digvet

I have been working with power tools my whole life. I have seen so very bad injures. Two months ago it was my turn. Had just made a cut, and had hit the stop button. Someone opened the door to my shop behind me I turned to look, and somehow put my thumb in a 10" 40 toothed, carbide tipped, rip blade. Are you alright my sons girlfriend asked, as I grabbed my thumb. yes I said, but we need to go to the hospital.
I don't know may be at 63 I had forgotten about not looking away from a moving blade, but trust me it will be 63 more years before I stop thinking about it again. We need to keep reminding ourselves that we are the most dangers tool in the shop. The others only do what we do with them. If we choose to put our thumbs in the saw blade when it is moving it will cut deep, and long. I still have a thumb, but have no feeling in the top 1/2. I am a lucky man.

I live just a short walk from the Columbia river, and my small fishing boat. I spend a lot of time fishing year round. more in the summer, but the salmon run when they do.

I too have found local small sawmills a good source of nice less expensive woods. I also have an uncle that has a small towed mill the wood needs a lot of work, but at $40 a pickup full you have a hard time beating the price. I also find I get a better looking wood from these places. I picked up some black walnut that looks tiger striped for a grandfathers clock. I don,t think I could have afforded it at a wood store.