sbell111
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I like to think that I'm pretty safe in the shop. I'm always very conscious of where my hands are in relation to moving parts when I'm in the shop and have always taken the position that if you keep your eyes on the ball and your brain in the game, you pretty much cannot be inrured in a woodshop. This afternoon, I took my eye off the ball.
I was cutting up a few logs on the bandsaw. The blade clearly had become dull, so I told myself that as soon as I finished the cut that I was on, I would stop for the evening. The blade cleared the wood, so I reached over with my left hand to hit the stop button, as I have a thousand other times.
This time, however, the now dull blade slipped the upper wheel of the saw as I came to the end of the cut and I didn't immediately notice. I noticed because my left index finger came into contact with the still moving blade that was now sticking out from it's normally gaurded position, a centimeter from the bandsaw's stop button.
Three stitches later, here I am, with one more little thing to be wary of when working in the shop.
I was cutting up a few logs on the bandsaw. The blade clearly had become dull, so I told myself that as soon as I finished the cut that I was on, I would stop for the evening. The blade cleared the wood, so I reached over with my left hand to hit the stop button, as I have a thousand other times.
This time, however, the now dull blade slipped the upper wheel of the saw as I came to the end of the cut and I didn't immediately notice. I noticed because my left index finger came into contact with the still moving blade that was now sticking out from it's normally gaurded position, a centimeter from the bandsaw's stop button.
Three stitches later, here I am, with one more little thing to be wary of when working in the shop.