Wood Magazine 97 by Larry Clayton

Author:Larry Clayton
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Wood, Home and hobby woodworker
Publisher: Meredith Corporation
Published: 1997-03-25T05:00:00+00:00

Project Design: Raccoon River Scrollworks, Mill Zaun

Photograph: John Helhcringion

Illustrations: Roxannc LeMoine; Lorna Johnson

WOOD MAGAZINE JUNE 1997

WHERE SAFETY BEGINS

"But I saw it on TV..:

Safety Man Mike Gililland unloads on television woodworkers who set unsafe examples for all of us.

Thanks for the many good letters you sent in response to my last column ("Kickback: Don't let it happen to you," WOOD® magazine, October 1996). I promise I'll answer your best questions the next time around. For this column, though, I have to deal with something that recently got to me—my regular weekend fare of woodworking and do-it-yourself television programs. Many TV hosts commit blatant safety errors, and no one takes them to task. When someone does something clearly unsafe, I want to shout: "DON'T DO THAT!" Sure, inadvertent slips happen. It's the "don't try this at home" stuff that upsets me. Here are some made-for-TV examples to show you what I'm talking about.

No fence? No problem. Freehand it!

On one big-name program, a local tradesman was demonstrating to the host how to make the curved cut needed to properly fit a cabinet-end spacer to an irregular wall. He removed the guard and spreader from his tablesaw, then with no guide, fed the board freehand to saw an irregu-

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