Been woodworking for a number of years now and recently took up
woodturning. Getting sidetracked is a nemesis of mine and yesterday
was no exception. I took a 6" diameter piece of spalted maple branch
to the bandsaw to cut 1 inch disks. Didn't think about using my jig
that I built just for this purpose, guess I figured that I could hold
the wood with my right hand. That blade snatched that piece of wood
outta my hand and somehow all at the same time jerked the insert out
of the table, jammed the wood sideways and bent the blade. All this
with my hand about 1 inch from the blade....technical term for my
actions was DumbShit...
Looks like lady luck smiled on me. Think I need to play the lottery
Moyo
On Thu, 25 Sep 2003 00:18:22 -0400, Silvan
<[email protected]> wrote:
>That's the good thing about a metal-cutting bandsaw though. It'll cut your
>finger off if you can stand to hold it there long enough, but it isn't
>going to do it fast. It didn't even break the skin.
Only accident I've had on my (wood cutting) bandsaw was when someone
used to freehand-cutting on their metal cutting bandsaw came over to
borrow it for a while. "Culture shock" bit them.
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Ah freehanding. I've heard that's how Sam Maloof lost
part of a finger. Got is smashed between the piece he
was freehand cutting and the bandsaw table top.
So was this a "time to change my shorts" incident?
Glad you're ok and that you were willing to share the
experience to perhaps save others (me for example) some
grief. Thanks.
charlie b
Silvan <[email protected]> wrote in message news:<[email protected]>...
> moyo wrote:
>
> Funny... Me too, sort of. I was attempting to make a little pointy thing
> out of steel rod to stick into a dowel hole, so I could locate the precise
> point on the opposing piece for drilling the other hole. I made it too
> long, and I was trying to cut the end off on my metal bandsaw. Too short
> to hold any other way, so I tried to freehand it. Lost control, and it
> jerked my hand into the blade.
For about $2.00 you can buy "center points" at the BORG that do
exactly what you're trying to do for 1/4, 3/8 and 1/2 inch holes.
I just bought a Grizzly 14". It runs at 3200 and 1500 fpm.
On Thu, 25 Sep 2003 08:31:12 -0400, Silvan
<[email protected]> wrote:
>
>I can imagine...
>
>I keep mine at the lowest speed all the time too. I think it's 80 FPM.
>
>What's low for a wood cutter? I haven't ever used one, actually, but I
>gather they crank the blade around rather faster than that.
Jim K wrote:
> I just bought a Grizzly 14". It runs at 3200 and 1500 fpm.
Um. Yeah, that's just a smidgeon faster, isn't it? :)
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moyo wrote:
> the wood with my right hand. That blade snatched that piece of wood
> outta my hand and somehow all at the same time jerked the insert out
> of the table, jammed the wood sideways and bent the blade. All this
> with my hand about 1 inch from the blade....technical term for my
> actions was DumbShit...
Funny... Me too, sort of. I was attempting to make a little pointy thing
out of steel rod to stick into a dowel hole, so I could locate the precise
point on the opposing piece for drilling the other hole. I made it too
long, and I was trying to cut the end off on my metal bandsaw. Too short
to hold any other way, so I tried to freehand it. Lost control, and it
jerked my hand into the blade.
That's the good thing about a metal-cutting bandsaw though. It'll cut your
finger off if you can stand to hold it there long enough, but it isn't
going to do it fast. It didn't even break the skin.
I came to my senses after that, chucked the piece into my bench vise and cut
it with a good old fashioned hacksaw.
Then I stuck it into the hole, and... Now it's glued inside that piece
forever. It was too short, and I couldn't extract it without destroying
the piece.
DumbShit is right.
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Andy Dingley wrote:
>>That's the good thing about a metal-cutting bandsaw though. It'll cut
>>your finger off if you can stand to hold it there long enough, but it
>>isn't>going to do it fast. It didn't even break the skin.
>
> Only accident I've had on my (wood cutting) bandsaw was when someone
> used to freehand-cutting on their metal cutting bandsaw came over to
> borrow it for a while. "Culture shock" bit them.
I can imagine...
I keep mine at the lowest speed all the time too. I think it's 80 FPM.
What's low for a wood cutter? I haven't ever used one, actually, but I
gather they crank the blade around rather faster than that.
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Mark Ohlund wrote:
> For about $2.00 you can buy "center points" at the BORG that do
> exactly what you're trying to do for 1/4, 3/8 and 1/2 inch holes.
I'd be shocked if they have them at the local BORG. I know what you're
talking about, but I haven't seen them. Anyway, it was one of those gotta
have it right now things, and I was trying to be inventive.
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In cases like this you usually have used up all your good luck. Next
time you're real unlucky, hobble over the local 7-11 dragging your
bandages and buy a ticket -- you're due for some good luck. :-)
On Thu, 25 Sep 2003 01:26:10 GMT, moyo <[email protected]>
wrote:
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>That blade snatched that piece of wood
>outta my hand and somehow all at the same time jerked the insert out
>of the table, jammed the wood sideways and bent the blade. All this
>with my hand about 1 inch from the blade....technical term for my
>actions was DumbShit...
>
>Looks like lady luck smiled on me. Think I need to play the lottery
>
>Moyo
Wow, a new way to get hurt. Do you have more details since I can't
understand the dynamics of what happened. Since I encountered a too
close one that I recovered from, I have become very interested on how
some one gets hurt.
Wes
moyo <[email protected]> wrote:
>Been woodworking for a number of years now and recently took up
>woodturning. Getting sidetracked is a nemesis of mine and yesterday
>was no exception. I took a 6" diameter piece of spalted maple branch
>to the bandsaw to cut 1 inch disks. Didn't think about using my jig
>that I built just for this purpose, guess I figured that I could hold
>the wood with my right hand. That blade snatched that piece of wood
>outta my hand and somehow all at the same time jerked the insert out
>of the table, jammed the wood sideways and bent the blade. All this
>with my hand about 1 inch from the blade....technical term for my
>actions was DumbShit...
>
>Looks like lady luck smiled on me. Think I need to play the lottery
>
>Moyo
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