I would say number one tool that I am afraid and have the most respect for. He was right to become very cautious.

Whenever I do something sketchy like that, I *ALWAYS* make sure that the heel of my hand is resting firmly on the fence so if something goes wrong, my hand won't drop into the blades.

I messed up on a jointer in highschool, and can say that video is 100% accurate. I can do that whole disappearing thumb trick like a pro now though fr.

Jamie Perkins from The Perkins Builder Brothers lost most of his left fingers to a jointer accident. Just goes to show that machines don’t care what they cut.

I burst out laughing and scared my cat when you said, "Make sure the camera is rolling and tag me..." LMFAO

You said "doo doo" 😂

In my high school wood class, we had a kid just use the jointer and he flipped the switch to turn it off, but for some reason he stuck his finger in their to try and get it to stop faster. He found out it didn’t stop for his finger and had to go to the hospital. Never saw the kid in class again.

An operation like this is the only time in 27 years I've actually hurt myself in my shop. I took exactly 116th of an inch off of my thumb which is good to know my machine was set properly...

I stuck my hand in my bandsaw blade a couple years ago. Cost me a knuckle cap and surgery to reattach my tendon to my index finger. This was all while using push sticks but I was just pushing too hard trying to cut through a hundred years old knot. The night before a Christmas craft show. Luckily I got to keep my fingers/hand and after a few months of rehab I'm as good as new!

I’m glad you’re thinking about the KZfaq audience. If anyone thinks they are about to hurt themselves, make sure to post video proof on a short

The jointer, lathe, and angle grinder are terrifying machines to have accidents with.

Props for pointing out the dangerous actions in your Videos and the precautions you take to minimize the risk. My halfsister lost her right thoumb in a plaining accident and has not been capable to return to woodworking due to trauma. Be careful out there people!

Jamie Perkins knows better than anyone how easy it can happen

That janky grain pattern would make me terrified of running it on a jointer. Glad to see care was taken and a warning given.

I hope your regular followers welcome and appreciated the precautionary warning. My father was an avid woodworker with about 40 years of experience. I enjoyed working with him and thought I would take up the hobby when I retired. Unfortunately, one afternoon he lost the tips of three fingers in a joiner accident! There is no reattaching that which a joiner shaves off. The surgeon actually sent me back to the shop to look for something to reattach! I dutifully picked through the gruesome shavings just to confirm what I already knew. My woodworking aspirations sorta went into the shavings heap with his finger tips. I’m not confident or arrogant enough to believe it couldn’t happen to me too, and I couldn’t ever create anything in that shop more valuable than my finger tips!

Lol as someone who’s fingers met the teeth of a table saw- I would highly recommend thinking through every cut😂. Fortunately, I still have my digits but did lose some meat in the process. Nothing 40 stitches and a $10,000 trip to the ER couldn’t fix.

Lmmfao you told them to tag you! 😂😂😂 That was a slick knock down lmao 🤣🤣

every high school with a carpentry shop with a jointer has a story or two of something going wrong.

CLEAR!!! ⚡️Looked like you had the paddles on it. I'm sure you did breathe new life into it, though

Man I actually cought the tip of my ring finger about 2 weeks ago my fingernail was like shrapnel had to pull out pieces of it extremely lucky it's all healed up now and my fingernail has grown back

Yup!!! It doesn't hurt at all. Just feels like some taped you. Just a little tap!!!

Lol, make sure the camera is rolling and tag me, cam, thats so dark! I love it

while I was studying carpentry. our teacher was showing how these machines work, and he really drove home the how NOT TO use them part when it took a piece of his thumb. but he did laugh about it afterwards. a true carpenter orders 5 beers with 3 fingers lol.

The chaotic neutral I never knew I needed 🤣

You can never be too careful. New guy just had his clothes sucked into the leaf blower and about lost his pecker.

I can tell you from personal experience what happens when things go bad with a jointer. It will plane your fingers, hand... Two fingers slightly shorter than their counterparts and one fouled up fingernail bed.

My buddy’s father in law recently trimmed a few fingers on a machine like that. Good thing he lives close to the Hillsboro hospital. Cool final piece.

A friend of mine placed his hand right on a jointer while adjusting something underneath the machine and he had to have his skin transplanted from his forearm and stuff, those machines are no joke!

He said doodoo 😂

Understanding the purpose of a tool such as a joiner is key to safe operation. The joiner sole purpose is to face plane and edge plane a piece of stock to achieve a 90 degree /s2s corner. From there, the milling process continues. There are several concerns with your use adaptation. The grain of a burr or burl is unpredictable and may contain inclusions that will create kickback or shatter the piece. The minimum length of stock should be 12 inches in length. Your fence has the same flaw as the Powermatic Joiners with the plastic resin insert directly after the blades. This creates a sticking point for stock. I had a student encounter this situation and when he attempted to pull the stock back to free it, the stock kicked back and the paddle that he as using flipped his hand onto the blade. He lost two fingers in the blink of an eye.

