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Well,
After all these years of woodworking, I have now joined the club of "The Walking Injured".
Making a very narrow rip cut (splitter, no Shark Guard), and not using my usual GrrRipper, I was able to make the cut, but for some dumb a$$ reason I brought my left hand back directly across the spinning blade.
Luckily, I "only" clipped off the tip of my index finger and now have a perfect impression of a Freud "Fusion" blade tooth removed fropm the tip of my nail along with a dime sized chunk of skin.
Wrapped it up in a shop towel paper towel, and taped the paper to my finger with what else, but duct tape, and just shut it all down for the day.
I figured that one injury that day was more than enough.
I've done stupid things like running my hand over a non turning jointer head (those blades are sharp) and grabbing a new router bit the wrong way taking it out of the box (sharp too), but never cut myself on the table saw.
This was the perfect enactment of the saying "If it don't feel right, then don't do it". Sometimes I should really listen to what my head is saying.
Down, but not out,
Bruce
After all these years of woodworking, I have now joined the club of "The Walking Injured".
Making a very narrow rip cut (splitter, no Shark Guard), and not using my usual GrrRipper, I was able to make the cut, but for some dumb a$$ reason I brought my left hand back directly across the spinning blade.
Luckily, I "only" clipped off the tip of my index finger and now have a perfect impression of a Freud "Fusion" blade tooth removed fropm the tip of my nail along with a dime sized chunk of skin.
Wrapped it up in a shop towel paper towel, and taped the paper to my finger with what else, but duct tape, and just shut it all down for the day.
I figured that one injury that day was more than enough.
I've done stupid things like running my hand over a non turning jointer head (those blades are sharp) and grabbing a new router bit the wrong way taking it out of the box (sharp too), but never cut myself on the table saw.
This was the perfect enactment of the saying "If it don't feel right, then don't do it". Sometimes I should really listen to what my head is saying.
Down, but not out,
Bruce
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