The belt sander post below reninded me of another lovely and entirely
avoidable woodworking accident. If you're in a hurry to sand dried glue
off the back of a board, be very ginger with it, slow down a bit. If you're
loosely holding the board while pushing it up against the belt on a power
hand sander and push it too hard, the wood can slip out and you will
find the palm of your hand inside the machine. I was about to wind up
for the day and can remember cursing to myself about having to clean up
a blood mess. The belt can grab the glue (liquid nails) with a lot more
force than you might be anticipating. It just tore the skin back, can't even
see a scar, but the sander WAS hanging off the palm of my hand.
"BUB 209" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> The belt sander post below reninded me of another lovely and entirely
> avoidable woodworking accident. If you're in a hurry to sand dried glue
> off the back of a board, be very ginger with it, slow down a bit. If
you're
> loosely holding the board while pushing it up against the belt on a power
> hand sander and push it too hard, the wood can slip out and you will
> find the palm of your hand inside the machine. I was about to wind up
> for the day and can remember cursing to myself about having to clean up
> a blood mess. The belt can grab the glue (liquid nails) with a lot more
> force than you might be anticipating. It just tore the skin back, can't
even
> see a scar, but the sander WAS hanging off the palm of my hand.
Had a similar problem when the belt sander shot a piece of wood back
straight into a place where it REALLY hurt.
John