It's even made me more careful when I use obviously much smaller power tools at home. Tools like circular saws, mitre saws, and even angle grinders have the ability to irreversibly change your life (or worse) in the blink of an eye if not handled with care and respect.
Just thinking about that video again has made me feel slightly queasy, but there's no doubt seeing it has done me a huge favour.
Angle grinders are next level, fundamental "respect or you'll be maimed" stuff.
Angular momentum is not as fundamentally easy to judge and is easily underestimated.
That's true but they're not sufficient to protect against all injuries if you don't take proper precautions. And, as far as circular saws go, you're flat out wrong about them not jumping and hurting you: if they bind up in the wood that's exactly what can happen in the worst case. It's called kickback.
I’m tempted to search for industrial lathe accidents next but I think that will have to wait till tomorrow.
https://acoup.blog/2019/08/16/collections-this-isnt-sparta-p...
Not related, but I'll just close by saying I didn't have the same respect that I now have for rotating shafts at industrial facilities until I saw some industrial accidents on the internet. Lo and behold years later, as a programmer, I'm working at a factory automating some things and there it is, an un-shrouded rotating shaft connected to a fairly large motor, right there at ankle level. Stink was raised, shroud was installed.