Australian Wood Review

Safer on Your Mitre Saw

any woodworkers, including numerous tradespeople, are unaware of some of the serious injuries that can be caused by the mitre saw. On countless videos shared on social media, operators are seen risking themselves by holding a piece with their bare hand close to the spinning blade. One study of the statistics kept by the National Electronic Injury Surveillance System put the mitre saw second only to the tablesaw as causing the greatest number of

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