phyneek

In January 2010 I committed the classic safety sin..Complacency!! I have been woodworking for 45 yrs moving from hand tools to a respectable machine laden shop. I had never had an accident that could not be taken care with a band aid and so@#$b. That is until last month. I was reduce a knife handle scale for a carving knife. My band saw was not operational so I stepped to my jointer. The stock was a little over 6" x 1/4" x 3". The first couple of passes went smooth and then bam! What I'm not using a hammer (what it immediately felt like) Oh look at the pretty red blood. I did something to cause my left ringfinger tip to come in contact with the jointer blade. Well neither a band aid or curse word were going to fix this. Off to emergency room. Long story short they attached the skin back to the tip and it is healing nicely. FYI insurance was billed $6300 for the care. My point is I KNOW BETTER!! EXPERIENCED! OBVIOUSLY HAVE A DEGREE IN DUMBASS! NEVER BECOME COMPLACENT!!