Re: Progressively more intimidating tools.


"J. Clarke" <jclarke.usenet@xxxxxxx> wrote in message
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Can you explain the change in comments?
You do realize that accidents are often the result of mistakes.

Accident: unavoidable or unexpected event, usually of a negative
nature.

All "accidents" are caused by or are the result of mistakes.

On January 16, 1825, in India, a man and a woman were struck and killed
by a meteorite. What mistakes on their part brought this about?

While many accidents are caused by mistakes, not all of them are.

If I had
checked the wood and the setup more carefully the wood would not have
exploded because I would not have used a bad peace of wood under
stressfull conditions.

So how far do you take this checking? Do you do NMR scans on every
piece of wood you saw to determine the internal structure?

If I had checked the set up of my TS fence,
hight of the blade and and other TS setup and safety issues before I
cut I would not have had a kick back.

Unless the kickback was caused by internal stress in the wood, the
relief of which allowed it to close on the blade.

The list goes on and on when
ever I make a mistake and do not do the proper thing with my tools, I
stand the chance of an "accident' due to my mistakes. So I am saying
that all "accidents" are avoidable if you don't make mistakes.

And if you are omniscient and omnipotent perhaps.

When
you say you have had an accident you are saying that some where along
the line you made a mistake that resulted in an "accident".


So, again, what mistake did that couple in India make?

I am not
saying that bad things don't happen in my shop I am saying that they
could be avoided, and some times I learn how to avoid them through
having "accidents" which are my fault. So even though I have a lot
of mishaps in my shop they are my fault and are avoidable if I took
the time and effort to prevent them, which I will probably never do
as well as I would like to.

Certainly one should strive to avoid accidents, however that does not
mean that that striving, even if perfectly executed, will prevent all
accidents.

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I still say that all "accidents" are avoidable. Knowledge and skill will
help you avoid mistakes. The couple in India did not have the knowledge,
skill or equipment to avoid the meteorite, much of what they needed was not
avaible to them, thus a mistake occured, resulting in them getting hit by a
meteorite. Mistakes are not always avoidable with out the right knowledge
skill or equipment but they are still mistakes . From each mistake we
learn more on how to avoid it or in the case of the Indian couple encourage
others to find ways to avoid the mistake, this some times takes long periods
of time to learn what is needed.

Unless the kickback was caused by internal stress in the wood, the
relief of which allowed it to close on the blade.
Knowledge of the way the wood was dried and the type of wood would give you
an indication of a problem, use of splitters or other devices on the TS
would either solve or lessen the impact of this problem. If the wood may
have internal stress that would cause it to close on the blade and you don't
use a splitter (you should have gotten one with your TS) then you have made
a mistake and the kick back is not an accident but caused by a mistake.

If I had
checked the wood and the setup more carefully the wood would not have
exploded because I would not have used a bad peace of wood under
stressful conditions.

So how far do you take this checking? Do you do NMR scans on every
piece of wood you saw to determine the internal structure?
That would be a good way of doing it. I don't have the equipment so I look
at the wood and based on my knowledge I use it or don't use it. Sometimes
I'm wrong thus a mistake if there is a problem and not an "accident", If I
was right then no mistake.

We often need the knowledge of others to help us avoid mistakes, if you go
out of the house for the day you have probably listened to a weather man or
made use of weather data suppled to you by someone else who has knowledge of
the weather. If it is 30 deg below zero and you go out in shorts and a tee
shirt it is not an accident but a mistake. You did not take advantage of
knowledge avaible to you. The same applies to most of our actions in life.
Mistakes and learning how to avoid them can be half the fun of doing
anything including wood work.

So I am saying
that all "accidents" are avoidable if you don't make mistakes.

And if you are omniscient and omnipotent perhaps.
When I reach that level all the fun will be gone. Untill then I will strive
to make as few mistakes as I can and learn from the one I do make, and
accept the results of my actions.




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