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Valuable lesson I learned recently.
As convenient as it may seem, cutting 4 inch PVC on a band saw is a horrible idea. All was going well until it snagged and spun the pipe in the last inch of the cut and the rough edge tore my knuckle damn near to the bone.
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How about putting your thumb behind a piece of bracing and with your new pneumatic nail gun you shoot a 2 1/2" nail through 1 1/2" of wood and 3/8ths of thumb? Does that count as dumb things I've done?
Got my attention but it didn't bleed......much.
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I did that with a resaw blade on. Once.Originally Posted by Joshua Richards
That was damned stupid.
Works OK with a fine tooth blade though.
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Forgot to lock the table saw fence before initiating a rip cut; I was 6" or so in (ha) when the kickback happened. Luckily it was a largish piece of 1/8" paneling, so I was well back from the blade and the ply flexed like a spring which absorbed a decent amount of the force.
I've also definitely started the drill press with the chuck key still in.
Last edited by Chris Padilla; 03-28-2014 at 11:38 AM.
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Ding! Ding! Ding! Been there, done that!!!
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last week I had an angle grinder separate where the head attaches to the body, and the head and sanding disk bounced off the piece I was grinding on and made a home in my T-shirt. One large bruise from the handle torquing into me, and a very small burn mark from the electrical wires shorting out. Changed shirt, and underwear, then put on the apron I should have been wearing in the first place.
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How about jamming your finger between the bandsaw wheel and the blade while turning the wheel by hand to track it?
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