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Comment by daedrdev

3 days ago

I feel like you want to teach that they are dangerous and can be used safely when careful. A woodworker I know almost cut their finger clean off despite having years of experience.

A British magician called Paul Daniels managed to slice some fingers on a table saw. He had been making his own tricks gear for decades.

Safety thinking can slip - you only have to cock up once when you are pushing an amorphous mass into a blade spinning at say 3000 rpm and lose concentration.

Table saws, band saws etc and the like are dreadful.

My wife manages to make a simple drill/driver somewhat dangerous to the point that I have to sometimes fake a reason why husband should take over (yes I am very careful - she's generally sharper than the tool in question!)