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Watch: Man's miraculous near-miss from runaway saw blade - BBC News (www.bbc.co.uk)

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[–] RatBin 3 points 7 months ago (2 children)

But, how many times do you see a runaway sawblade...I haven't so far (good thing, it looks dangerous)

[–] mrbaby 3 points 7 months ago

Just because you don't see them doesn't mean they aren't there. Nobody realizes it until it's too late, and they're not arou

[–] bitchkat 2 points 7 months ago (1 children)

And I assumed it was going to be a table saw accident or something. Where that blade come from and why was it travelling so fast?

[–] RatBin 1 points 7 months ago

No idea, but if you take your time you will notice it left a perfet straight line on the upper layer of the asphalt pavement. A good deal of the blade got throgh the facade of the store and got stuck there. Idk, it looks line one of those anime superpowers like blade summoning or similar shit. There must be a workshop nearby...but still...