Oli Glaser wrote:
>> and the piece of metal caught and kicked back.
>
> It seems that most injuries are caused this way from what I have
> read. As far as I know none of the safety systems currently available
> prevent this from happening,

Not true.  My table saw has little spring loaded grabber thingies designed
not to let the wood slide backwards, for example.  It's just a ordinary off
the shelf table saw I got from Sears 25 years ago.  The wood has to get far
enough to catch on the grabber thingies, but they can help in a lot of
cases.

I am also concious of the plane of the spinning blade, and try not to stand
in that plane.  I often stand to one side enough so that if a small piece
broke off and got flung by the blade, I wouldn't be in its path.


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