Thread: Inattention punished

AlexS,

This photo has nothing to do with what Queenslanders feel about New South Welshmen

Rocker

Sorry to here of your misfortune Rocker!

Using dangerous machines is a lot like driving. The longer you do either your chances of a accident increases exponentially. You were VERY luck to get off so lightly.
Just use the experience as a learning tool to help you avoid future occurrence, another way of saying it's time to look at just how you do some things.

This is the reason my left thumb is ⅛" shorter than the right one.... BUT it hasn't got any shorter! I just changed the way I do stuff on the table saw.

Rocker,

I was horrified, mortified and every other fied to hear your news. Glad it wasn't worse, and that it happened (more or less) between projects!

The more I use my TS, the more I use my Grrrippers!

P

Hi Rocker,
I've been trying to avoid thinking about your accident (and some of the others posted here ) as it remains one of my nightmares. Its not through lack of sympathy, just a head in the sand approach! I hope you heal quickly and get back to work.
I use a tablesaw a heck of a lot, and one day it may come to bite me...as it has a couple of my students over the years. I tend to get way closer than the 100mm, and have loads of trouble with guards and extractor parts IN MY WAY! I don't remove them (well, maybe during some procedures...:eek: ) but seriously think they can cause trouble instead of saving it. Of course I use a push stick, but I'm not a fan of fingerboards either, so I my chances are getting higher.
I am very aware of the increased risk during repetitious cutting, when concentration can wander, but generally I approach the tablesaw with trepidation, even after 20 odd years.
BTW love your finger stall

Cheers,

Sorry to hear about the mishap.

Did something actually go wrong, or did you simply feed your finger into the blade?

Best wishes for a full and speedy recovery.

Hi Rocker,

My finger is aching in sympathy for yours . Nice ingenuity with the finger protector . Glad that woodwork is helping you forget the pain. A Grandfather clock - cool!!

Cheers and I hope your finger heals quickly.

Wendy

Originally Posted by MajorPanic

Using dangerous machines is a lot like driving. The longer you do either your chances of a accident increases exponentially. You were VERY luck to get off so lightly.

Major,

I think it would be truer to say that the risk increases linearly, until you start adding senility into the equation (which is probably what happened in my case), and then it starts to be exponential. Anyway, this accident, and the news that a friend the same age as myself had a stroke recently, which left him unable to speak, have reminded me forcibly that I am by no means bullet-proof, and that I had better hurry up and make what pieces I can whilst I still can.

Midge,

Unfortunately, the piece of wood I was cutting had another bit of wood glued to it vertically, so I could not use my Grripper. I was hanging onto the vertical piece with my left hand; somehow, at the end of the cut, the offcut vertical piece seemed to twist unexpectedly and drew my left hand down onto the blade. The silly thing is that there was no necessity to use my left hand at all. The push-stick in my right hand should have been able to do the job. Anyway, I am just annoyed with myself for letting this happen. I am threatened with banishment from the shed for ever if it happens again, so from now on I shall do my utmost try and stay safe.

Meanwhile I am consoling myself by buying a spate of toys - ordered a 1/2" bevel chisel from Lie-Nielsen today. It will be used for clearing the waste between the tails of dovetails. Perhaps I should have got a 5/16" one too

Rocker

Originally Posted by Rocker

Major,

........Anyway, this accident, and the news that a friend the same age as myself had a stroke recently, which left him unable to speak, have reminded me forcibly that I am by no means bullet-proof, and that I had better hurry up and make what pieces I can whilst I still can.

Rocker

David,

You still have LOTS of exceptional quality pieces to come!!!
I was reminded today by an elderly friend that problem solving (especially woodwork) keeps you young!

So............ what's the next project Rocker??

Originally Posted by MajorPanic

So............ what's the next project Rocker??

Major,

Pay attention! Read post #15 I have got hold of about 0.08 cubic m of spectacular fiddleback blackwood for it, so I am hoping it should turn out well. But I am a bit miffed that the Veritas dovetail guide won't take stock thicker than 25 mm, whereas the pediment returns on which I have to cut tails are 29 mm thick*. I shall just have to revert to my home-made dovetail guide - the one I was cutting on the table saw to modify it when I had my accident. So my blood was not spilled entirely in vain.

Rocker

*Correction: The Veritas jig can be used on stock thicker than 25 mm, if you use your own clamp to hold it and put aside the clamp that comes with the jig.

Originally Posted by Rocker

So my blood was not spilled entirely in vain.

Cant resist it...in vein?

Sorry.

Here is a picture of my finger two weeks after the accident. It shows how very lucky I was not to have had a far worse injury. Now go and enjoy your dinner

Rocker

Originally Posted by Rocker

Here is a picture of my finger two weeks after the accident. It shows how very lucky I was not to have had a far worse injury. Now go and enjoy your dinner

Rocker

Yummy.......... what's it like with gravy & baked potatoes :eek: :eek:

Originally Posted by Rocker

Here is a picture of my finger two weeks after the accident. It shows how very lucky I was not to have had a far worse injury. Now go and enjoy your dinner

Rocker

Yep, got it.


Now go make something. A grandfather clock should do the trick

Can I have some crackling?