Thread: Please Be Carefull

ouch! sorry to hear about your fingers mate.

Sorry to hear that Dan. Hope the damage is not too restrictive. And thanks for bringing it up and posting as a warning. We all like to belive we have things under control all the time and it would be too easy to hide behind the embarrassment and just keep it to yourself. Good on you.

Dan a timely warning is always needed

Remind us of how human we are

hope your wound heals fast and your back in the shed

Just a word of warning if on pain killers or other meds etc it can slow you down and your judgment too SO BEWARE

sorry to hear

hope you recover soon.

i had the same thing happen to me it cut threw the first nuckle on my ring finger and cut the nerves in all the other fingers so i now have a hand with little fealing and a ring finger that dose not bend.

don't let this dicourage you from using your table saw or even worse woodwork.

nothing makes my more disapointed than when someone gives up.

never let anyone (anything) beat you.

hope you recover soon so you can finish the peice you were working on. even if it has a few red stains.

Sorry to hear of your accident DIY DAN. I hope you recover soon and get over the emotional scarring as well. I still have your beautiful box in my mind and now wonder whether making small things such as your box presents greater risk hence a need for greater concentration and application of safety than bigger things. Of course accidents can and will happen no matter what we are making.

Regards from Adelaide
Trevor

Thanks for the timely warning Dan, hope things get better soon

Awwww nasty DAN, sorry to hear about your misshap with the tablesaw. Hopefully you wont be out of action for too long.

Dan,

I feel your pain having done it to my left hand on the jointer. I lost half a finger. I hope you get well soon. were they able to save it ? or like me was it pretty much saw dust ?

Best of luck with your recovery mate


Regards
Allan

Hi Dan,

Thanks for the heads up. Like everybody else said, sorry it happened for real to you though. All the best with the recovery.

Cheers
Pops

Dan,
Sorry for you,r injury and hope things heal soon and hats off to you sending out the warning to the rest of us when it must still be painful. I have seen what saws can do. My first job was in a sawmill that made fish boxes and pallets. Most of the sawyers had a lot of missing bits and the foreman had only 2 whole fingers out of 10. It was regarded as a badge of office for his position. They all said that they were distracted at the time and it always happened on the small saws. You have too much respect to get near a 60'' blade. I only worked there 6 months and ran away to sea all digets intact.

Regards
John

Gasp!
My worst nightmare.
Heal quickly.

Arrrrggghhhh. Get well soon, mate.

Ooooooh, mate, I bet that made the fundamental orifice pucker up.

Hope you get over it quickly.

I am concerned though, I have a new Felder saw on the way, complete with Felder saw blade.

Should I send it back? I think I've got a bit nervy

All the best

Colin Howkins
Graceville Qld

That's bad. Too many time I hear of this happening. Just two weeks ago my father in law cut half of his right thumb nail off. It seems that just a moment of inatention is the cause.

I really hope that you come good in time.

Robert