I never used a table saw......what are the pros and cons

[CobaltKicker 10+ year member]

**** dude, and I thought some of my cuts were bad lol...Texas Chainsaw Massacre up in here !!! FTW!!! lol

 

[Mr Cabinetry 10+ year member]

Judging from the pictures of the injury to the index finger, it appear that the digit / knuckle joint is completely gone.

Meaning - The tablesaw blade completely transected that joint rendering any movement - ie - he won't be able to bend it.

Same thing happened to my thumb, I can bend the thumb at the knuckle joint, the digit / joint above that, the TS blade cut thru it and to my knowledge an orthopedic surgeon can't fix or repair digit joints.

Thunder, do have any movement in the index finger above the cut or was their permanent nerve damage?

 

[thunder9500 10+ year member]

Judging from the pictures of the injury to the index finger, it appear that the digit / knuckle joint is completely gone.
Meaning - The tablesaw blade completely transected that joint rendering any movement - ie - he won't be able to bend it.

Same thing happened to my thumb, I can bend the thumb at the knuckle joint, the digit / joint above that, the TS blade cut thru it and to my knowledge an orthopedic surgeon can't fix or repair digit joints.

Thunder, do have any movement in the index finger above the cut or was their permanent nerve damage?

I cut the index off just above the knuckle joint. They got it attached back, but that's the only joint that works. every joint above it is frozen solid. I cut 1/4" chunk out of all the tendons and nerves, so when they reattached it the finger stayed bent from that day.

It SUCKS, I promise.

It got my thumb from side to side, cut 40% through the bone and twised the meat so the fingernail faced the opposite direction.

It cut my middle finger just above the knuckle joint and got 50% of that bone.

Then it tore the skin at the knuckle fold open all the way down to my pinky.

 

[CobaltKicker 10+ year member]

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[iagrdshaka 5,000+ posts]

damn!!

 

[Mr Cabinetry 10+ year member]

I cut the index off just above the knuckle joint. They got it attached back, but that's the only joint that works. every joint above it is frozen solid. I cut 1/4" chunk out of all the tendons and nerves, so when they reattached it the finger stayed bent from that day.
It SUCKS, I promise.

It got my thumb from side to side, cut 40% through the bone and twised the meat so the fingernail faced the opposite direction.

It cut my middle finger just above the knuckle joint and got 50% of that bone.

Then it tore the skin at the knuckle fold open all the way down to my pinky.

Dude, Believe Me, I know it totally sucks.

You have a long way to go and alot of therapy to deal with.

The b!tch about such an injury like this is after all the healing and therapy is done, on rainy and cold days it will feel like ya whacked it all over again and at a certain point in time that sensation will disappear as well.

The real b!tch of it is if you whack or bang it on something, you'll curse like son of b!tch.

 

[Omarvelous 10+ year member]

ouch!!!

IT can happen to any1, pro to beginner.

Plan, plan plan!!!

Amazon.com can b ur friend on getting good deal on table saw.

 

[iamamp3pimp 5,000+ posts]

I think that ill just stick with a circ....

 

[Omarvelous 10+ year member]

I think that ill just stick with a circ....

Honestly....

a Circle Saw, a Router, and maybe a Jigsaw/Drill..... some bits.... all you really need!

Wanna get fancy, or do a lot, then that's were the table comes in handy.

 

[iamamp3pimp 5,000+ posts]

Honestly....
a Circle Saw, a Router, and maybe a Jigsaw/Drill..... some bits.... all you really need!

Wanna get fancy, or do a lot, then that's were the table comes in handy.

i do well without the table, i was just striving for a little more, but judging form the pics, i dont thing its necessary

 

[helotaxi 5,000+ posts]

If I showed you pics of car crash victims would you quit driving, too?

 

[iamamp3pimp 5,000+ posts]

no, not at all.

but the risk, vs reward factors in here.......I mean I'm not saying that i am the best on the planet, but you have seen my builg logs.....done with a circ.

the only real benefit that i can gain by using a tablesaw is time saved. it is more convienent im sure, but the money/risk/inconvienence going into building a table saw table, and not being able to park in my garage makes it not worth it in my opinion.

 

[helotaxi 5,000+ posts]

The risk is no more than with any other power tool. If you're smart/careful there is almost no risk. No offense to the guys that hurt themselves, but you have to do something dumb to injure yourself with a table saw. If you don't put your hand in the path of the blade with the saw running EVER, you won't cut off fingers, period. Complacency will bite you, though and not just with a saw.

There is a lot more to it than speed as well. There are things you can do with a table saw that you can't with a circ saw, Dados come to mind.

I hear ya on the space thing, though. My garage is full.

 

[Crown_amps]

pros they cut wood.....

cons you can cut your hand off

 

[helotaxi 5,000+ posts]

pros they cut wood.....
cons you can cut your hand off

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