[efsavage]

They can both be dangerous but one difference is that the band saw _seems_ much less dangerous and people would take it less seriously. In a shop full of adolescent novices I could see this causing more injuries whereas the tablesaw is probably more closely supervised and people will respect it more.

I'd say overall a tablesaw is more dangerous compared to a band saw because it has the additional failure mode of kickback which happens occasionally even to very experienced operators.

[aidenn0]

I think that's probably it. The band-saw didn't really look different or more intimidating than the jigsaws we had previously been using. The table-saw looks like it wants to kill you.