5 Woodworking Tips To Cut Small Parts Safely!
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- 5 woodworking tips to help cut small parts safely on the miter saw, cut safely on the table saw, and more finger-saving tricks.
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Thank you for making this video. I love that you have your blade guard. I see so many out there remove it and don't every try to get used to it. Also that router table tip with the tape is genius! PS, the fence on a router table is always square to the bit.
Although I understand your reasoning to follow YT's algorithm & you having to pay your bills each month, I was drawn to your channel for the woodworking projects. The how to, easy builds, basic tools, ect. It looks like those days, videos & projects are gone & we're all watching this now. Just isn't the same.
New shop cart build video comes out Thursday. I do a mix of content. Always have.
Great video! You'll be saving some people's fingers. For #4 an awesome way to support cuts like this is with insulation foam. Works great with circular saws and track saws and lots more. The 2" thick foam is cheap and available at any home store. Usually sold in 4x8 ft sheets and can be cut in quarters and taped to create a hinge for easy storage.
Thanks for the tips. Smart move taking the battery out of the circular saw when showing where not to put you hand.
Always. I have a little M12 reciprocating saw and I take the battery out when changing the blade. One little bump and that thing can get spicy on you.
Yes, it was always drilled into
us to unplug before changing bits, belts and blades. But sometimes now you forget to take off the battery. Especially dangerous with palm routers as there really is no safety switch to depress.
Excellent! I'm very worried about work safely! I always use the table saw with the blade guard and I'm glade to see you demonstrating that it's important. I don't understand why people are normally so reckless. It's common to see professionals acting as if safety were for dummies what for me is the opposite!
I did some silly thing with a short block of wood and my miter saw today. Was kind of a wakeup call. Your video will help me keep all my fingers!
I taught engineering and technology for almost 20 years and had very few accidents. My number 1 rule was always keep your hands where you can see them! That made the students stay aware of things like saw blades!!
Great point on the air gun nails bending in same direction as their flat faces.. I learned something today. Ty
Been there because I got complacent! Never again. Thanks mighty Matt!
Excellent advice for all woodworkers.
Great tips as always. Thanks for sharing all your knowledge with us. The most tip that I like is the nail gun, I could not figure out why my nails pops out but it makes total sense now that I watch you video. I will do it the right way next time. You're amazing, man. God bless your family!
Just love the sign behind you!
I picked up one of the 1 million dollar sticks and have used it a couple of times now. This will never be far from my miter saw again. I feel much safer cutting small parts now. Great product.
Thanks for the tips. I've got the million dollar stick in my cart right now. I've had a bad day with a miter saw before, so I appreciate the tip. The brad nailer was a new one for me as I don't own one. I learned something new. I saw you take the battery out of the saw before you made your point, excellent. 👍Stay awesome.
Thanks Matt for the video.
I almost knew them all, except the last one, with the nailgun driving the nails sideways. Thanks for this tip
Glad it helped!
Great tips Matt! We only get 10 fingers (for the most part), so it pays to protect them!
Two eyes and ears too. Protect them all. ;)
@@csimet some pirate somewhere with one eye and one ear is probably shouting at his phone, pointing his hook at us angrily ;)
Thanks for sharing these safety tips. Another good tip I think is very important is tell people if you come into the workshop and you see a person cutting, DO NOT tap on them or yell because you could startle them and cause injury.
Reaching past the table saw blade for an offcut is how I lost an index finger and the use of my middle and ring finger. Grabbed the off cut, corner of the piece nicked the blade, which pulled the board and my hand right into it. I'd done it a thousand times, was in a rush, and wasn't thinking. Two surgeries, six months of physical therapy, and two months of missed work/lost income is a painful and expensive lesson to learn.
I wasn't thinking earlier today and was cutting a small block of wood on my miter saw. Well now I have a nice cut on one finger and the other two are bruised. I didn't think about a temporary fence backing. My end goal was to make a knob with a pattern for my router table cabinet.
I had a kick out on my compound miter saw a few weeks ago cutting small glued pieces. I will definitely be adding a back to mine later! Also, your mention of blade depth is awesome. Its so easy to overlook when bouncing around variable thicknesses. Great tips!
