Table Saw Safety Video Ironically Most Dangerous Thing in Workshop

YouTube woodworker Brad Kessler set out to create 'the definitive table saw safety video' last Thursday and instead produced what safety experts are calling 'the most comprehensive documentation of everything that can go wrong with a table saw in a single afternoon.' The video, which Kessler has titled 'Table Saw Safety: A Comprehensive Guide' but which commenters have renamed 'Final Destination: The Workshop,' begins with Kessler calmly explaining proper blade height adjustment. By minute three, a piece of maple has become a projectile. By minute seven, the GoPro mounted to the fence guard has been destroyed. By minute fourteen, a neighbor has called 911. 'I wanted to demonstrate kickback so people would understand the danger,' Kessler said from his workshop, which now features a new drywall patch and a restraining order from his GoPro. 'The demonstration was more effective than planned.' The video has gone viral, accumulating 8 million views in four days. Comments range from 'This is the best argument for hand tools I've ever seen' to 'The piece of maple that went through the drywall traveled faster than the speed of sound.' SawStop, the company that manufactures table saws with flesh-sensing brake technology, has asked permission to use the footage in their marketing materials. Kessler's insurance company has asked him to stop woodworking. 'Every safety rule I intended to teach, I violated,' Kessler admitted. 'Blade too high. No splitter. Wrong push stick technique. Standing directly behind the cut. It's like I was reading a safety manual and doing the opposite of each instruction.' The video now carries a content warning and is required viewing for woodworking students at three community colleges.