My first shop fatality... (don't worry -- it's not so bad!)

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  • Alex Franke
    Veteran Member
    • Feb 2007
    • 2641
    • Chapel Hill, NC
    • Ryobi BT3100
    #1

    My first shop fatality... (don't worry -- it's not so bad!)

    I set out to replace a couple of pawns that my dog chewed up about 20 years ago, and I ended up brutally decapitating one of them. Poor little guy -- I didn't even get to put a hood over his head.

    I turned on the band saw and (apparently without much thought) set him down as I reached for the little jig I was using to trim the bottom. Well, round things apparently roll. And by the time I got to the off switch he was already long gone...

    His brother survived, though, and will soon be taking up his post in front of the queen's rook. The other rook's pawn square will stay empty for a few more days as a memorial -- and until I have time to do try it again.
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    • Pappy
      The Full Monte
      • Dec 2002
      • 10490
      • San Marcos, TX, USA.
      • BT3000 (x2)
      #2
      Aw, come on, Alex. A little glue and wood putty and the llittle fellow will be good as new!
      Don, aka Pappy,

      Wise men talk because they have something to say,
      Fools because they have to say something.
      Plato

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        • Uncle Cracker
          The Full Monte
          • May 2007
          • 7091
          • Sunshine State
          • BT3000
          #3
          Sometimes to win you have to sacrifice a pawn or two. Now that one looks more like a bishop.

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            • leehljp
              The Full Monte
              • Dec 2002
              • 8783
              • Tunica, MS
              • BT3000/3100
              #4
              Round things do not make for safe cutting without jigs - on BS or TS. DAMHIKT!
              Hank Lee

              Experience is what you get when you don't get what you wanted!

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                • Ed62
                  The Full Monte
                  • Oct 2006
                  • 6021
                  • NW Indiana
                  • BT3K
                  #5
                  You really have to feel sorry for the poor guy.

                  Ed
                  Do you know about kickback? Ray has a good writeup here... https://www.sawdustzone.org/articles...mare-explained

                  For a kickback demonstration video http://www.metacafe.com/watch/910584...demonstration/

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