Keep your fingers safe

摘要

Small parts are always tricky to make safely. I work with a basic rule: Keep my hands as far away from the blades as I can. I always use jigs and safe-hold devices in my shop. Push sticks for a tablesaw can be designed for many uses other than simply pushing square stock through a sawblade. Here, I've drilled holes in two push sticks sized for the cylinder of rosette stock. The first (above) safely holds the stock so that I can rotate it against the cove bit.