Does anyone else think this isn't safe?

Gees Del.
Your childhood sounds about as dangerous as mine was..


LOL. Our saw was quite different that this one, but this is basically the same "Farmall Regular" and shows "what a guy faced" when dealing with a GREAT BIG sawblade

[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vWXzugPa_ko"]Farmall Regular 360 degrees - YouTube[/ame]


Same idea. This has some sort of guard. Ours had a "fancy" sliding table on ball bearings!!!!

[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tCEDuJGTyNo"]Cord-wood saw mounted on 46 Farmall M - YouTube[/ame]