blade guard

jonesuh · Post by **jonesuh** » Mon Nov 09, 2009 12:18 pm

i have a model 500 & a 520---i use the 520 & have the 500 stored---my son just moved into a new home & i want to give him my 500---when i used the 500 the blade guard & the rifing knife(?) were ok-just a little hard to line up--- i want to make sure he uses the safest system available any suggestion that might make this safer for him as a new woodworker
thanks

robinson46176 · Post by **robinson46176** » Mon Nov 09, 2009 1:16 pm

Make sure he understands that the blade guard and riving knife are just extras and to NEVER depend on them to make him safe.
I often repeat the story of how I really made a woodworker angry once after he claimed that he cut his thumb badly because he didn't use the blade guard. My contention was that it was not because he didn't use the guard. He cut his thumb because he stuck it into the spinning blade... His thumb should have never been in that location whether he had a guard mounted or not. Too many guys think that just because they have a guard in place that they can get sloppy and that is when the bleeding starts.
I also keep my table inserts painted bright red. If you stay out of the red zone you are usually OK.
Wait for the blade to stop... Completely... That was one of the things I was always yelling at "Norm" about (I talk to TVs). Norm often reached in too close too soon while the blade was still coasting.

joedw00 · Post by **joedw00** » Mon Nov 09, 2009 1:29 pm

robinson46176 wrote:That was one of the things I was always yelling at "Norm" about (I talk to TVs). Norm often reached in too close too soon while the blade was still coasting.

I always thought that was something, he would tell how important safety glasses were, then he would reach in before the blade stopped.

lv2wdwrk · Post by **lv2wdwrk** » Mon Nov 09, 2009 1:34 pm

joedw00 wrote:I always thought that was something, he would tell how important safety glasses were, then he would reach in before the blade stopped.

Do as I say, not as I do!:(

navycop · Post by **navycop** » Tue Nov 10, 2009 12:03 am

He probally thougt: I can get a new finger, I cann't get new eyes..

JPG · Post by **JPG** » Tue Nov 10, 2009 12:10 am

navycop wrote:He probally thougt: I can get a new finger, I cann't get new eyes..

Last I knew he had all his fingers. Obviously he was not careless(non-prudent perhaps).

curiousgeorge · Post by **curiousgeorge** » Tue Nov 10, 2009 2:03 pm

JPG40504 wrote:Last I knew he had all his fingers. Obviously he was not careless(non-prudent perhaps).

I would say he IS careless. He is just very lucky... apparently.

dusty · Post by **dusty** » Tue Nov 10, 2009 4:24 pm

Your concern for his safety is commendable but I believe that about all you can do is stress the fact that there are many safety rules to be read and adhered to and that failure to do so might cause serious pain and agony.

Beyond that, about the only think that I believe drives the point home is a little bit of blood. Let us all pray that the lesson comes from just a "little bit of blood".

Yes, a little bit of luck may have something to do with it but I prefer not to rely on luck.

Safety procedures - those are good but they only work if you follow them religiously, I don't. Many times I find myself saying "Now you know this isn't the right way and you could get hurt doing this". I do it anyhow. I just give some extra thought to how I might bypass the proper procedure and still not get hurt. Now I know that I am the only one on this forum who can make a confession like that and that is good - but ya'll be careful anyhow.

The most hazardous thing I could do would be to call upon the little woman to take me to the emergency room AGAIN. SWMBO spoke many harsh words and threats the last time. It was then that she warned, "You ever do this again, there will be NO Shopsmith where I live". I sorta think she meant it. But she can't enforce that, can she?:eek:

fjimp · Post by **fjimp** » Tue Nov 10, 2009 4:32 pm

dusty wrote:Your concern for his safety is commendable but I believe that about all you can do is stress the fact that there are many safety rules to be read and adhered to and that failure to do so might cause serious pain and agony.

Beyond that, about the only think that I believe drives the point home is a little bit of blood. Let us all pray that the lesson comes from just a "little bit of blood".

Yes, a little bit of luck may have something to do with it but I prefer not to rely on luck.

Safety procedures - those are good but they only work if you follow them religiously, I don't. Many times I find myself saying "Now you know this isn't the right way and you could get hurt doing this". I do it anyhow. I just give some extra thought to how I might bypass the proper procedure and still not get hurt. Now I know that I am the only one on this forum who can make a confession like that and that is good - but ya'll be careful anyhow.

The most hazardous thing I could do would be to call upon the little woman to take me to the emergency room AGAIN. SWMBO spoke many harsh words and threats the last time. It was then that she warned, "You ever do this again, there will be NO Shopsmith where I live". I sorta think she meant it. But she can't enforce that, can she?:eek:

So Dusty is this her way of enforcing the topic at hand

lv2wdwrk · Post by **lv2wdwrk** » Tue Nov 10, 2009 4:35 pm

dusty wrote: The most hazardous thing I could do would be to call upon the little woman to take me to the emergency room AGAIN. SWMBO spoke many harsh words and threats the last time. It was then that she warned, "You ever do this again, there will be NO Shopsmith where I live". I sorta think she meant it. But she can't enforce that, can she?:eek:

If mine could not enforce it by herself, she would get the kids & kids in-law to help.

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