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Re:Why software engineers like woodworking by mgkimsal on Friday June 10, 2022 @10:55AM (#31695077)
Mid 80s.

We were in a 'newer' school district - the middle school was less than 10 years old at that time. All equipment was relatively 'new'.

Re:Why software engineers like woodworking by CoastalCoder on Friday June 10, 2022 @12:00PM (#31695968)
Thanks. I only started using table saws a few years ago, so I watched a lot of youtube videos on safe operation.

It seems clear that using (riving knife) + (blade guard) + (push sticks or similar) + (feather board) + (careful adherence to safe operation) eliminates most of the risk.

I'm still unclear how much risk remains when following those rules. Maybe because most injuries I hear about involve people skipping at least one of those five elements.