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Power tool woodworking injuries are no joke. Table saws, lathes, routers, and planers all want to absolutely destroy the operator.

• eropple 3y ago
  Planers aren't so bad once you get into power feeders, which can be gotten as cheap as $500 with a DW735. (Yeah you can get a power feeder for a table saw too; it's $500 and more like $1500 just for the feeder!) The others: very, very yes. Very yes. Jointers too. Jointers exist to show malice.
  • _heimdall 3y ago
    Ah I mistyped there, jointers are actually what I meant rather than planers! I use hand planes when jointing boards and forget that power planers aren't that fancy. I don't remember hearing about any serious planer injuries (though I'm sure it happens), jointers on the other hand are more ornery than an alligator with all them teeth and no toothbrush.
    • eropple 3y ago
      I've had knots thrown back at me by my planer before. That was before I upgraded to the DW735 with those power feeders and a much deeper body to keep the cutters further away from the human, though. I have a reasonably safe checklist and set practice for my jointer and I still don't trust the thing.