Cut a Circle on a Table Saw - Revisited

[Red Green]

From a previous post in this NG:

I had a need to cut four 16" circles out of plywood today and used it as an opportunity to try this on a table saw. Worked slick. Made a less elaborate base for the pivot point as it's not something I would do frequently. The principle is what I wanted to explore.

Be sure to wear safety glasses if you try it. Obviously since I can still see to type this I wore mine :-) Lot's of small pieces can and did kick out from the outside of the blade and table top

What's that? Something on the Internet that's true?!!!

[JoeSpareBedroom]

What? No duct tape involved???

[olddog]

Interesting but I would never get my hands that close to the blade while the saw is running. That was hard for me to watch.

od

[Red Green]

"JoeSpareBedroom" wrote in news:V1KLl.28963$ [e-mail]:

I said eyes were ok...duct tape used to reattach finger though :-)

[Oren]

See this video. Amazing what a saw blade can do.

New Cool Tool ARCUS Cutting System

[Al]

Not funny, I just lost left index with a table saw :-(

[olddog]

Man....sorry to hear that.

I had a 8th grade shop teacher that had cut off fingers on both hands. I take power tool safety VERY seriously. He was a good teacher.

od

[Joe]

buy a bandsaw

[Red Green]

"Al" wrote in news:cbSdnWHpLfQPEmLUnZ2dnUVZ [e-mail]:

Not meant to be maliciously funny and would never wish it on anyone.

[Red Green]

"Joe" wrote in news:jkMLl.1345$ [e-mail]:

It's buy ME a bandsaw Joe.

[usenet-659f31de7f953aeb]

Hey, no whining. OK, I know it sucks ass at first, but fifteen-twenty years from now you'll wonder why you ever thought you needed it. And don't forget that now you have an awesome nose-picking gag to freak out little kids everywhere...personally I get the best squicks with the finger-in-the-eye gag....

srsly though, sympathies and best wishes...welcome to the club....

[Al]

[Van Chocstraw]

I saw a guy mash his fingers in a conveyor giving a safety lecture.

[Van Chocstraw]

I guess I'll go see woodguy.com. I'll be using this circle cutting method soon.

[Pete C.]

Demos like that are best done with a hot dog.

[Ulysses]

I cu wo 1 " ci cles es erda wi is e od a d i 's di ic l o pe.

(typing without index fingers)

But seriously I did use this method yesterday and the video saved me some time figuring out a jig. I already had a sliding miter jig so all I needed to do was add a 1/4" machine screw and drill a hole in each piece to be cut. They needed a hole anyway. These were 16 1/4" circles and I would not use this method for anything much smaller than that. At least not without making/installing some guards.

[Red Green]

"Ulysses" wrote in news:gu1nr2$dso$ [e-mail]:

t t 6 r y t y th th m t n t

o ave o balls.

[Ulysses]

Yea, well I still have my fingers ;-)

I know. Real Men are deaf, blind in one eye, and have no more than seven fingers.