I thought that I would post a reminder about how easily things can go wrong in the wood shop........have you ever tried typing without the use of your index finger? Believe me it is taking me 3 times as long, and every word I am having to go back and correct.....fingers on wrong keys!
Anyway, I had 2 mishaps in the shop today..........let me preface this by saying that I am very safety minded........I have done wood working for 25 years, and in the past, I was a meat cutter for some very large grocery chains, for over 18 years, and I still have all 10 fingers, thankfully.
That almost changed today.........first, I was trying to square off the slanted end of a maple log to prep it for the lathe.......the big blade just took it out of my grip, and I was using a miter guage to back up the cut and give it support........the log rolled and was thrown back at me when it slammed the table, and my hands were drawn way too close to the blade....... SCARY!
Later I was trying to sharpen a bit for my monster rig, and had it held against the platform with my fingers.............it slipped and my finger was pulled into the grinding wheel.........took off the end of my finger through all the skin, and part of the nail.
I will make myself a block to place the cutter bit in from now on........the grinder is usually thought of as somewhat benign as wood working tools go, but please be careful.......it can do you harm!!!
I am done for the day............time for some due reflection about safety on my part.......I hope for you too!