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#1 · (Edited by Moderator)
Quick reflexes?

 
#6 ·
I'm with "TeamTurpin" in that i try hard not to quickly try to catch items near a spinning blade. One time i dropped a piece of wood over the blade of a running tablesaw, if i tried to catch it my hand would have been in the blade.
What he did was pretty safe though with the guard on the miter saw, but where was his miter saw bench?
 
#7 ·
This stuff is why I set up roller stands with my MS, just so that this does not happen. Not 100% on the shorter pieces but that reaching across the blade with your arm (expecting the guard to have worked every time) is not my cup of tea.
 
#10 ·
Some would just call that a "knee jerk reaction", but definitely a bad habit. I'm sure he didn't take the time to see if the blade had stopped, the guard was in place, looked both ways before crossing in front of the blade before he instinctually grabbed for the other piece of wood.

A great video to remind us of some of the things we shouldn't do and nobody go hurt in the actual filming of the video, but next time may not be so lucky.
 
#12 ·
How many times would you have to drive somebody to the hospital before you decide not to reach like this around your own saw?

Once was enough for me.
 
#13 ·
Pretty quick reflexes but the wrong move to make. When you use your hands for a living, you try to curb those actions. Do it a few times with something hot or really heavy, or bang your hands on something in the process and you start to learn. Machines have no respect for your hands.
 
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