I thought I was doing everything right...

And NEVER forget your eye protection. Just one of those 73 could blind you forever.

-- Dan-- Info for all @ http://www.hoistman.com

2 things always worn in my shop, or you can leave…. ear protection and eye protection! Glad you were not seriously hurt.

-- I can fix ANYTHING!.... Wheres the duct tape?

Glad you’re ok. Papadan is right. All the protection you can get because it’s final when it happens

-- Gary, DeKalb Texas

Wow I ‘m glad there wasn’t more injuries involved

-- Jim from Heirloom Woodshop Southern Oregon

Now that was close. Glad it was not worse.

-- Ray Cody, Florence Alabama

I agree it could have been much worse and am glad you were not hurt more seriously than you actually were.

-- With God's help all things are possible- even woodworking. Woodworking is not just a hobby, it is an (expletive deleted) expensive hobby.

Wow, thanks for the reminder, now that I needed one but is always helps to remeber just how fast somethign can go wrong. Glad you walked away with all 10.

-- "so much to learn and so little time"..

glad your ok, i use that same spline jig all the time and hadn’t thought about that problem, thanks for sharing i had a scare with a horizontal grinder
i wear prescription saftey glasses so i don’t need a face shield. WRONG!!! pieces sneak around them and poke your eye

-- Ron, Missouri

Scary to say the least. Glad you are OK.

-- Wayne - Plymouth MN

In a perfect world there would be no accidents. We are not in a perfect world but I would say that this is the perfect accident. No permenant physical damage but bad enough you will never forget it.

Thanks for sharing and I am glad you are OK.

-- If all you have is a hammer, everything looks like a nail!

thanks for sharing… sometimes everything we think about , is not everything at all.

-- When in doubt - There is no doubt - Go the safer route.

silver lining: the safety warning wasn’t more serious than this.. (this is bad enough!)
glad you are ok

-- ~ Debbie, Canada (http://www.execulink.com/~yohan)

That’ll be funny someday. I’m glad you’re ok. The worst part of getting hurt is folks saying how lucky you are. I had a motorcycle wreck 10 years ago, and I didn’t want to hear about my good fortune.

-- I'm a lumberjock and I'm ok, I sleep all night and I work all day!

Just a thought, might want to trash the blade, no telling if one of the teeth will come off at a bad time now that they have been in direct metal contact, at least a time or two for each tooth. Glad no serious injuries, get well soon, BTKS

Hope everything is healiong up fine. It would be nice to have plastic clamps for times like that.

-- What happens in the workshop stays in the workshop. No wait that doesn't sound right. Karson Southern Delaware karson_morrison@bigfoot.com †

There is one good thing about an accident like that….it sticks in your mind. It’s funny how we don’t think about all the times we avoided an accident because we checked…re checked and then re checked again before we used a piece of equipment. I hardly think of those times…..but I remember when I didn’t and it gets me.. that kind of shock snaps me back to making sure that I am doing everything possible to avoid those painful mistakes from risky shortcuts.

Best of all….you were not badly injured….pride….and skin abrasions will heal….but like said above….some accidents are permanent….I for one would rather read about the mishap and get the lesson without suffering the consequence….We can all keep stating the obvious about safety first….but it is these lessons that emphasize why…

Thanks for another good lesson on safety….and I am also very glad to hear you are ok…

-- Woodworking.....My small slice of heaven!