I had a guy in my highschool woodshop class rush to finish his project and ended up with half a pinky, jointers are scary machines when shit goes south.

I’ve never operated a table saw but want to start doing it so I can do around the house fixes for my parents (and in the future if I ever own a home) and taking my hands off with a table saw is one of my biggest fears. I need to take a class or something - even though, I’ve worked in construction and at least operated a sawzall

Bro.. I pass whole ass firewood logs through my jointer to create a 4-6” flat surface to then bandsaw mill into boards. You’ll be fine. If it makes you that nervous you can always use a belt sander, either stationary or handheld, with 40 grit. Takes twice the time but gives the same result

My dad lost part of his finger to a jointer many years ago. You made me flinch so hard.

3 years ago i unfortunately had my thumb slip into a table top jointer. Lost a good chunk of my thumb. Definitely learned my lesson.

Love the sarcasm. Shop safety is no joke though. You can do everything right and it can still go terribly south.

As I have aged my fear factor has increased alongside my confidence level dropping. Recently I needed to use my chain saw. Not for very much and not in a dangerous position. I set it all up to fill and re=read the instructions several times. Days went by before I bit the bullet and followed through. It ended up being easier than I thought or feared but I will continue to do what I did cos you tube has shown me how east it can be to F up badly.

my favorite character trait is unapologetic truth. loved that last line in the video! lol

Having had the tip of my finger cut off in a jointer accident working with logs, this brings back memories.

I enjoyed every second of this, thank you so much! ❤

In woodshop in highschool a kid lost most of his hand in a planer. Super fun, they didnt get sll of the blood off the wall and ceiling.

Man you make incredible wood tables and omg your humor is the best! 👏

I tangled with a table saw once. Did a little research after the fact and one thing that almost all accidents had in common was the premonition that we were about to do something bad.

In my fathers youth, he shortened his index finger on a jointer. Then, in high school, I watched a classmate do the same thing by curling his fingers over the front edge rather than using push blocks. A healthy fear/respect goes a long way.

OmGOD!! I remember having nightmares at my old job about running a damn jointer like this!!

The blade WILL bite you if you don't fear and respect it. Never let your guard down no matter how comfortable you've gotten with woodworking...

Getting more and more snarky in these. I'm enjoying it.

You just need a buddy that's already missing a couple digits. He'll plain it down for you. 😂

I’ve used all kinds of machinery as a an adult, and to this day nothing scares me more than the jointer from my high school wood shop. Hydraulic press is in second place, but it’s not even close.

That's a beautiful jointer!

I want one of your tables so damn bad, love the style

Jointers deserve that kind of respect, good on ya

My college furniture design teacher regularly had me take the guard off the jointer and do some skeeeeeetchy cuts. I did, and im fine, but it was one of those moments where i was like "yeah im never doing this again without you here making me do it"

Cameraman never dies, every time you do something dangerous, roll the cameras

I love it "make sure camera is rolling and tag me"

Most cinical woodworker on youtube. Love it👌

Dude it would fit you well with a week in Europe. My shop isn’t big enough, but I know a lot who’s also gone through the four year program with exams every five weeks to even call themselves a woodworker. This is so insane, to even own and operate a machine like a jointer that could break your hand for life, without any training. I saw no problem at all jointing that piece, and it worries me that you do.

This is exactly why I WATCH and never try at home most of what I see on the internet. Except for that one time I lost my wine key and my smart ass bought a bottle of wine but forgot to buy a new one. The internet saved me and I found the key the next day.

There is always another way to do something. It's just a matter of taking the time to do it with safety in mind.

make sure the cam rolling and tag... that got me 😂😂

Him: if you do do that,” Me: HHAHAHAHAHA HE SAID DODOOOOO

*"Its all fun & games until someone gets hurt, THEN ITS FCKING HILARIOUS!"*

The way that was moving before it was on reminded me of when the deli slicer at my work kept moving the ham i was slicing and dragged my finger with it

This must be a canon event where the Merlin didn't die from the Landmine blast

You remind me of my woodshop teacher who’s always like ok guys I’m going to do something sketchy because it’s me but please don’t try this

I once jointed my finger tip off. Good time would recommend. Made me a lot safer woodworker after that and I only had to give up a finger tip!

