Originally Posted by
Dave Cullen
My high school shop teacher was missing a finger from one hand. He always started a class with, "This is what happens when you ignore the safety rules".
I've nipped a fingertip in my shop twice - once with my jointer (not using a push block) and once on the band saw trying to move a cutoff piece without waiting for the saw to come to a stop. I've never been hurt by a tablesaw, probably because I respect it so much.
Did get smacked in the head by a block of wood that was being machined on my router table. It knocked my hearing protector and safety glasses off my head. I use a faceshield with that machine now.
I had a guy in one of my dovetail classes. He had been a shop teacher for many years, and one day cut off his thumb and first finger on the table saw. They re-attached the thumb but the finger was gone.
He told me that he bought a SawStop for his home shop - too late, of course, but better late than never.
Mike
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