{"id":3753,"date":"2015-11-29T00:43:27","date_gmt":"2015-11-29T05:43:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.rpwoodwork.com\/blog\/?p=3753"},"modified":"2015-11-29T00:43:27","modified_gmt":"2015-11-29T05:43:27","slug":"two-simple-safety-questions-that-make-a-point","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rpwoodwork.com\/blog\/2015\/11\/29\/two-simple-safety-questions-that-make-a-point\/","title":{"rendered":"Two simple safety questions that make a point"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"power<\/p>\n

Here is a palpable way to look at power tool safety<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

This occurred to me as I was holding in my hand the DeWalt DWP611 compact router<\/a>. It is so easy to wield this little machine with one hand \u2013 it’s easier to grip than a youth-size football \u2013 that I sensed a bit of over-confidence<\/strong> sneaking in as I was preparing to put it to the wood.<\/p>\n

This little beast, however, has a tail that plugs into an electrical outlet, so it can generate 1.25 HP. Question:<\/strong> are you more powerful<\/em> than a horse?<\/p>\n

Moving over to the table saw, here’s another question<\/strong>. The tip speed of a 10″ blade at 3450 RPM is 103 MPH. Think about kickback. Are you faster<\/em> than that?<\/p>\n

There is no way the woodworker is strong or fast enough to beat an out-of-control power tool. Therefore, the operation to be performed must be fully controlled and fully predictable<\/strong>. There is no room for doubt or hoping. You must know what is going to happen before it happens<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

It is difficult to over-emphasize<\/strong>: we ultimately must control our power tools with our brains. Knowledge, proper setup, patience, and alertness are absolute requirements.<\/p>\n

Without them, we’re just not good enough.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Here is a palpable way to look at power tool safety. This occurred to me as I was holding in my hand the DeWalt DWP611 compact router. It is so easy to wield this little machine with one hand \u2013 it’s easier to grip than a youth-size football \u2013 that I sensed a bit of […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3753","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-techniques"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rpwoodwork.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3753","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rpwoodwork.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rpwoodwork.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rpwoodwork.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rpwoodwork.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3753"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.rpwoodwork.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3753\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3758,"href":"https:\/\/www.rpwoodwork.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3753\/revisions\/3758"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rpwoodwork.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3753"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rpwoodwork.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3753"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rpwoodwork.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3753"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}