Woops...... Tablesaw

Had a little mishap in the woodshop thurs. night. After an ambulance ride and a trip through the ER I'm happy to say a full recovery is on its way.... 2 fingers and thumb dragged into the blade , unbelievable how lucky I am to have not lost anything, Working exhausted is never really a good idea, I had the wrong tear out plate on the saw which allowed my material to be sucked in, the piece shattered and tossed my hands back out, I'd say all in about 2/10's of a second....... Uploading from my phone where the pics are, I'd add more detail, but I'm typing with one thumb!!!! Can't figure out how to upload pics from my iPhone.....bummer

maybe this'll work.... the second one is not for the faint of heart....
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Oh wow Johnny....good lord man. I am REALLY glad to hear that you are ok.

No kidding.......Having a hard time getting my hands clean from the mess.

Thank Heavens your OK . I had a close one with my thumb a few years back ,only put a 1/8 deep groove across the front.

GOOD ONE!! I just told my wife to come over and check out this picture. She ran to bathroom because she peed in her pants...

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Originally Posted by mapleleaf

Had a little mishap in the woodshop thurs. night. After an ambulance ride and a trip through the ER I'm happy to say a full recovery is on its way.... 2 fingers and thumb dragged into the blade , unbelievable how lucky I am to have not lost anything, Working exhausted is never really a good idea, I had the wrong tear out plate on the saw which allowed my material to be sucked in, the piece shattered and tossed my hands back out, I'd say all in about 2/10's of a second....... Uploading from my phone where the pics are, I'd add more detail, but I'm typing with one thumb!!!! Can't figure out how to upload pics from my iPhone.....bummer

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Sorry my Canadian buddy. That sucks!!!!!!!!!! Glad you kept all of them. Hows the boat stuff going. Cover and light bar and such. Geno

Thanks be that it wasn't worse.

Get a Sawstop and get well.

Maybe they should add your pics to that old black & white safety film we had to watch back in junior high wood shop. Sorry it happened, but glad it wasn't any worse... Best wishes for a speedy recovery.

Wow, hate to hear that but like others have said, glad it wasn't worse.

Hope you have a quick recovery.

thx guys..... looks like my left fore finger will have a new shape I'll have to get used to, maybe a little more aerodynamic?? lol

Like others have said, hope it heals quickly and glad it wasn't worse. That makes two pretty gnarly injuries on here...I hope we don't have a third.

Look on the bright side it happend in the off season.

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Originally Posted by 86 century

Look on the bright side it happend in the off season.

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John is so busy that is always the off season for him right now. Hahaha, I kid I kid!

dude !! lol man u got close !!! my stubborn ass prob would have used superglue lol , but glad u still got your fingers !! cheese whiz

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Originally Posted by Jetlink

John is so busy that is always the off season for him right now. Hahaha, I kid I kid!

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Not bad B......

ouch!!, you are very fortunate. Makes me think about getting this "finger saver"
http://www.sawstop.com/

Saw the saw stop on Extreme Makeover HE last night. Pretty cool device!

i've been on one of those Sawstop's once, great machine, wish i'd been on it last thurs!!!!!!
All's heeling better than i thought it would, managed to only miss one day on site........ Went back on the tablesaw tues am, it was a little intimidating. Especially with my hands all bandaged up!!!!

A friend of mine got his finders/hand sucked into a snow blower. Mangled up his hand very bad and lost many fingers. It only takes one bad split second decision. Hope you get better soon, it could happen to any of us.

The inventor has done it with his own finger: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cTUOhYcw4ZY

I own one of these saws and mentioned it earlier above. The owner and product are controversial as many shop owners don't like the idea of being forced to buy one, but personally I love mine.

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Originally Posted by pap

The inventor has done it with his own finger: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cTUOhYcw4ZY

I own one of these saws and mentioned it earlier above. The owner and product are controversial as many shop owners don't like the idea of being forced to buy one, but personally I love mine.

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Not to mention the '09 21v you get to use with all your fingers!!!! We're putting one in my dad's shop when its ready.....

Wow. You're so lucky that it wasn't worse. I had a similar thing happen last winter while working on my boat project and my finger is still a little stiff. Be sure to stay on top of physical therapy. Glad it wasn't any worse!