Planer question

[CW]

Claymores along the border.

[Lew Hodgett]

The folks at LAX might have a problem with that.

Lew

[Jack Stein]

Seems it doesn't work for anyone else either, and, more important, doesn't seem to be a design feature of ANY ones jointer except yours, and, Glenn Beck has nothing to do with any of it.

My Delta wouldn't stop kick back either, but fortunately, in 33+ years of jointing with it, I never experienced kick back. Counting me and the other guy with 40 years w/o kickback, that would be 73 years experience w/o kickback. Just a thought, but perhaps that's why the guards are not designed to stop something that just doesn't happen.

Everyone gets it dude, you must be an Obama supporter, and obviously full of shit.

[Jack Stein]

No TS I've used even came with one (old iron). I don't want one either, they look damned dangerous to me. Norm never uses one, but thats just for TV (right!) and I don't *think* David Marks used one on TV either. Scott Phillips uses one and watching him makes a guard look dangerous. Like I said, I personally never used one, and I'm (33 years so far) always VERY respectful when using the saw, but I can see as I age, the likelihood of me screwing up and cutting off a finger, a hand, or even an arm is getting better. Not just age, but less usage. I still think a guard would be a waste of time for me, I would be better off getting a saw stop, but then that can wait until it's too late:-)

[Jack Stein]

He sure sounded like it to me...

My pork chop guard doesn't do anything on my jointer either, I actually had to go down to the shop to check, just like everyone else. Fortunately, whacking off 1/16th at a time doesn't seem to cause much kick back....

My guess is he's an Obama supporter, does that help you at all?

[Jack Stein]

Robatoy wrote: What's that law

Yeah, one is a Right wing American capitalist, and one is a Left wing NAZI Socialist.

[Jack Stein]

I don't use the guards over the blade though as I think

I guess that's how I feel about too. I'm sure the Obama supporters are wringing their collective hands in fear though, not that there is anything wrong with that, they have to bitch about something!

[Jay Pique]

I've tried using a saw with a guard a couple times and have come to the conclusion that it is decidedly unsafe for this woodworker. A riving knife, OTOH, is a godsend. WRT the jointer, I pretty much always keep it on.

JP