On #4, cutting sheet goods with a circular saw. I'll cut about a quarter of the length, and then put a clamp on the kerf behind the saw which keeps the 2 pieces together instead of letting the off cut flop down.
Great video! Shop safety is something everyone can always do better at.
Tip 4 was great. I would also suggest getting a big ol sheet of insulation foam that's about 2" thick and use that to break down plywood on. Your cuts will be supported the entire length. You can reuse this piece of foam for multiple uses assuming you're still setting your blade slightly deeper than the cut. And you can flip it over for even more cuts.
This is one of the best ideas I have put to use in my shop. Not only is it a lot safer, it also helps make superior cuts.
Very useful tips! Thank you (again)
Thanks Matt, like most on here, I’m fond of my fingers and wish to keep them. The Brad nailer was new advice. Thanks again
Great video and advice.
Great ideas!
hey, what I've learned from your channel is phenomenal! I appreciate you.
I appreciate that!
Thanks , good common since tips.
Never a bad thing to review safety. Thanks Matt!
Thank you for making this video! As a Safety Professional, I truly appreciate any safety tips that are given!
Superb video Matt, really helpful ideas , especially like the Brad nailer one about orientation 👍🏻, I was making some planters for my daughter a while ago and did get a few brads shooting out ! Thankfully all fingers still intact and fully operational 😊
Thanks, Matt. I knew there was a correct way to shoot brads in but I could never remember which way was right. The way you explained and showed us will help me remember now. It will save a lot of time fixing mistakes. 😀
Wow! Great tips! Another nice thing for cutting long cuts in plywood is to use a sacrificial piece of foam on a table. Great support. Thank you🇺🇸
Awesome video! I appreciate you showing me these tips. A lot of the examples you showed were ones I can see happening to anyone if they let their guard down even for a moment. Thanks for always putting out great content!
Great tips, Matt! Safety is something that keeps me busy as well. Two weeks ago, I made my own version of that 10 million dollar stick. I'm always looking to make my workshop a safer place. Once you lose a finger, it doesn't grow back. Greetings, Christophe
1) Looks like the product does the job it is intended to. I think for this kind of cut the miter saw is the most dangerous tool in the shop. Table saw with a miter gauge, even better with a crosscut sled, bandsaw, hand saw, coping saw, pull saw, scroll saw, jig saw… all safer. I am speaking from experience. Luckily I didn’t get hurt in any way but the peice did fly about 30 feet. That was the last small piece work I did on the miter saw.
As usual...great info again. Learn something new every day.
This is some good stuff to know. I'm just starting out in woodworking and am trying to be as safe as I can. I've seen the results of power tool mistakes and would like to avoid them
It's great to have a healthy respect for what the tools instead of being afraid of them. Learn all you can!
Great video Matt! The dangers are real! A work colleague of mine lost 4 fingers to his miter saw on his right hand he was out for weeks. Be PATIENT, take your time, and take your personal safety seriously if not for yourself then for the sake of your loved ones. A five minute delay is worth a life time of suffering.
Great video. Makes me rethink some of the practices I have been using in my shop.
Thanks for the advice. Especially for the router and table-saw tips. Have a great week ahead.
Great tips as always. Thank you.
Great video Matt, safety in the shop can never be expressed enough. I took a woodworking class at our local college and the instructor told us of a student that cut his fingers off while reaching across the tablesaw blade
I've seen a lot of these tips before, but that pin nailer tip was new to me. Good to know! Keep making great videos
Good tip about the circular saw. I cut sheets on the ground so I don’t have to catch it, but I’ve never thought about it kicking back and having my hand behind the blade.
That temporary handle with double sided tape at the router table is a great idea.
I would recommend that if you are cutting sheet material with a circular saw, then just put it on a large sheet of insulation foam and cut just beyond the thickness of the material. The sheet I have is the pink4'x8' hard foam so you can drop a while sheet of plywood on it and cut it safely with the whole piece being supported. The top of the foam will get scarred but its better than your hand or leg.
Agreed. I have been using this method for years now. I use it to cut down my 4x8 sheets to more manageable sizes before taking them to the table saw. You don’t have to worry about “catching” the off cut because it is fully support by the foam board. I have a 3” thick foam board that I put on my assembly table. You can use the floor but the table height is easier on my back.
on Number 4, why don't you use a Pony kerf keeper? Safe and secure!
