This didn't involve any blood, just lots of swearing....
I needed to cut a 45 on a length of treated lumber, so I cranked the
angle all the way over to 45 degrees. No problem so far. Treated
piece of lumber is 2x10 so I needed to adjust the blade higher.... The
handle was at the bottom of the turn so I got lots of speed on the way
up, lots of speed right up until my thumb joint contacted the fence
rail and my cranking stopped suddenly as my swearing started.
Something to the effect of son of effin b***** no good rotten b....
well, you get the idea. I was sure that I'd broken my thumb but
luckily I didn't.
Not sure that I can blame the design of the saw (it's a Grizzly) but if
I were to design one today, guess where there'd be a little more
clearance.... :-)
Bryan
On 12 Apr 2006 14:33:00 -0700, "DamnYankee" <[email protected]>
wrote:
>Not sure that I can blame the design of the saw (it's a Grizzly) but if
>I were to design one today, guess where there'd be a little more
>clearance.... :-)
I've done similar things before. I was dropping the blade below the
table to switch to a dado head, spinning the wheel as fast as I could
and my hand slipped, came flying off the handle and smacked into the
front fence rail hard. Left really nice purple bruises across the top
of my hand.
Ouch. Glad you're okay.
"eclipsme" wrote in message
> Swingman wrote:
> > "David" wrote in message
> >>> Try slamming the vertical stop on a PM66 and see how difficult it
will
> >>> be to release the blade from it's position.
> >>>
> >>> Dave
> >> DOH! I meant the height adjustment. Bring the blade all the way down,
> >> quickly and then try to bring it up again. It's a bear.
> >
> > Ahh, you're just doing a drive-by on the PM66 (I don't blame you) ...
but
> > even it might need some dry lubricant on occasion. ;)
> >
> >
> What does that mean??? A drive-by. Are you saying something good or
> something bad about the PM66?
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"DamnYankee" wrote in message
> piece of lumber is 2x10 so I needed to adjust the blade higher.... The
> handle was at the bottom of the turn so I got lots of speed on the way
> up, lots of speed right up until my thumb joint contacted the fence
> rail and my cranking stopped suddenly as my swearing started.
That's the "other" reason we were taught in shop 101 not crank the blade on
a table saw too fast ... the first was so that you didn't slam into the
pre-set stops. <g>
Maybe teaching shop in primary schools was not such a bad idea after all. ;)
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Swingman wrote:
> "David" wrote in message
>>> Try slamming the vertical stop on a PM66 and see how difficult it will
>>> be to release the blade from it's position.
>>>
>>> Dave
>> DOH! I meant the height adjustment. Bring the blade all the way down,
>> quickly and then try to bring it up again. It's a bear.
>
> Ahh, you're just doing a drive-by on the PM66 (I don't blame you) ... but
> even it might need some dry lubricant on occasion. ;)
>
>
What does that mean??? A drive-by. Are you saying something good or
something bad about the PM66?
Harvey
eclipsme wrote:
> Swingman wrote:
>
>> "David" wrote in message
>>
>>>> Try slamming the vertical stop on a PM66 and see how difficult it will
>>>> be to release the blade from it's position.
>>>>
>>>> Dave
>>>
>>> DOH! I meant the height adjustment. Bring the blade all the way down,
>>> quickly and then try to bring it up again. It's a bear.
>>
>>
>> Ahh, you're just doing a drive-by on the PM66 (I don't blame you) ... but
>> even it might need some dry lubricant on occasion. ;)
>>
>>
> What does that mean??? A drive-by. Are you saying something good or
> something bad about the PM66?
>
> Harvey
slightly bad. No big deal. My Unisaw doesn't jam as easily.
Dave
Swingman wrote:
> "DamnYankee" wrote in message
>
>
>>piece of lumber is 2x10 so I needed to adjust the blade higher.... The
>>handle was at the bottom of the turn so I got lots of speed on the way
>>up, lots of speed right up until my thumb joint contacted the fence
>>rail and my cranking stopped suddenly as my swearing started.
>
>
> That's the "other" reason we were taught in shop 101 not crank the blade on
> a table saw too fast ... the first was so that you didn't slam into the
> pre-set stops. <g>
>
> Maybe teaching shop in primary schools was not such a bad idea after all. ;)
>
Try slamming the vertical stop on a PM66 and see how difficult it will
be to release the blade from it's position.
Dave
"DamnYankee" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> handle was at the bottom of the turn so I got lots of speed on the way
> up, lots of speed right up until my thumb joint contacted the fence
> rail and my cranking stopped suddenly as my swearing started.
Did the exact - same - thing, exactly once with my new Grizzly. It really,
really hurts.
Frank
"David" wrote in message
> >>
> > Try slamming the vertical stop on a PM66 and see how difficult it will
> > be to release the blade from it's position.
> >
> > Dave
> DOH! I meant the height adjustment. Bring the blade all the way down,
> quickly and then try to bring it up again. It's a bear.
Ahh, you're just doing a drive-by on the PM66 (I don't blame you) ... but
even it might need some dry lubricant on occasion. ;)
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