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ChadTower:

I'm doing some reading on woodshop safety as I prepare to take on some projects.  I'm betting that when this guy got his breath back, he experienced a moment of sheer horrifying terror before realizing the blood was only from his thumb.


--- Quote ---"I was ripping a narrow piece of pine about two feet long, without a push stick. As the wood was going through the blade I was watching the far end to keep it against the fence and ran my thumb into the blade, cutting ¼-inch off the tip. When I felt the blade hit my finger I jerked my hand out, clutched it with my other hand and started to jump up and down just as the saw fired the wood my way, striking me squarely in the privates."
--- End quote ---

patrickl:
I'm always afraid of the "two cases of bolts loosening up" idea. I can only imagine what happens when the blade comes loose somehow.

When I was a kid my aunt once told how the drum from her washing machine came loose, wrecking her furniture. I never looked the same at a washing machine running it's drum at 1200 to 1500 rpm.

My uncle actually lost 4 fingers on his saw table. He wanted to check if the motor wasn't overheating.

danny_galaga:

--- Quote from: patrickl on July 06, 2007, 06:34:55 pm ---I'm always afraid of the "two cases of bolts loosening up" idea. I can only imagine what happens when the blade comes loose somehow.

When I was a kid my aunt once told how the drum from her washing machine came loose, wrecking her furniture. I never looked the same at a washing machine running it's drum at 1200 to 1500 rpm.

My uncle actually lost 4 fingers on his saw table. He wanted to check if the motor wasn't overheating.

--- End quote ---

is his nick name 'fingers'?

sorry, couldn't help myself  :-[

Glaine:
Because theres poor taste, and then theres danny.

MikeQ:
I was using a woodshaper (industrial type) and unfortunately, they don't kick the wood out when it binds.  They pull the wood in.  My hand went under the guard and I lost my ring, middle and index finger at the first knuckle down from the fingernails on my left hand.  Luckily, I'm right handed.

I now have the most expensive home entertainment center you can imagine.

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