Cut a Circle on a Table Saw - Revisited

What? No duct tape involved???

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.

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"JoeSpareBedroom" wrote in news:V1KLl.28963$ snipped-for-privacy@newsfe24.iad:

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

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

New Cool Tool ARCUS Cutting System

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

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

buy a bandsaw

"Al" wrote in news:cbSdnWHpLfQPEmLUnZ2dnUVZ snipped-for-privacy@trueband.net:

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

"Joe" wrote in news:jkMLl.1345$ snipped-for-privacy@newsreading01.news.tds.net:

It's buy ME a bandsaw Joe.

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....

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

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

Demos like that are best done with a hot dog.

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.

"Ulysses" wrote in news:gu1nr2$dso$ snipped-for-privacy@news.motzarella.org:

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Yea, well I still have my fingers ;-)

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