Always appreciate the safety vids. It's so easy to get complacent the more projects I build, which in turn can create more opportunities for a "bad day"! My fave was the brad nailer tip. Super easy to avoid if you understand why it happens.
Thanks for the tips. Am definitely getting the million dollar stick.
Thanks for this video. I learned something. I've been using my brad nailer wrong all this time.
For circular saws, it is often safest to cut on 2” foam, whether on the ground or on a table. Avoids so many dangerous issues.
#5! Thank you. Had issues in the past with those coming through various material.
Your explanation was great.
Two steps to your left is your band saw. A bit safer.
Great Great video! I picked up some valuable tips so I won't LOSE any tips haha! I've also had some bright decals made for my large machines (table saw, router table, jointer, compound miter) that say "RESPECT THE MACHINE" because I forget sometimes and get going too fast. Respect the machines and save your digits. Thanks!
Very helpful video and tips for new woodworkers ,especially the last one... thank you!!! watching your videos inspired me to dive into woodworking lately!!! keep making awesome videos!!!
Great tips. Thanks
Thanks for the tip on the best way to orient the brad gun.
I didn’t know about aligning the brad nailer like that! I never have my fingers close to where I am nailing but this will save a project or ten for me.
Like that shirt.
Thanks, I never skip a safety video that shows up in my feed.
I solved that problem by purchasing a mini 2” chop saw. Cha-ching
Love the channel!!!
That circular saw cut had me on edge, idk who'd think thats okay- just begging to lose something
Love the shirt Matt.
When i was 12, i brad nailed myself to a project because it bent out the side. Went through my thumbnail, bounced off the bone and back out the nail. Being the only person there, and nailed to a workbench i had to rip it out. Needless to say, i learned lesson 5 the hard way that day
ouch!
I had the same thing happen about five years ago. I was nailing the outside corner of a baseboard miter. The nail bounced out the side and went through my thumb luckily It missed the thumbnail. But My thumb was nailed to the baseboard and I had to do the same thing and ripped my thumb off of it. Ouch!
@@jakethecarpenter goos thing brad nails dont have a head
How awful.
Ohhhhh😮 I just made a face of pain 😂
Thanks Matt, good information.
Thanks so much for the tips
Great video, thanks!
good video matt thank you for the tips
Appreciate this video, thank you👍
Thanks for the great tips
This information are always good to get from others.
There's way to many people out there saying "I have used the table saw for 30 years and it never happened to me. People need to learn how to use the tool".
Thats bs to me, EVERYTHING can happen in a fraction of a second... been there done that..
Its a long way back, if you ever come back after a serious injury.
Stay safe and dont listen to stupid people that push away safety!
Good stuff, thank you 👊🏿
Good tips. Thank you
#4 cut sheet good on top of a sheet of foam insulation. That way it is fully supported before and after cut.. Do not support both sides of cut on saw horses or cookies as it will lead to more blade pinch and increased kickback.
Great tips
Matt, that was a great video. On jobsites, everything is about efficiency, but it isn't efficent to lose a finger! I lost a finger tip commercial fishing. I ALWAYS know where my body and fingers are in relation to the blade. A short finger, and being a lot older and a little wiser, saftey is my first priority, speed is second.
Thanks for the info
Great video. I wish I saw it about 3 weeks ago. I had a kickback on my router table just like your example, but I was not so lucky. The bit took half my thumbnail off.
Sorry to hear that
Thanks, I'll recover and learned a valuable lesson. I will be using all of your recommendations.
Thanks Matt
Glad to see this video. Might think about letting viewers know about other safer tool options if they have them. I.e. use bandsaw instead of miter. I remember years ago before you had your shop complete that you used to
do that. Also a video suggestion would be proper clamping and cutting techniques using a jigsaw. The biggest problem people face with jigsaws is improperly clamped workpiece where vibration becomes a safety hazard and speed of jigsaw. You may have covered this before but might be worthy of a repeat.
Great video
Thanks for the tips! I am partial to all of my fingers!
Hey Matt,
I love the channel. another way to handle those sheet goods is to do what Lincoln St Woodworks (I think that's where i picked that tid bit up from) does and is cut the sheet goods on a block of pink foam.
