Following Daltexguy and Moshel I thought that I would throw in a time consuming and flesh damaging mistake of mine.
You have seen them in my recent blog about a End Grain Cutting Board. They are the cauls I used in the first pic. 
These are supposed to be legs for my Double Duty Tablesaw Workbench project:
However I modified the height of the workbench but neglected to make the needed modifications for the lacement of the dadoes on the legs. I actually made this mistake twice! I reused the second set of legs for my Lathe Cabinet Project:
In amongst all of this fun I was using a very very sharp 3/4” chisel to flatten the bottom of these very large dadoes and had the chisel chatter across the bottom and as I lifted the chisel up and I brought the corner of the chisel though the outside of my left index finger resulting in 7 stitches. The doctor thought that the wound was made with a scalpel (yes I was very proud) as I explained how I managed a woodworking accident without power.
The good news was that the third time was the charm.
-- //FC - Round Rock, TX - "Experience is what you get just after you need it"
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TraumaJacques
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posted 326 days ago
There is another…“you know you are a lumber jock when; your proud of your cut because the doctor thought it was made with a surgical instrument a testament of you sharpening skills” well done and by the way the bleeding did eventually stop right.
-- All bleeding will eventually stop.
Scott Bryan
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posted 326 days ago
BE CAREFUL!!! We want to keep you around here for a while longer. :)
Hope you get back into the shop soon.
-- With God's help all things are possible- even woodworking. Woodworking is not just a hobby, it is an (expletive deleted) expensive hobby.
sIKE
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posted 326 days ago
This was from projects past! I made the bench and the resulting injury in July of last year.
-- //FC - Round Rock, TX - "Experience is what you get just after you need it"
daltxguy
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posted 326 days ago
Thanks for the post sIKE! I think it’s good to acknowledge that, above all, Lumberjocks are just human but we can be downright clever too and recover from our mistakes creatively.
Dang, sorry about your finger,mate but that was one scary sharp chisel – well done. My first woodworking accident was when I was about 12 and I was cutting a stick to roast a weenie. I was using a nice little sharp carving knife. The knife slipped into my left index finger. No stitches as we were too far from anyone who could sew it up but I still have the scars to prove it.
-- Steve, New Zealand, www.steveracz.com
SPalm
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posted 326 days ago
Bad Dadoe! Bad Dadoe! Down Boy!
And you never told us about falling off the roof in your avatar.
Steve
-- Stevethepeeve -- I'm no rocket surgeon
sIKE
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posted 326 days ago
That is not a falling off of the roof moent :), that is my king of the world moment at the end of day one of construction on my shop.
-- //FC - Round Rock, TX - "Experience is what you get just after you need it"