Comment by bradly
3 days ago
Scroll saws, unlike more common woodworking power tools (table saw, bandsaw, router, joiner, planer), is one of the only tools that touching the blade does not typically cause an injury.
3 days ago
Scroll saws, unlike more common woodworking power tools (table saw, bandsaw, router, joiner, planer), is one of the only tools that touching the blade does not typically cause an injury.
That's incorrect. A scroll blade is just like any other saw blade, but moves up and down many times a minute. It will 100% cut you if you touch the front of the blade.
> A scroll blade is just like any other saw blade
No, not all saws are the same and treating your tools like that will cause injury to yourself. Different tools have orders of magnitudes of different consequences when a blade is touched.
I've worked in multiple production and educational woodshops. I've touched running scrollsaw blades and even touched a running table saw blade and seen live a hand into a joiner. These things are no where close to being the same.
What are you talking about? Are you referring to touching a blade that is not moving? Sure, you can touch any object that is sharp if it's not moving. I'm referring to an operating scroll saw. You can absolutely not touch the blade when it's oscillating at 1200 strokes per minute.
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