alex grams
12-09-2010, 9:27 AM
I knew I would eventually cut myself one day, though I was fortunate that when I got caught by the bandsaw last night that it just took a huge chunk of skin off at a shallower angle and didn't tear muscle or hit bone, though any deeper and it would have, and it bled a lot worse than I expected, but no real damage. I had my left hand slip and my left index finger go into the blade. It tore a lot off and looks nasty, but recoverable with no doctor bills. The irony is the piece before I had just caught myself working at a bad angle pushing in a way which a slip would get me in trouble quick, so I adjusted to a safer working arrangement. Not sure why I went back on the next piece, but now I know better.
I was cutting down some green Osage Orange for stickering up (On my yearly hunting trip to my uncles there was some land being cleared that he had permission to collect firewood from and there was a pretty solid bois D'arc on it with a nice straight trunk 12" diameter about 10' long. I got that in some 4' sections and some smaller 6-8" pieces which were straight. Will let it all dry for a year or so then glue it up and find a lathe to make me some mallets from, but I digress).
I was working after my wife went to bed, and I typically don't use heavier tools at that time, but I wanted to get this stuff cut up and stacked. I bled a lot, but it could have been a LOT worse. Kind of gives a reality check when I was laying in bed and thinking how lucky I was that it wasn't worse.
So moral of the story, be safe and enjoy the holidays!
I was cutting down some green Osage Orange for stickering up (On my yearly hunting trip to my uncles there was some land being cleared that he had permission to collect firewood from and there was a pretty solid bois D'arc on it with a nice straight trunk 12" diameter about 10' long. I got that in some 4' sections and some smaller 6-8" pieces which were straight. Will let it all dry for a year or so then glue it up and find a lathe to make me some mallets from, but I digress).
I was working after my wife went to bed, and I typically don't use heavier tools at that time, but I wanted to get this stuff cut up and stacked. I bled a lot, but it could have been a LOT worse. Kind of gives a reality check when I was laying in bed and thinking how lucky I was that it wasn't worse.
So moral of the story, be safe and enjoy the holidays!