My father make’s cabinets for our house and some other family member and he sliced his finger pads off, wouldn’t stop bleeding. He instead of clottering it he dipped it into hot wax after a few times through it healed. He gained his nerves back 2 months later thankfully

Seen it , watched a homie turn his fingers into spaghetti an loose all four fingers just past the last knuckle , we were in highschool shop class . I’ll never forget that.

Well… the cameraman never dies 🤷

Lmao this guy is a genius that was a good one

Always a safer way to do anything. You could have made an even bigger custom block, hot glued it, put feather board somewhere on it, sometimes I drive my car when there is freezing rain.... Depends on how much time you have...

The end had me wheezing 😂

Jaime Perkins of the Perkins Builder Brothers. Went from normal hands to a Terminator hand in about .05 seconds thanks to a jointer. Those things can and will mess you up for life

The last time I set myself on fire, my son said "Daddy do it again I didn't have my camera!" Reminds me of that...

The fact you know you can’t stop idiots but instead just ask to send you a video of the accident. You sir, are hilarious

I was worried about that unsupported bandsaw cut, looks like you were at least ready for the jointer to go scary, but the bandsaw cut 😮

Hehe “do do that” 😂 🎩👌

When I was young we had a blind guy in our school. He did wood working in shop class. The teacher had taken the time and taught him. You would also see him and his family riding their bikes through town. They had a card in the spokes. And he was able to follow this parent. With the other one and his sister behind him. Worked at a leading kitchen manufacturer for years. The table saw took the most fingers. My friend spinal shapered his to the knuckles. I have had some close calls the main saw I used was a pistorious. It’s taken some mostly when cleaning the machine. One guy when on the ground cleaning it but his hand over where the blade pops out. Then bumped the knee pad button some or on foot pedals. But the blade was still spinning even though it was off. Cut through one and got stuck in another.

When I was a kid I watched my dad remove the pad off of his thumb on a tablesaw. Push sticks are a good idea 👍stay safe, everyone

“You’ll be fine”- famous last words.

That happened to my brother back in the 80's. It wasn't pretty but fortunately he still has his scared thumb.

*“If you do that… make sure the camera is rolling and tag me in the comments”* 💀 Absolutely epic joke at the end. I did not see that coming

Nice good advice man 😂😂😂😂😂. BTW that piece came out 👌

When I was 20 I was cutting wood. Old head came up to me and told me to do it a different way. I knew it was wrong. It just felt dangerous. Kept doing it. When the wood kicked back I didn't even see it happen. Didn't feel it. Just was all of a sudden 10 feet from the saw, my hardhat was flying into an opposite wall and I knew something was off. Saw what I would describe as "a fatal amount" of blood, and the look on the face of a 50 year old foreman. I was working at a hospital and thank God. These days I respect saws and if it feels wrong, it's wrong.

As a kid I had a mishap with the jointer [way to small of piece to be jointing] an it barely just nicked my finger.(enough to bleed for 10 minutes while the woodshop teacher schooled me).never knew it till years later that I got extremely lucky I didn’t loose my whole tip an down to the bone..boy I’m glad I was quick in my younger days..

This happened to someone in my high school. It was like a meat slicer only faster. There is no way to reattach finely sliced fingers. He did a pretty good job of putting a nice angle on three fingers, though.

The joy of using tools that can send your fingers flying across the room. Or course dice them into the dust bin..

He had me in the first half, not gonna lie.

"Make sure the camera is rolling and tag me in the comments" lmao😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂 subscribed

Perkins brothers, Jamie is what happens. Great professionals as well.

lmaoooooo love this dude he said make sure to tag me

I am a 40-year Carpenter and I still have all my appendages, I always tell people who watch do not do what I do you will get yourself hurt !

Take a thick square piece of wood and install a handle on the top with woodglue and wooden dowels. You can now push the piece you are working on over the jointer from the back. The front side of the thick board will get a slight cut but you basically cannot slip and get you hand caught in the blades. Plus point is that you can use this sort of tool many times without having to remake it. Having one of those grip pads you used to aply slight pressure on the top is helpful as well in order to guarantee a smooth underside. And you can take your time while pushing the workpiece over the blades. Trust me its a great tool i highly recommend in order to not end up like me (got the back of ma hand cut off... also dont wear gloves people)

He said, “if you doodoo that” haha, I think that was funny

Make sure the camera is rolling and tag me in the comments, already love your sense of humor 😂

Build a router sled for small applications! Will save you a lot of thinking with custom piece's in the future! I definitely do sketchy shit myself, but knowing exactly what can go wrong and how to avoid it is key beforehand

Anytime I do some sketchy cuts I close my eyes so I don’t see the disaster happen 😂

I'd avoid that doodoo if I were you... 😂

Seriously made me lol at the end.

Out of all wood working machines the jointer scares me the most.