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There are some good videos on this by Matthias Wandel as well (who used to work at RIM, and has a great channel filled with technical/nerdy woodworking videos):

by chrisa 8y ago

There are some good videos on this by Matthias Wandel as well (who used to work at RIM, and has a great channel filled with technical/nerdy woodworking videos): Table saw kickback experiments https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xFkHmgRIkOI https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xFkHmgRIkOI Effects of table saw misalignment, and kickback https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fbca0Km8Q5E https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fbca0Km8Q5E

ljoshua 8y ago
Great recommendation, thanks for sharing! I've just recently been getting into woodworking and have been getting my zen on with Chris Salomone's videos (https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC1V-DYqsaj764uBis9-UDug https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC1V-DYqsaj764uBis9-UDug) which are also very educational and a bit nerdy. I love the pure educational aspect I'm seeing here in Matthias' videos.
- evanlivingston 8y ago
  If you enjoy chris' videos, and you enjoy the zen of watching someone make things, check out this channel https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC7FkqjV8SU5I8FCHXQSQe9Q https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC7FkqjV8SU5I8FCHXQSQe9Q
  - ljoshua 8y ago
    Awesome, thank you.
  - halbritt 8y ago
    Speaking of folks operating with no safety devices other than that which is between his ears. I love that channel.
- oflannabhra 8y ago
  I like Chris's stuff, and I really like Andy Rawl's "No Talk...Just Work"[0] series of videos. I actually like _all_ of his videos, but that series is great for relaxing. [0] - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Yo6ALeIfF4&list=PLPCaXyAa7W002W301ptpoaiQq5BM9mWra https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Yo6ALeIfF4&list=PLPCaXyAa7W...
jasode 8y ago
Even a very experienced and meticulous guy like Matthias Wandel recently got his finger bit by a spinning saw blade: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kIfuViyki0Q https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kIfuViyki0Q It's very easy for anyone to drop his guard which leads to injuries. Since a lot of people admire his skills, he provided a great public service to the community by showing how his small moment of carelessness lead to an accident.
- birken 8y ago
  One thing that I will note is that Matthias often makes somewhat risky cuts and is known to joke about what the "safety police" will think of it. He obviously has a very deep understanding of his tools (since he built most of them) and where the danger lies, but I would say that he also intentionally accepts a little extra risk with cuts to save time. In his specific case I think he does have enough experience to make the trade-off safely, but if you were a new woodworker I would not learn any safety techniques from his videos.
mturmon 8y ago
Another nice kickback video is this one, which uses a foam block to illustrate the principle -- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5yNrIVh6oNs https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5yNrIVh6oNs
- orangepenguin 8y ago
  I actually like this video better than the one we're all discussing. He does a fantastic job of safely illustrating the problem of kickback: how fast it happens, how little movement it takes to trigger, and how to prevent it all together.

by chrisa 8y ago

ljoshua 8y ago

Great recommendation, thanks for sharing! I've just recently been getting into woodworking and have been getting my zen on with Chris Salomone's videos (https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC1V-DYqsaj764uBis9-UDug https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC1V-DYqsaj764uBis9-UDug) which are also very educational and a bit nerdy. I love the pure educational aspect I'm seeing here in Matthias' videos.

evanlivingston 8y ago
If you enjoy chris' videos, and you enjoy the zen of watching someone make things, check out this channel https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC7FkqjV8SU5I8FCHXQSQe9Q https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC7FkqjV8SU5I8FCHXQSQe9Q
- ljoshua 8y ago
  Awesome, thank you.
- halbritt 8y ago
  Speaking of folks operating with no safety devices other than that which is between his ears. I love that channel.
oflannabhra 8y ago
I like Chris's stuff, and I really like Andy Rawl's "No Talk...Just Work"[0] series of videos. I actually like _all_ of his videos, but that series is great for relaxing. [0] - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Yo6ALeIfF4&list=PLPCaXyAa7W002W301ptpoaiQq5BM9mWra https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Yo6ALeIfF4&list=PLPCaXyAa7W...

jasode 8y ago

Even a very experienced and meticulous guy like Matthias Wandel recently got his finger bit by a spinning saw blade: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kIfuViyki0Q https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kIfuViyki0Q It's very easy for anyone to drop his guard which leads to injuries. Since a lot of people admire his skills, he provided a great public service to the community by showing how his small moment of carelessness lead to an accident.

birken 8y ago
One thing that I will note is that Matthias often makes somewhat risky cuts and is known to joke about what the "safety police" will think of it. He obviously has a very deep understanding of his tools (since he built most of them) and where the danger lies, but I would say that he also intentionally accepts a little extra risk with cuts to save time. In his specific case I think he does have enough experience to make the trade-off safely, but if you were a new woodworker I would not learn any safety techniques from his videos.

mturmon 8y ago

Another nice kickback video is this one, which uses a foam block to illustrate the principle -- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5yNrIVh6oNs https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5yNrIVh6oNs

orangepenguin 8y ago
I actually like this video better than the one we're all discussing. He does a fantastic job of safely illustrating the problem of kickback: how fast it happens, how little movement it takes to trigger, and how to prevent it all together.