Oooops!

[George Bregar]

I'm getting close to completion of my shop and used my Unisaw for the first time. I was ripping some "rustic oak" flooring and hit a loose knot which the blade shot out like a rifle bullet. Guess what's right behind my saw? :mad:

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I will be replacing the window with a slider/screen anyway so no big deal. I just boarded it up for now. But I'm going to have to install a track to drop a board in when I'm ripping. Funny thing is that prior the thought occurred to me that "if I ever have a kick back that window is toast". :D

[Ken Fitzgerald]

George.......don't you just hate being right? LOL!

Glad you weren't hit.

[Dick Mahany]

Sheesh that must have been scarry! Looks like it blew the table off your bandsaw too :D

Might want to go with polycarbonate rather than glass for the new window. Good luck.

[George Bregar]

Sheesh that must have been scarry! Looks like it blew the table off your bandsaw too :D

Might want to go with polycarbonate rather than glass for the new window. Good luck. The bandsaw table is being "derusted" at home. And I thought of your suggestion. We'll see. I have the cutout for the window still. Happened too fast to be scary...PING CRASH :D

[Carl Beckett]

I'm getting close to completion of my shop and used my Unisaw for the first time.


Ironic that this happened on the very first test cut!!!

[George Bregar]

Ironic that this happened on the very first test cut!!! Well maybe I shouldn't say that it wasn't a test or my first cut. Is it ironic if it was actually my last cut of the day? Because it was. :D

[Don Jarvie]

I've taken out two panes so far since the doors are behind the saw. I plan on putting plexiglass over the windows to prevent this from happening again.

[Ole Anderson]

George I was guessing a pic of you with 5 or 6 stitches and a big bruise as you, too, were most likely behind the saw. Glad it was "just" the window. I bet you watch for loose knots from now on!

[Brian Kincaid]

That is scary. Glad it didn't hit you!
-Brian

[Michael Weber]

Real woodworkers stand directly behind their saw cuts so the kickback hits them thus saving the important things in the shop. Just kidding. I second Brian, glad it didn't hit you.

[George Bregar]

George I was guessing a pic of you with 5 or 6 stitches and a big bruise as you, too, were most likely behind the saw. Glad it was "just" the window. I bet you watch for loose knots from now on!I was behind the saw but of course not behind the blade. I actually finished the cut. I could hear the glass break through my "ears." So all is well. Thanks all.

[Don Jarvie]

Those little pieces usually go flying and hit something you don't want them to hit.

[Jerry Bruette]

Be sure to post pictures of damage when something bounces off the polycarb window back into the shop.

Jerry

[ray hampton]

It's are too bad that we can not buy transparent sheet of rubber to replace the broken window glass, the rubber pane would stretch instead of breaking