Originally Posted by
John Coloccia
It's because of posts like this that come up from time to time that every time I approach a tool I almost have this ritualistic checklist I automatically go down that keeps my hands out of the way, and my body out of the way of flying wood. It's almost like the run up you do just before you take off in an airplane. It's automatic and just takes a few seconds, but you do it so often and so automatically that as soon as the smallest detail is off, red flags go off and I rethink what's about to happen.