Dave Fifield
12-15-2005, 4:56 PM
Hi folks,
I just found the Sawmill Creek forums recently while I was searching for laser enhanced woodwork sites. I'm still ploughing through the archives and enjoying every minute of it. There's a wealth of information here - I love it!!
A cautionary tale: I've been woodworking for years and made thousands of cuts, and never had an accident until last weekend. I was trimming some 16"x18" ish pieces of 3/4" ply for a box on my cabinet saw. I was on the last piece, right at the end of the cut, when it went sideways on me. I tried to push it back straight, but the saw was too strong. The blade ripped the piece out of my hands and flung it frisbee style WHAM! right into my midriff. It almost knocked me over, winding me for a good 2 minutes and leaving me with a cut of about 10" long - not deep, luckily.
Over the next couple of days, the bruises started coming out and it hurt more and more. I went to the doc yesterday just in case. No internal organ damage thank goodness. It's going to heal, but it's going to take several weeks according to doc. Here's a picture from a couple of days ago (it looks worse than this today and hurts big time still). Avert your gaze if you're squeemish:
http://www.daveswoodenwonders.com/kickback_s.jpg
My pride is also hurt. I have a perfectly good Merlin anti-kickback device, but was in too much of a rush to use it. What an idiot I was!
Moral of story: Use your anti-kickback device EVERY TIME!!
Regards,
Dave F.
I just found the Sawmill Creek forums recently while I was searching for laser enhanced woodwork sites. I'm still ploughing through the archives and enjoying every minute of it. There's a wealth of information here - I love it!!
A cautionary tale: I've been woodworking for years and made thousands of cuts, and never had an accident until last weekend. I was trimming some 16"x18" ish pieces of 3/4" ply for a box on my cabinet saw. I was on the last piece, right at the end of the cut, when it went sideways on me. I tried to push it back straight, but the saw was too strong. The blade ripped the piece out of my hands and flung it frisbee style WHAM! right into my midriff. It almost knocked me over, winding me for a good 2 minutes and leaving me with a cut of about 10" long - not deep, luckily.
Over the next couple of days, the bruises started coming out and it hurt more and more. I went to the doc yesterday just in case. No internal organ damage thank goodness. It's going to heal, but it's going to take several weeks according to doc. Here's a picture from a couple of days ago (it looks worse than this today and hurts big time still). Avert your gaze if you're squeemish:
http://www.daveswoodenwonders.com/kickback_s.jpg
My pride is also hurt. I have a perfectly good Merlin anti-kickback device, but was in too much of a rush to use it. What an idiot I was!
Moral of story: Use your anti-kickback device EVERY TIME!!
Regards,
Dave F.