I’m 67, retired firefighter, have enjoyed working with wood my whole life. Lord willing I will get to do this 15-20 more years. It’s never to late to make the right decision. You’ve convinced me to get a sawstop. Safety,safety,safety.
Thanks Rob for all your great videos, but I think this is the best one.

“Don’t do this when you’re tired.” Best free advice ever. I would add “when you’re frustrated, angry, or buzzed in any way.”  I also build vacuum tube guitar amps which can have 400+ volts inside and the same rules apply.

I've been using table saws for 30 years, and I feel that anyone buying a table saw should watch this video. And all of us who have been at it awhile should watch as well...as a reminder. It is excellent.

Sooooo many great take-always in this video. Rarely do I hear people talking about kids entering the workspace as a hazard, no music, being tired… ITS NOT WORTH IT! Thanks for the solid gems Rob.

Many decades ago when I was student, the only stationary tool I could afford was a Sears radial arm saw. It was definately  the most dangerous tool in my shop. Ripping required the use of a long push stick. It kept my fingers away from the blade but I had limited control. I ripped this way until a piece of wood I was ripping  kicked back clean through a wall covered in 5/8 drywall. A scary lesson in how fast and powerful kickback is. I bought a cabinet saw after that. I am now now a more experienced, safer woodworker but this tutorial has shown me one aspect of my work that needs to change: keeping my tablesaw work space really clean. I have had a habit of using my fence as a tray and placing small items on it  (pencils, measuring tape...) plus I have also, at times, stacked small finished cuts on the other side of my fence. A great tutorial Rob. It will improve my shop practice.

I ran across your channel not long ago, first of all, by looking at your hands I know that you mean what you say, or you have the experiance, lol;
I grew up in a cabinet making shop where from my grandfather up everyone used all kind of tools, when the sawstop came along I sold my powermatic tablesaws and purchased a 5hp and a 3hp sawstops, put them back to back like the other I had and have a good time using them, funny thing, I said I grew up in a woodworking family but I didn't mention that my day job is to fix people's hearts, not wookworking, but as a decompressing mechanism from my day job, as it brings childhood memories and puts me in a comfortable mental setting, I set up a nice woodworking shop with all kind of toys that I  use it as a hobby on my free time, teach my kids that even if they might want to push a pen as a day job, they still need to know what is like to do manual labor as they might need to apply that in their own lives hence not having to pay for everything they might need fixing in their homes.
Reason you got my attention is what you are doing for the vets, I command you for that, I work with vets all day everyday as I work for the VA hospital in the cardiology department, I get to be really personal with all our vets that goes thru my hands, its an experience that unless one does it for a while and see/feel what our vets been/goes thru, one wouldn't understand, so on that I really appreciate people like you that is willing to go out of their way to make sure that our vets feel respected and appreciated for their service and continuously help them cope with some of the stuff majority of them experienced.
God Bless and keep up the good work.
Dan

This is probably the most thorough YouTube video on the subject. Great job!

After 50 years, I'm proud to say... I have all my digits also... I love using my table saw...it requires your full concentration and never allow yourself to become complacent

Great video. A couple of safety steps I also take:

I periodically check the arbour nuts for tightness if I haven't changed the blade in a while. Not sure how likely they can come loose, but I would rather suffer the inconvenience than deal with a spinning blade flying at me.

I also "rehearse" the cut with the saw stopped and blade down just to get a quick familiarity with the motion and ensure nothing surprising is going to happen. With a cabinet saw that probably wouldn't be as necessary, but I have a small shop and use a jobsite saw that I can fold away to make space. So each setup is not quite exactly the same as the last.

Great video - Thanks for taking the time. And, a Danish flag chillin on the wall - SKAL !!

Thank you, Rob. These are all excellent things to keep in mind with the table saw

Along with avoiding clutter, making sure the floor is clean is a must. It's hard to push a sheet of plywood through the cut when your feet are slipping because there's sawdust on a slick concrete garage floor! Along those lines, what do you recommend for flooring around table saws?

Very nice instructional safety video. A lot of us have used a table saw most of our adult lives. I always listen to your safety videos. Fifty years of using a saw can often times make one complacent. Your videos ground is back to the safety basics. My rule is if it doesn’t feel safe, it probably isn’t.

Great video!

It’s always a pleasure to listen to your tutorials thanks.

Rob. A huge thank you for this table saw safety video! This subject would get my vote for a series of videos. With each tool / machine having one or more "deep dive" videos. I say this because you are 100% correct when you said there are alot of people that have zero training or even basic machine knowledge and  or safety training. The amount of people saved could be astronomical.

Hope that made sense.
Again, thank you so much Rob!

So interesting, Rob. Another school day. Thank you for taking the time to share 🌞

I'd love to upgrade from my 90s craftsman contractor saw, does all i need but not all i want. Kickback got me earlier last year. Cut almost a third of my middle finger

Very nice video, thanks !

thanks