top of the table saw which means taking off all of the safety equipment except the riving knife.
I had also had to take it off to use my crosscut sled for one cut. And I also always take it off, lower the blade and unplug it when I am done using it.
Well tonight I went through all the motions of putting the safety equipment on like usual, making sure that the pawls were locked down into place and that the blade guard had slid into position and that I had pushed up on the slider which enables it to lock into position.
First I was making a cut and the blade guard came lose. I was able to stop the saw before anything happened. Put it all back on, made sure it was correct.
A couple of cuts latter I was about 2 inches into cutting off part of a 24"x 48" piece. It was a rip cut. I saw the blade guard come loose. The next thing I knew it hit me under the lower lip, I was on the ground and the sheet of plywood was on top of me. I don't remember if I was sitting on my rolling stool when it started or not, but when it ended I was halfway inbetween my recliner and the fridge. My chair is about 3 feet away from the saw diagonally and the fridge along the same way about 10" from the chair.
The blade guard was against the back door which is directly behind the table saw, at least 4 feet away as I have no problem putting a 4' piece of plywood on the edge of the table saw and not hitting the door in any way. So thinking where the chair is, it might be a bit further away as it is on the same wall. but then again the chair sticks out from the wall and the door doesn't.
I was slightly bleeding under the chin. The blade guard plastic had a few scratches like a blade rubbed against it and the metal piece of the blade guard the the laser guide rides on and holds the two pieces of the blade guard was slightly gouged back towards the end of it.
I am more hurt from the fall than anything else, but it was still scary. If my Wife wouldn't have been home I probably would have been laying there at least 15-30 minutes before I would have recovered enough to get the plywood off of my and move things out of the way so I could get up.
I did get back up, rest for a while and even finished the cut.
I guess the moral of the story is check the safety equipment once in a while if you use it as a table saw is dangerous even with it and a part that is supposed to protect you can hurt you.
I did not do the rest of the measuring, cutting or routing I had planned for tonight but instead sat for about 2 hours in my recliner resting and hurting.
I should have had my wife write down the description of where I was and all of that as some of it is blurry to me. (normal after a hard fall):angry:
I had also had to take it off to use my crosscut sled for one cut. And I also always take it off, lower the blade and unplug it when I am done using it.
Well tonight I went through all the motions of putting the safety equipment on like usual, making sure that the pawls were locked down into place and that the blade guard had slid into position and that I had pushed up on the slider which enables it to lock into position.
First I was making a cut and the blade guard came lose. I was able to stop the saw before anything happened. Put it all back on, made sure it was correct.
A couple of cuts latter I was about 2 inches into cutting off part of a 24"x 48" piece. It was a rip cut. I saw the blade guard come loose. The next thing I knew it hit me under the lower lip, I was on the ground and the sheet of plywood was on top of me. I don't remember if I was sitting on my rolling stool when it started or not, but when it ended I was halfway inbetween my recliner and the fridge. My chair is about 3 feet away from the saw diagonally and the fridge along the same way about 10" from the chair.
The blade guard was against the back door which is directly behind the table saw, at least 4 feet away as I have no problem putting a 4' piece of plywood on the edge of the table saw and not hitting the door in any way. So thinking where the chair is, it might be a bit further away as it is on the same wall. but then again the chair sticks out from the wall and the door doesn't.
I was slightly bleeding under the chin. The blade guard plastic had a few scratches like a blade rubbed against it and the metal piece of the blade guard the the laser guide rides on and holds the two pieces of the blade guard was slightly gouged back towards the end of it.
I am more hurt from the fall than anything else, but it was still scary. If my Wife wouldn't have been home I probably would have been laying there at least 15-30 minutes before I would have recovered enough to get the plywood off of my and move things out of the way so I could get up.
I did get back up, rest for a while and even finished the cut.
I guess the moral of the story is check the safety equipment once in a while if you use it as a table saw is dangerous even with it and a part that is supposed to protect you can hurt you.
I did not do the rest of the measuring, cutting or routing I had planned for tonight but instead sat for about 2 hours in my recliner resting and hurting.
I should have had my wife write down the description of where I was and all of that as some of it is blurry to me. (normal after a hard fall):angry: