I've done this. Took like 200k cuts with a skilsaw but I finally slipped. This dude ain't lying. Only missing half of the end of my middle finger tho I got luckier than them hot dogs

Thank you I've done that same thing and never realized it to be dangerous thank you very much never again

I just let material fall if it wants to fall. I keep my fingies above the saw.

So nice of KZfaq to not let those links be active in the description.

Done this so many times not even thinking. Learn something new every day, thank you...

I find supporting my workpiece with sacrificial cuts of wood helps with cutting accuracy too.

Thank you! A great reminder. I never touch the wood but instinct is to hold it. Those hotdogs just made a core memory for me!!

The only time I ever came close to getting hurt with a saw was by doing exactly what he said. I was holding the cut piece and when I tried to catch it my hand ended up close enough to the blade to nick my work glove. Great advise.

I use a big piece of rigid foam insulation. Works everytime

My shop teacher from 25+ years ago reached under. He was a carpenter building houses. Caught his winter glove and spun his middle finger off. No cut.. just torque. Great teacher.

This guy is a great carpenter, very knowledgeable. Good to see a short.

Great Saturday morning PSA. Sadly hotdogs were harmed in the making of this video.

Sufferin' duck, that bit with the sausages scared the life out of me!

Anybody else watch that old circular saw work safety video. Guy was standing right behind when the saw kicked back and it sliced into his thigh, specifically his femoral artery.

i am glad i saw this because.... i would do exactly that

Even if the saw doesn't kick back, it can bind and make the two sides of the cut scissor past each other. That happened to me, squeezed the inside of my finger out like stuffing.

I just did this today. No kick back or incidences but I’m glad I ran into this

More shorts and vids like this please!! What May be common sense to you may be life changing for us. Keep up you great content. I just found you and liked, shared, sub half a dozen bids in a row!!

Man that’s some great advice! Thank you

Also self flipping the blade guard, seen multiple injuries

Thank you so much for this short! Been working on a project for almost 2 months a little here and there with the help of a circular saw VERY EXTREMELY CAREFULLY. Haven't had any kickback/unstable issues. Going to be cutting 90° elbow and flat aluminum in a couple days. Wish me luck, but pray for my safety!! Thank you again!

OMFG!!!!! I never want to go near a power tool again now 😭 Just when I was getting ready to tile my kitchen and build butcher block countertops!!! Nooooooo!

This basically a handheld kickback like a table saw but it’s the blade that cuts the deepest 😮 I was taught to have the blade set at 1/8 of an inch above the surface of the boards since that’s the amount it may cut you, basically a scratch rather than a half inch of a severe injury 😢

I've never done this, thankfully. Thank you for pointing it out so that I never make this mistake.

Most battery saws, I have the same makita. Don't have the power to really kick back.

So apparently you have to stop the cut partway through, add support, then resume. Don't know that I would sacrifice wood, just add the support(s) under the already cut section, let the removed section fall (or not depending on support spacing) when the cut is finished.

Never arrived to get a kick back with that tool. Even cutting without support. That's a good advise for a bigger saw i suppose

Even better lay a sheet of plywood on the horses to act as a table, then you just lay 2x4s underneath the plywood you're cutting parallel to the cut. Nothing gets sacrificed and your plywood is fully supported.

Ouch. Iv been close a few times. This is smart. Also never be in a hurry!

Holding the front corner of the guard is another foolish habit. I watched a guy cut the end of his finger off doing that. The saw bound and kicked so fast it was over just like that.

Even if it's much cheaper to buy a circular saw every diy guy should invest in a track saw! Clean straight guided cuts, allows you to break down big sheets of ply much easier than on a tablesaw, clean cross cuts off small pieces with simple diy jigs just like a mitre saw, jointing boards like a jointer, etc. And you are instantly ready to start even big high quality projects. Sell them or take the time to save up money and build up your tool collection. Circular saws in my opinion are for job sites because of portability

I’ve always sort of instinctively done this, I just let things fall to avoid my fingers. I wonder if you know how to avoid kickback from a chain saw? I am poor so I had to cut a split tree down myself and I cut the whole thing without any mishaps whatsoever and then got to the very last cut on the trunk and it kicked back and I almost cut my head in half. It was a 12” electric chainsaw because I’m a girl.

Very good advice!!!

NEVER thought of this potential hazard. I typically let the pieces fall but you never know. Just takes that one time. So a huge thank you from me.

Should be taught in all carpentry classes, plus many other digit saving techniques

Thanks! I just finished a project last week with my saw, but I didn't know the saw could kickback like this.

Thank you for this! Bought my first circular saw today.

That's my number 1 fear, is zipping through fingers😂

Didn't think of that as a newbie, but I was letting the wood fall on my feet. Thanks.

I have that same saw .. got it in home depot parking lot for $60

4 hotdogs were harmed in the making of this video

Great video demonstrations. Brings out precisely a VERY critical issue wrt safety while using the circular saw. 'MUST SEE' for all ameture first-time- users and those introducing circular saws into their work inventory.

