Familiarity Breeds……?

Never take your eyes off the blade!

Hope you’re feeling better and can get back to work.

-- Gary, East TX -- The longest journey begins with a single step.

Ouch! Glad your ok. Thanks for the reminder. I never thought of the potential for a board to lurch forward in a soft spot like that.

-- Dust collectors suck.

Blake… It’s the only thing I can attribute it to; that soft spot is a lot less dense.

-- Chris

Sorry about the injury. Good reminder.

I use a pushstick for resawing.

-- -John "Do I have to keep typing a smiley? Just assume it's a joke." www.flickr.com/photos/gizmodyne

Be glad you missed the bone. I’m an old shop teacher and one thing we were warned about was healing problems when a bandsaw hits the bone. Had three or four students feed their finger into a bandsaw blade, one had healing problems.

Sharp tools are the safest tools.

-- Bill

Glad it was not more serious and I hope you have a speedy recovery. Its usealy a combination of events that lead to serious problems. Familiarity can turn into complacency, add a lack of focus and dull tools…

Safety First

-- Ron, Twain Harte, Ca. Portable on site Sawmill Service http://westcoastlands.net/Sawmill.html http://westcoastlands.net/SawBucks2/phpBB3

Good to hear youre ok. Now you get to see how digging in youre pants pocket suddenly becomes a big deal!

-- miles125, Alabama.."Architecture is frozen music""

Miles… I already knew that one. ;) When I was in the Navy my right index finger was amputated and re-attached.

Not fun what so ever! Still feels weird, kind of like when your foot falls asleep, but works fine!

-- Chris

so.. if you feel that you are doing the work instead of letting the tool do its job.. then it’s time to stop.

-- "Functional WoodArt" by Debbie, Canada (http://www.execulink.com/~yohan)

Yikes! I’ve got plenty of friends with missing finger parts, and it scares the heck out of me. I’ll admit it I’m a scardy cat around my tools everytime I use them, but like you said s*#! happens when you least expect it. Glad to hear it wasn’t too bad. Be careful out there.

-- Jim Hallada, Chesterfield, VA

Have to say a cut although not to the bone, but 1/4” into your finger nail is pretty major in my book. Glad you came out as well as you did, given the potential for a more serious injury. Take care of your self and replace that saw blade.

Dalec

Replaced it today with a brand new Timberwolf blade!

-- Chris

I am glad you are OK. We cannot let down our guard, because the tools don’t care.

-- Maplewood, MN

Whew! There but for the grace of God go I….
Could have been any one of us. Thank you for sharing the incident and posting the reality that we all need to stop, reaffirm our committment to do our work safely, and maintain our shops/tools/health.
I’ve had a few silent laughs when my wife has commented about hurting a bit after being in the shop a while. As ‘sedentary’ as it seems, working wood is work. Some physical – some mental. We can’t lapse on either.
If we’re lucky we may cut a piece of wood a little short. Best wishes for a rapid recovery from the injury.
Not sure if you went to the Doctor, I know we all have an oops and don’t every time. Everyone up to date on your tetanus shot??

-- CaptnA - "When someone hurts you, write it in the sand so the winds of forgiveness will scatter the memory... "

CaptA… funny you should mention the Tetanus shot. That’s the main reason I went. We have been cutting all manner of woods on the bandsaw and I had not had a booster since leaving the service a little over ten years ago.

Actually it was between that and the depth of the cut; I wanted to make sure I had not hit the bone (it did not).

-- Chris