Many years ago I watched a co-worker split his thumb right down the middle with a tablesaw. We were at a jobsite with the saw in the back of a large van. He was ripping 12' long 3/4"x1" cedar to be used as window trim. The blade was dull(there were sharp ones in the van but who wants to waste time changing)so he was forcing it through until he hit a soft area in the wood. When his thumb hit, he jumped back letting go of the wood which shot out the back of the van and through the windshield of the customers car parked behind.
After the ER doctor numbed it and asked if I wanted to see something "neat". He spread the flesh apart to show me the perfect 1/8" kerf/dado right down the center of the bone. That was nearly 25 years ago but hav'nt learned as much about safety in one day since.
__________________ Rusty  If You Want It Bad, You Get It Bad The Worse You Want It, The Worse You Get It  |