I usually clamp a support board to the main piece of wood

Thank you. Started making Halloween decor earlier today with no real guidance or training… I was determined. My boyfriend fed me to the wolves and left me with this tip, “good luck not loosing a finger when the saw kicks back”. I proceeded to work on my project and accomplished a lot. For some reason, his words just popped back in my head so I decided to look up saw kickbacks…. Yikes! Glad I did. Thank you for this video because I for sure am that person who will try hold up my longer falling pieces. Just glad I didn’t run into any problems earlier and will certainly take extra precautions. I really was taking the guard and other built-in safety precautions for granted.

Every new woodworker should watch a few videos like this!

as a hobby woodworker since 1985, despite being experienced, I literally just did that yesterday in a moment of idiocy and instantly realized but had to stay committed or risk destroying the cut. good thing i got away with the mistake and still have all my digits intact.

Thaaank you! Sooo helpful! I would like to see the other video but there is no info in the description 🙏🏻🙏🏻

Great advice! Surprised users aren't so paranoid of this tool that they would do something so reckless. This is tied with the angle grinder for tools that scare me the most. I'm so paranoid, I'm building out a full size table saw table that can hold a full 4x8 sheet so I never have to use one of these again if I can help it.

Those sausage shots always make me clench

I’ve done this sooooo many times and didn’t know it could be dangerous. Thanks for looking out brother! 👍

Great tip!

Happy this vid came back on my home screen so i can give thanks. I've always disliked working with my circular saw cause it felt complicated preparing the cut for big pieces. Such a simple solution to make it faster and safer work!

Good to know, I bought my first circ today! I made some sawhorses with a hand saw last week out of an old gate, once I finished that I went ahead and decided my life would be much easier with an electric saw after all 😆 My dad lost the tip of his thumb last year when a saw kicked back and this is exactly the type of thing I would’ve done trying to support it like I do when I cut with a hand saw 😅 Many thanks!

Great tips...

Thanks for sharing!

So simple and yet.....I never thought of it. Brilliant!

wow.. been doing DIY projects never even tough of that.... thank you

What about using a tool to grab the loose piece? I didn't fully grasp the sacrificial piece part

Haha, dude. How hard did you try to make sure you couldn’t see what was holding those weeners? Nice weener work!

The first time i used a circular saw, i actually watched safety videos first, but i never knew about kickbacks. Great advice here. As im planning to use it again soon. 🙏

Great video, I typically just cut into my saw horse tops, I can always just throw a couple more 2x6 on them

Those adjustable clamps are like the hands you’ll needin if ya don’t use em. Clem

I am a carpenter when your working on a house I look at homeowner an say do not do what I do with a saw. Saw don't care if it cuts wood or you

I've done my 5th cut when saw kicked back. From that point on, both hands on saw, gloves, glasses and ear covers always. I was not supporting piece with other hand, just was lazy and guided saw only with one hand when it hit the nail I didn't know was inside the wood.

Good stuff 👊

Our bowling team was "all thumbs but one" after we learned from the contractor teammate to not shave joists with a circular saw instead of a hand planer.

Never thought of that scenario 🤦‍♂️ THANK YOU 🙌

pro tip: run your sacrificial board all the way along your cut and clamp it. your bottom surface will look like it was cut with an xActo knife. perfectly devoid of splintering fibers.

Thanks Mate - Great advice

Setting saw blades to correct depths will prevent cutting anything off, circular saw, table saw etc. And use push sticks

#1 fingers in front of blade, #2 is kickback, #3 is when your filming a scary scene in a horror movie

Thanks for the advice

I never knew that could happen thank you so much for this.

This was very helpful. Thank you!!!

Really great advice!🔥

You can also cut your hand with a seesaw. Just always watch your hands is good practice.

So, kickbacks aren’t just for politicians!?

BTDT for decades, great safety tip.

That made me jump, poor Frank.....furthers.

i will implement this avice, but also not grabbing so close to the saw is gonna help aswell since even if it kicks back it may not reach your fingers if they’re pretty far away

Great advice!!!

OMG.. I seriously felt weak when I saw that visual! But, thank you for the heads up. I’ve probably done that. I had no idea I was a possibility, even though I call myself over vigilant.😊

After cutting a few inch’s off I normally put a clamp on the end to hold it together.

Sacrificial material in today’s wood prices hahaha he’s funny

Good advice thank you brother

I use a clamp to prvent the wood from falling off. I place at the end and begiining.

I didn’t know this, thanks for the advise!

I like to use a sheet of rigid insulation. Particularly for prefinished or nice veneers

Never thought of that and I use tools all tbe time. Thanks. I can see this happening a lot more than we know

That makita has a anti kickback

Wow. That is great information! I didn't know about this and never really thought about it. Thank you!

Most underrated video in KZfaq diy hostory

Fantastic! Learning every day.

Learned something today. Thank you!

That was awesome. Didn't see the hotdogs coming. Yikes! Glad they're not my fingers. Makes sense. Just like a table saw, never get behind *anything* that can kick back. In this case, it's the saw itself that kicks back rather than the workpiece.

I reach wayyy back on the material but I’m gonna change my ways.

Knew someone using circular saw whilst drunk holding wood with his hand, lost parts of 4 fingers

Oh my word. I dont even have one of these but those hot dogs will forever have a place in my mind if I am to use one. Wow

Thank you for the information.

Ah ha!! Great advice! Thank you!!