This week on Shop Talk Live, we get a little help from a bona fide rocket scientist regarding the forces involved in tablesaw kickback.
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Shop Talk Live 41: Ask a Rocket Scientist
On this week’s edition of Shop Talk Live, we tackle a recent letter we received concerning safe tablesaw practices and the “right way to rip.” To get down to the science of it all, we’re introducing a new segment we’re calling “Ask a Rocket Scientist.” Yup, we have a rocket scientist on-hand to fill us in on all the physics.
Plus, we answer a variety of questions including how to deal with “gummy” bandsaw blades, stubborn handplane tearout in figured maple, and hand tools for intricate inlay work. All this and more on a brand-new Shop Talk Live.
Links from this Week’s Show
Matt Kenney’s 100 Year-Old Jointer Rehabilitation
Phil Lowe’s Workbench with Built-in Storage
See Tablesaw Kickback in Action
Comments
Do y'all publish transcripts of the ShopTalk podcasts? I'm just not a fan of listening - much prefer reading, in case I want to go back to a previous sentence.
Hi Brint: Unfortunately, we do not offer transcripts of the show.
Best,
Ed
Great episode!! I was listening to it during a long drive, as I normally do. I had noticeable smile on my face while hearing about Matt Kenny wax poetically about the restored vintage Oliver jointer, then all of a sudden my wife interrupts this beautiful moment by saying "wow, this is riveting" (in a totally sarcastic tone). How could she not appreciate this?? But like I said, it was a long drive and eventually the episode that talked about making baby furniture (cribs, and the like, not baby-furniture...) came on and her attitude completely changed!
Keep it up, looking forward to the change to weekly episodes in the near future. You promised you would after the website gets updated...
Love the show and i think you guys should go weekly .your magazine and your podcast has been instumental in me acheiving many of woodworking goals and i think you guys are a helluva lotta of fun
I do love the information the show has in it but the childish banter back and forth reminds me of a group of teenage boys.
Maybe you could leave that for your at work jobs. The magazine has none of that isn't this put out by Fine Woodworking?
And would you just finally have Keith Offermans baby and be done with it.
Oh I totally agree with VESPID, could you please stop having fun and make the podcast into work! Who told you that you could inject some humor and enjoyment into your jobs, shame on you. Back to work or I'll get out the whip you mindless drones. Heaven forbid you actually enjoy yourselves while getting something done, don't you have any moral fiber? This isn't the time or place for fun and none of us do this because it's fun so stop trying to make us enjoy it already.
I agree with VESPID too. Why don't you just grab and old woodshop text book and read aloud.
Sheesh. Lighten up.
Vespid's Offerman comment just made me snort coffee out my nose -- I laughed so hard. Well put, sir. Well put.
I think VESPID meant Nick Olbermann.
Oh, and I completely agree about not having fun. My favorite podcasts are the ones when the host aren't having any fun.
The only thing I can think of with the kickback speed being lower if you were to "catch" the piece by standing near to the saw is the piece that's kicked back is long enough that it's still being propelled by the blade when it hits you -- the maximum velocity is always going to be at the moment when the blade and piece are no longer touching.
So, if the piece is 3 feet long, and your body stops it with a foot left to go before it's left the blade, yes, it's slower. Still going to hurt, I suspect.
My high school shop had the table saw set up such that kickbacks would hit an area with classroom desks -- which sounds like a bad idea, but we rarely used the classroom and the shop area at the same time.
It'd probably be better to have plexiglas shields set up to protect against kickbacks. We used these all over when I worked in a materials testing lab.
VESPID, the beatings will continue until morale improves, right? Lighten up dude. Woodworking is a HOBBY to most. If we can't have fun and be goofy sometimes, what's the point?
And PLEASE, PLEASE, PLEASE start doing this podcast weekly! The two weeks between episodes are killing me!
OK I've held back as long as I can, now I need to comment. Asa and Matt need to not be on the podcast. When either one of them is there the toilet humor abounds. I listen to learn not be insulted by off color and childish comments.
I know Asa is the boss but he constantly interrupts everyone to say his piece. Matt acts like a college kid out with his buddies. Come on guy straighten up and keep the show with a G rating.
I vote to ban Asa and Matt from the podcast!
Keep Mike and Ed!! When they do a show together - ALONE - it is the best show! Packed full of information and learning.
I vote to NOT ban Asa and Matt! The hobby is dying and I believe it's in large part to an old guard that is hardly reaching out to the younger generation. Asa and Matt give the show some life and my guess would be their humor is appreciated more often than not. Has there really been anything that crude or non-G rated?? Come on man....
I also vote to ban Matt from the show.
Safety and Rings. They should never be worn
when using a power tool. NEVER! I continue to see this in photos even in FWW. Also, I wear safety boots at all times. You could get a very nasty cut from a sharp tool if it happened to fall on your foot.
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