You sure get this right 👍💯🔥
Both of your router table examples are examples of instances where you’d bring the tool to the material, not the material to the tool. Neither of those operations should be done on a router table. Build a jig and use a plunge router. Way safer.
Also buy a load of a variety of toggle clamps and learn to use them. Toggle clamps are essential safety tools in any shop. Guessing I have around 200 by now.
Great tips!👊😎👍🇺🇸
My fingers send regards and thank you very much! :)
,a cool video keep up the great content.. Thank you……
Thank you for the video Matt. Your cabinet saw is much safer to crosscut panels using the fence because of its stability and size. The smaller the saw the dicier that cut gets and really should be avoided for most hobbyists. I see that cut on a lot of youtube channels and I cringe because I know most people watching don’t have such a nice setup to perform that cut. I do enjoy your channel and all the info. Thank you.
Good video
Just call me butterfingers!
Worst I’ve done is catching my hair in a dremmel.
One tool that never gets mentioned when it comes to shop safety is the oscillating spindle/belt sander. I had a shop accident using mine one week before Christmas 2021 and it's now October 2022 and I still haven't fully recovered from that accident and I am not sure if I will ever get full use of my right hand back! I broke my little/pinkie finger at the hand/finger joint (proximal phalanx to metacarpus) and I broke the long, outside bone of my hand (metacarpus) at the mid point of it's length. I actually broke the ball end off the finger bone which then caused the finger to rotate and displace so that the finger was 1/4" to 3/8" shorter in length and stuck outwards from it's normal position by about 10-15 degrees! I had the breaks set in the ER (after a 5 hour wait) and had to be sedated while they did it but the finger bone/joint has never healed properly and I now have about 30% of the 'normal' movement in my ring finger (that finger seized up even though it wasn't broken) and only about 10% of the 'normal' movement in my little/pinkie finger. Not only has that seriously affected my ability to use any hand tools (woodworking tools, wrenches, screwdrivers, etc.) but I am a musician and it has seriously affected my ability to play guitar/bass and my instruments have just been sitting gathering dust since the accident! I've had physio every week for months (since the accident until last month when I decided enough was enough) with little to no improvement and I am now waiting to see a plastic surgeon to see if anything can be done to improve things. I even joked with my therapist that I was tempted to run the two bad fingers through the table saw just to get them out of the way but she didn't approve of that idea! (LOL)
What is really frustrating is that the accident was caused by a split second of distraction and inattention and the tool bit me hard! It was a stupid mistake to make and I should have known better and I am now living with the consequences on a daily basis!
Stay safe out there folks 'cus power tools will bite ya whenever they can!
How did the accident happen? Some kind of kickback?
@@leiwa100 I was using a 1.5" dia. spindle sanding drum on my Ridgid oscillating spindle/belt sander combo and I was sanding a 1.75" hole in a 6" square of 3/4" plywood so very little space between the drum and the sides of the hole. The sander was brand new and so the drums were very aggressive with a lot of 'bite'. I was actually batching out a bunch of corner set-up jigs so that I could use them to build a flip-top stand to mount the spindle/belt sander and my existing disc/belt sander on one side and my new Ridgid planer on the other. The squares of ply had been drilled with a hole saw (from each side) but that had left a small ridge which I was then sanding away prior to cutting the square into two pieces diagonally to make the final corner jigs.
I had 6 squares with two holes per square so 12 holes to sand in total. I had done the first couple of pieces but decided that it would be quicker if I left the sander running as I switched between holes/pieces rather than turning it off/on for each piece (Mistake #1). After the hole was sanded to my liking I was lifting the plywood off the drum vertically, going to the other hole in the same piece (or selecting a new piece) and carefully placing the plywood over the still running drum in order to sand the new hole. This process worked OK for the next piece but then disaster struck!
My wife was also working on a project in the workshop and she was cutting out 3D reindeer on the bandsaw which were going to be extra, home-made, Christmas gifts for the grandkids. She is always telling me that because she took 'shop class' in HS (the first girl ever to take shop class in that school district) she knew what to do but it was the first time she had used that bandsaw for a project of any type so I was keeping a sly eye on her to make sure she stayed safe (Mistake #2)! It was while she was cutting a particularly tight radius (with a 1/8" wide blade) that the bandsaw started to squeal, loudly, as she was binding up the blade. I was just lifting my plywood up the drum in order to swap holes when I glanced over to see what she was doing (Mistake #3). As I looked over at her the plywood in my hand tipped ever so slightly and because of the limited amount of clearance between the drum and the side of the hole the drum grabbed the plywood and tore it out of my hand. I snatched my hand away but the plywood was wedged on the drum and was now rotating at 1,725 RPM.
