Mad Lou
07-28-2005, 10:09 PM
Has anyone noticed Bob D.'s tag line "It's a table saw, do you know where your fingers are?"
Well, I was thinking about that exact saying on the way to the hospital about 5 weeks ago.
I was making a quick jig to hold an outdoor gate 4" off the ground by ripping two 1 x 6's down to 4 inches. I did the first one, then when I was going to move the fall off from the 2nd one, my left thumb hit the blade. Didn't cut anything off, but went deep enough to break the bone past the last knuckle.
It's been 5 weeks and it's almost healed - I can bend it almost normally, the nail has to finish doing what it's gonna do, I can't manipulate very small objects with pressure, and I won't have feeling in the tip for a few years. Everything considered, I was damn lucky.
Don't put yourself in my position - use your push sticks and gaurds at all times.
Like Bob D. says "It's a table saw - do you know where your fingers are?
Well, I was thinking about that exact saying on the way to the hospital about 5 weeks ago.
I was making a quick jig to hold an outdoor gate 4" off the ground by ripping two 1 x 6's down to 4 inches. I did the first one, then when I was going to move the fall off from the 2nd one, my left thumb hit the blade. Didn't cut anything off, but went deep enough to break the bone past the last knuckle.
It's been 5 weeks and it's almost healed - I can bend it almost normally, the nail has to finish doing what it's gonna do, I can't manipulate very small objects with pressure, and I won't have feeling in the tip for a few years. Everything considered, I was damn lucky.
Don't put yourself in my position - use your push sticks and gaurds at all times.
Like Bob D. says "It's a table saw - do you know where your fingers are?