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    This warning saved my life (sarcasm)

    I was just about to use my table saw to cut up a bunch of metal and concrete. Thank goodness I saw this warning label for my new saw blade.

    Something had to have actually happened for this label to be necessary. Which one of you was it?

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    Quote Originally Posted by Malcolm Schweizer View Post
    I was just about to use my table saw to cut up a bunch of metal and concrete. Thank goodness I saw this warning label for my new saw blade.

    Something had to have actually happened for this label to be necessary. Which one of you was it?

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    CYA by attorney. Sad but necessary. brian
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    Ignorance can be cured stupid is forever if you don't believe that just see the warnings compiled in this list.
    https://www.rrcs.org/Downloads/silly...bels_list2.pdf
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    Metal might include aluminum, which I hear people suggesting all the time. The top warning is the one that gets me. "Avoid coming into contact with wood knots"?!?!?! What type of blade did you buy, a paper one? And what's up with the "Avoid running into nails or screws obscured from view" Nobody wants to run into those if they can help it.

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    The message should be included the people that inspired the warning, not the blade.
    A tattoo maybe

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    I enjoyed the label on this.

    "If you don't understand the label, find someone to explain it to you in detail"
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    I like the bottle of acetaminophen I bought a while back. It says in big bold red letters on the top of the lid "Contains Acetaminophen". I sure hope a bottle of acetaminophen contains acetaminophen! About as stupid as a jar of peanut butter having a warning that it contains peanuts.

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    I routinely cut concrete blocks on my Saw Stop table saw, using a Forrest WW2. A little dusty, but very handy to have the right tools for the job.
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    That metal and concrete dust probably causes cancer here.
    I had a corded drill that warned not to use if it did not run.
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    Years ago I cut a bunch of paving stones on my Craftsman RAS using a stone cutting blade. I did it outside with a fan blowing the dust away. I suffered no ill effects but it destroyed the RAS motor and I had to have it rewound. Concrete dust is nasty.

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    I apparently wrecked a Makita brushless grinder by cutting just a little bit of concrete with a diamond blade. I haven't had a chance to take it apart to see if it can be salvaged.

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    There was no warning label against this, so I assumed it was okay. I've done it a number of times and consider the cheap 4-1/2" grinders disposable. I don't need one often enough to buy a real one.
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