I find this a little ironic. I posted the link to the saw stop stuff with the government and this is what happens when you are not paying attention while working.

Not paying attention like I should have been my finger found the blade on my table saw. I want to make something clear, I a not pushing for a saw stop, as this little nick could have been worse, but would not justify the $100.00 plus blade. I was very lucky. What I am after is when we do repetitive cuts or tasks we tend to relax mentally and obviously crud can happen. This was in the blink of eye. I an not express the first thoughts racing through my mind as to look down or not. Like I stated I was lucky, very lucky. So please pay attention, use the proper safe guards and equipment. We really can not afford to drop our guard at all for in the blink of eye ... bad things can and do happen.

Thank God for small favors!!

 

I saw the post and said to myself "Oh crud, Wayne got hurt"

 

Thankfully it was just a small cut.

 

Your right though, repetition dulls the mind.

Absolutely, repetitive cuts are too easy to hurt yourself on, I am glad your ok Wayne.

I was a bit afraid to scroll the page down, I thought I was going to see something really nasty, thank God I didn't! Glad your ok Wayne.

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John Morris
The Patriot Woodworker

gentlemen It's a wake up CALL. We all go through this many times. This time it was me. I don't want to see anyone else fit this picture. i was extremely lucky. The next person may not be . End of Story. Please .... Please .. Pay attention.

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Wayne
God Bless our Troops and Protect them.

Glad to see that a nick was all you got!  Without a doubt the woodshop is a very dangerous place.

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Ron Dudelston
Above and Beyond WoodWorks

Very glad that was all that happened. That blade spinning at the speed doesn't slow down for much and certainly not skin. Ralph has a line in all of his post about keeping your hands at least six  inches back from the blade. You are right, it only takes a blink to so serious damage with power tools.

 

Use push sticks and pads. If you don't have them, make them, they are not that hard and they keep your hands away from the spinning blade.

 

Also always adjust the blade for the proper depth of cut so there is not a lot of the blade sticking up about the piece being cut. You only need half a tooth about the piece.

 

I am really glad you are okay Wayne.

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John Moody
John Moody Woodworks