Tool companies have a duty of care to ensure that their products are as safe to use as possible. Having said that, it is solely the users responsibility to read the safety instructions and use the product properly and safely. Tools are inherently dangerous, and no matter how careful you are, accidents can happen...that's why I don't take the safety guards off my tools, and if some procedure looks or feels sketchy, I find another way to do it. My first woodworking injury was in school, when I cut the tip of a finger off with a tenon saw...I didn't like it and I'm bloody well never doing it again! The best defence against accidents is knowledge and common sense...Sadly both of those appear to be in really short supply these days. It also doesn't help when some prominent makers on TH-cam do some very dodgy things with power tools on the pretext that 'I am an expert and I know what I'm doing'. Table saws do seem to be the tools that cause the most amputations and serious injuries, and I'm guessing it is because lots of people just can't resist removing the big plastic cover and passing their hands within inches of the vicious, toothed spinny thingy!
Hye, apologies, work has been manic, hence the poor reply! I agree with you on all points. Companies cant put unsafe tools out but ultimate responsibility has to be placed on the end user. Common sense is in very short supply, I wonder if this has something to do with the rise of screen time where mistakes can easily be undone. There are no reset buttons in life so we had to make sure we did things as correctly as possible, I dunno, might just me becoming an old man lol
And yeah, some TH-camrs blow my mind with how unsafe they are. I remember a few years a go a company had real issues with TH-camrs using their product and it failing, except it never failed in a full on factory environment when it was being used for hours a day. A big part of that came out that the TH-camrs didnt understand tool maintenance or how to store the tool. They would use it and then wrap the cable really tight around the tool instead of creating a loose loop. This meant that the cable would heat up and then there was a constant stretch and twist on the internal copper of the cable which caused it to fail. It wasnt a fault in the tool per say, just that the people using it hadnt been shown how to correctly store it because it was just common sense in the industry.
Totally agree I think you need too experience using basic tools without the safety systems too appreciate what the new safety implements are there for , it’s not good to be complacent on such high powered and dangerous tools.. coming from someone’s who’s been injured by them. Just as you said you need to be switched on and have a sense of fear/respect for the tool. 👏
Thanks for the reply and apologies for my poor comms, work has been manic! I totally agree, complacency is a killer. We all need to be responsible for our own safety.
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'Common Sense' is now listed as a Superpower. Take care & stay safe M8.
🤣 I think you're right mate! Thanks for the comment and thanks for always taking the time to watch mate. Be good!!
Tool companies have a duty of care to ensure that their products are as safe to use as possible. Having said that, it is solely the users responsibility to read the safety instructions and use the product properly and safely.
Tools are inherently dangerous, and no matter how careful you are, accidents can happen...that's why I don't take the safety guards off my tools, and if some procedure looks or feels sketchy, I find another way to do it. My first woodworking injury was in school, when I cut the tip of a finger off with a tenon saw...I didn't like it and I'm bloody well never doing it again! The best defence against accidents is knowledge and common sense...Sadly both of those appear to be in really short supply these days. It also doesn't help when some prominent makers on TH-cam do some very dodgy things with power tools on the pretext that 'I am an expert and I know what I'm doing'. Table saws do seem to be the tools that cause the most amputations and serious injuries, and I'm guessing it is because lots of people just can't resist removing the big plastic cover and passing their hands within inches of the vicious, toothed spinny thingy!
Hye, apologies, work has been manic, hence the poor reply! I agree with you on all points. Companies cant put unsafe tools out but ultimate responsibility has to be placed on the end user. Common sense is in very short supply, I wonder if this has something to do with the rise of screen time where mistakes can easily be undone. There are no reset buttons in life so we had to make sure we did things as correctly as possible, I dunno, might just me becoming an old man lol
And yeah, some TH-camrs blow my mind with how unsafe they are. I remember a few years a go a company had real issues with TH-camrs using their product and it failing, except it never failed in a full on factory environment when it was being used for hours a day. A big part of that came out that the TH-camrs didnt understand tool maintenance or how to store the tool. They would use it and then wrap the cable really tight around the tool instead of creating a loose loop. This meant that the cable would heat up and then there was a constant stretch and twist on the internal copper of the cable which caused it to fail. It wasnt a fault in the tool per say, just that the people using it hadnt been shown how to correctly store it because it was just common sense in the industry.
Totally agree I think you need too experience using basic tools without the safety systems too appreciate what the new safety implements are there for , it’s not good to be complacent on such high powered and dangerous tools.. coming from someone’s who’s been injured by them. Just as you said you need to be switched on and have a sense of fear/respect for the tool. 👏
Thanks for the reply and apologies for my poor comms, work has been manic! I totally agree, complacency is a killer. We all need to be responsible for our own safety.