I had placed the sander on my Black & Decker Workmate rather than the much more sturdy workbench as it was lower and therefore the working height was more comfortable. However, I had NOT clamped the sander to the Workmate I simply sat it on the top (Mistake #4). Due to the now very out of balance spindle the machine was vibrating violently and started to 'walk' off the top of the Workmate. I reached forward to grab the machine before it fell so that I could turn off the power but as I reached forward the machine slid off the Workmate and instead of me grabbing the body of the machine the jammed and rotating wood slammed into the side of my right hand instead (Mistake #5). The machine hit the floor while still oscillating wildly where I was finally able to turn it off and assess the damage done and as a former first-aider I instantly knew I had broken my hand/fingers and where I had to go next!
So what did I do wrong:
Mistake #1: Always turn off machinery when repositioning parts especially holes over a spinning and oscillating drum sander with new, aggressive, sandpaper on it!
Mistake #2: Concentrate on what YOU are doing not what others are doing. I've had friends tell me that they have rules in their workshop whereby only one person can operate a power tool at a time for safety reasons but I served an engineering apprenticeship as a toolmaker and worked in machine-shops with literally dozens of machines running at the same time and did not find two people using two machines at the same time in a basement workshop a problem.
Mistake #3: Much like #2 concentrate on what YOU are doing and only pay attention to something else in the shop after YOU are safe!
Mistake #4: Make sure machine tools are securely fastened down either by clamps, screws or bolts before using them so that they cannot 'wander' or vibrate if/when something goes wrong!
Mistake #5: Never try to grab at machine tools with wildly spinning parts attached to them! It would have been far safer to let the tool hit the floor and then turn it off rather than getting close to it while it was still spinning. The initial error where the drum grabbed the wood and snatched it out of my hand had NOT hurt me and I was able to snatch my hand out of the way. It was the follow-up where I tried to catch the machine and turn it off that bit me in the hand, HARD!
Lessons learned the hard way and as a former College Lecturer I know those are the worst sort of lessons to have!
@@larrygreen262 ouch, hope you will make full recovery. Thank you for sharing the story.
I get a feeling a lot of accidents happen in hobby shops because we do not have a safe location for our tools, or inadequate space for/around the tool. Both my planer and router table are in that state currently.
I will do my best to remember your story so that I do not end up doing something similar.
Clamping the tool to the temporary workspace seems to be a first step for that.
good
Good video, Matt. I confess, I don't use a blade guard on my table saw. Before EVERY cut, however, I pause (with the motor off) and review what cut I'm making and where my hands/fingers are going to be throughout the cut. If I start binding the cut or things just don't seem right, I'll stop cutting and turn it off. Figure out why things aren't going right, reposition my hands, etc., review the cut again, and proceed.
Router safety. consider, before making a router cut, the direction the bit rotates and plan your cut so you're not moving your wood in the same direction as the bit rotates.
You want a Dangerous tool? I inherited from my Dad, his Delta Shaper. That motor spins the shaper bit at several thousand rpm, and it's got some SERIOUS torque! Feather boards are an absolute MUST HAVE with this tool.
Thank you for a Great safety video!
I have a suggestion option for #4, use a sacrificial layer of sheet goods, (MDF, plywood, or foam board), under your piece. It catches the cut piece and prevents most tear out. Since I live in my bus and have no actual shop, I use this method regularly. Plus, once the sacrificial sheet (I use 5/8 plywood) is completely wasted, it can be cut down for firewood.
Liked the tip about the brad nailer.
Just a suggestion 2 those who don't have an out feed table.
I have 2 use my saw outside. So I just used carabiners & zip ties 2 attach a tarp from my chain link fence 2 my saw. I put a 2x4 n the tarp 2 keep it from being collapsed by the wind. Just fold & stow when ur done.
Be careful out there y’all!