kaai2392

Two weeks ago I caught my left hand on my dado blade and seriously injured 3 fingers. I just had surgery last Monday to harvest and replace a tendon in my ring finger. Without going into details I will say that I feel at fault. I will not be going after anyone in a lawsuit, nor do I feel I was uninformed as to the risks of using a table saw. I will say that I am not an idiot who should not have been using the equipment. I'm a hobbiest woodworker and I had an accident. For some reason, I feel like these accidents are more common than we all think. I also do not wish to imply that the operator in this suit was or was not at fault. My point is only this. I wish I could purchase a saw with the technology to sense flesh, but it is out of my price range. If anything comes from this story, I hope that major manufacurers start using this technology. I hope it becomes standard so the industry will start competing to develop the technology and at the same time make it cheaper so it becomes affordable for everyone. Bottom line is I just wouldnt want this to happen to others if it can be avoided. We just had a baby (5 weeks old). A million dollars is very tempting, but when he cries at night, I wish I could pick him up and sooth him. Money just dosent fix things like that, but technology might.

p.s. This took me 45 minutes to type, all 1 handed.

Justin