Why? Why did I do this?

[harryball]

I went to YouTube and searched on Table Saw Fails.

DON'T DO IT! Just don't. OMG. The suspense, the drama.

Seriously though, this one had me in stitches at times....
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ObVC6rn64JU

/RB

[dlcw]

That makes me hold my breath when I see stupid things like this done. It's amazing emergency rooms are not busier then they actually are. Buggles the mind how many Darwin Award nominees are out there...

[David Iannone]

That was hilarious. I was laughing out loud. I have to remember to watch that anytime I think I am having a bad day.....

[chiloquinruss]

The Darwin part is that YOU know YOU are going to do something really STUPID, so you get YOUR buddy to VIDEO IT! :rolleyes: Russ

[Burkhardt]

Saw it live yesterday on my way home, standing at a traffic light. A construction worker was trimming a piece of plywood at the side of the road with a circular saw holding the saw in one hand and the plywood (maybe 12x12 inch) in the other hand. Since he struggled with the blade guard he stuck a pencil in to block it open. I was tempted for a moment to stop and ask for a supervisor. But then it might have been the supervisor himself and I guess they would have told me to mind my own business. The light turned green and I took off before I could see if something bad happened. I was wondering if this is they guy who is juggling a running chainsaw at Venice Beach.

[myxpykalix]

Along the lines of Russ's post, when you start to do something you KNOW is dangerous and stupid, but you do it anyway?:o

[harryball]

Along the lines of Russ's post, when you start to do something you KNOW is dangerous and stupid, but you do it anyway?:o

I vowed long ago to always listen to that screaming voice in my head saying "NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO". As I recall it was right after I didn't listen to it and walked away in serious pain. Since then, I have actually done things like setup up to start a cut... then stop and shut everything down because of that "feeling". I have never regretted doing that but I have regretted not listening to my internal warning so I figure I should listen. I generally think about it for a bit and realize what was wrong and then do it the "right" way.

HOWEVER, there are some times I can't explain. I once went to use a radial saw I had and as I reached for the handle "NOOOO, STOP" went through my head. I stopped and then started again, same thing. So I took the board off and looked at it, look at the saw... I couldn't understand what I was doing wrong. So I started again and "NOOOO, Just don't do it!". So I didn't. I went and did something else for a short while can came back. I decided I would clean and oil the radial saw to let me think through what I was doing. As I did I pulled the head of the saw toward me and it FELL OFF onto the table top. The bracket was broken and I didn't know it. How did I know that without knowing that?

/RB

[mikeacg]

I'm thinking it might be your bat radar sense...

[cowboy1296]

You mean i am not the only one who has tried all of these.

[twelchPTM]

my first though is that I can see the homeowner/hobbiest doing something dumb with there tools but the professionals with big professional tools in their big professional shops should know better. Then I realize that I myself did item numbers 12, 62, 187, and 219 from the list of things not to do with your table saw just last week....oh and I added a few new items as well!