stupid (gross picture)

[gator]

okay well i did it again , i didn't listen to that little voice today. was ripping some small boards using 2 push sticks and even thought after 3 this is really not safe. oh well 4 more to go. back side of saw grabbed and threw a push stick towards me and next thing my fingers was missing a small piece.stupid stupid stupid i have band saw that would do it but didnt take the time to go over and do it there. oh we could have been so much worse so thankful that it is a lesson learning time.

[LarryEA]

       O-U-C-H

I took a band-aid and covered your picture on my screen

Did not want to look at it.

[Ron Johnson]

You've been nicked with a warning. Sometimes we don't listen to the voice in the back of our minds telling us otherwise.

[Clayton717]

Ouch. The table saw is scariest piece of equipment Ihave. Atleast it was only on knick, could of been much worse

[wombatie]

:cry:   OUCH  that looks very sore.  We all need a warning every now and  again to make us extra careful.  You are a very very lucky man.

 

Marg

[Fab4]

Hi Gator:

That was just a very scary warning.

Thanks for posting "your pain" and reminding us all how fast things happen in the shop

Aretha Franklin said it best: R-E-S-P-E-C-T.

That applies not only to people but for your power tools also.

Heal quick, my friend and carry on

Thanks

Fab4

[gator]

i cant agree more the whole reason i posted this was i worked side beside a guy for 25 years at a chemical plant .he worked with wood also.he was cutting plywood with a skill circle saw it jumped on top of the wood and across his hand cutting diagonal behind the thumb across the back to the base of the little finger. numerous surgeries to save his hand. lucky he had a wall phone to knockoff and dial 911.he lived alone. i posted this to show my stupidity and hope some of you will take that extra second. be safe guys

[thatknobtony]

I'm sorry you got hurt but yes it is a good reminder for everyone to not cut corners and not just in the garage. My wife did the same thing in the kitchen cutting up veggies for a salad. Be careful everybody.

[amazingkevin]

I'm terrified of the band saw myself when using it.I watch the butcher use it in the store and it don't care what it cut ,no mercy!

[browders]

Ouch, looks pretty painful. I was wondering though, could that be turned into a new scroll saw pattern?

[Phantom Scroller]

thob thob thob.......................ouch and you said oh dear me what a pity what have I done that does sting somewhat old chap. 

 

Roly

[oldhudson]

I think it's great that you are willing to stand up and say I made a mistake and cautioning others.

 

I was unclear about what happened. Think of me as a slow learner. You were ripping small pieces of stock on a table say, correct? How small?  Using two push sticks, so fore and aft on a piece or one on top and one on the side? I'm just trying to understand what happened.

 

Glad your okay because 60,000 end up in the Emergency Room every year.

[Fab4]

I think it's great that you are willing to stand up and say I made a mistake and cautioning others.

 

I was unclear about what happened. Think of me as a slow learner. You were ripping small pieces of stock on a table say, correct? How small?  Using two push sticks, so fore and aft on a piece or one on top and one on the side? I'm just trying to understand what happened.

 

Glad your okay because 60,000 end up in the Emergency Room every year.

Oldhudson

Make that 60,001 

Fab4

[gator]

one on the back pushing one on the side towards back pushing opposite side of fence,back one grabbed blade as it came up out of table pulling and flipping it up and at me while holding i reacted and went with it a fraction of a second but that was to long and blade got index finger on backside of blade ,clear as mud right

[keefie]

The words next to the picture say "attatched thumbnails"  surely that should be Detatched thumbnails??

Seriously though you were lucky there, it could have been a lot worse. I was lucky too, I had a fall when my leg gave way while using my bandsaw, luckilly I managed to twist away from the blade and only lost a little bit of skin off three fingers and cut through the nail on one of them too, half inch further to the left and three fingers would have been on the floor. My picture was taken a week  after the accident when the dressings were taken off.

Edited December 11, 2013 by keefie

[gator]

man that hurts keefie glad you didnt loose any fingers