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Spalted Walt

03/04/2012 1:40 PM

Ouch! (was: Is this really safe? (Router video)

Happened upon this Charles Neil video last night

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-l4suyL84-w

Viweing it full screen at about 1:45 it's apparent his left index
finger was severely injured (severed?) in the past.

Looks like the surgeon maybe attached one of his toes as a
replacement.

Anybody know the circumstances on how it happened?
Table saw?


This topic has 9 replies

Ll

Leon

in reply to Spalted Walt on 03/04/2012 1:40 PM

03/04/2012 10:59 AM

On 4/3/2012 8:40 AM, Spalted Walt wrote:
> Happened upon this Charles Neil video last night
>
> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-l4suyL84-w
>
> Viweing it full screen at about 1:45 it's apparent his left index
> finger was severely injured (severed?) in the past.
>
> Looks like the surgeon maybe attached one of his toes as a
> replacement.
>
> Anybody know the circumstances on how it happened?
> Table saw?
>
>

Looks more like he cut a tenon in his finger and or further up his hand,
the one that works that finger. My BIL has 3 fingers that look the
same, yeah he had a severe cut across the top of his hand IIRC not wood
working related.

SW

Spalted Walt

in reply to Spalted Walt on 03/04/2012 1:40 PM

03/04/2012 5:11 PM

On Tue, 03 Apr 2012 10:59:52 -0500, Leon <lcb11211@swbelldotnet> wrote:

>On 4/3/2012 8:40 AM, Spalted Walt wrote:
>> Happened upon this Charles Neil video last night
>>
>> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-l4suyL84-w
>>
>> Viweing it full screen at about 1:45 it's apparent his left index
>> finger was severely injured (severed?) in the past.
>>
>> Looks like the surgeon maybe attached one of his toes as a
>> replacement.
>>
>> Anybody know the circumstances on how it happened?
>> Table saw?
>>
>>
>
>Looks more like he cut a tenon in his finger and or further up his hand,
>the one that works that finger. My BIL has 3 fingers that look the
>same, yeah he had a severe cut across the top of his hand IIRC not wood
>working related.

He sort of mentions it here in 2008 but gives no details:

http://www.sawmillcreek.org/showthread.php?81807-Charles-Neil-on-his-SawStop


Ll

Leon

in reply to Spalted Walt on 03/04/2012 1:40 PM

10/04/2012 6:55 AM

On 4/9/2012 9:54 PM, -MIKE- wrote:
> On 4/9/12 9:37 PM, RonB wrote:
>> How many times, on HGTV or other stations that should know better, do
>> you see contractors or others cutting wood on a table saw without a
>> fence or miter gauge? Just shoving it through the blade.
>>
>> It is stupid, dangerous and producers should know better.
>>
>> RonB
>
> Producers? They are the last people who know anything about woodworking.
> :-)
> Honestly, a producer's job is to hire the people who are supposed to
> know about everything else.
>
>

Producers hire stunt people. ;~)

Rr

RonB

in reply to Spalted Walt on 03/04/2012 1:40 PM

09/04/2012 7:37 PM

On Apr 9, 9:20=A0pm, scritch <[email protected]> wrote:
> On 4/3/2012 10:11 AM, Spalted Walt wrote:
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
> > On Tue, 03 Apr 2012 10:59:52 -0500, Leon<lcb11211@swbelldotnet> =A0wrot=
e:
>
> >> On 4/3/2012 8:40 AM, Spalted Walt wrote:
> >>> Happened upon this Charles Neil video last night
>
> >>>http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3D-l4suyL84-w
>
> >>> Viweing it full screen at about 1:45 it's apparent his left index
> >>> finger was severely injured (severed?) in the past.
>
> >>> Looks like the surgeon maybe attached one of his toes as a
> >>> replacement.
>
> >>> Anybody know the circumstances on how it happened?
> >>> Table saw?
>
> >> Looks more like he cut a tenon in his finger and or further up his han=
d,
> >> the one that works that finger. =A0My BIL has 3 fingers that look the
> >> same, =A0yeah he had a severe cut across the top of his hand IIRC not =
wood
> >> working related.
>
> > He sort of mentions it here in 2008 but gives no details:
>
> >http://www.sawmillcreek.org/showthread.php?81807-Charles-Neil-on-his-...
>
> People do stupid stuff. =A0Usually on TV they preach safety and such,
> especially on PBS, but on "Ask This Old House" I saw that contractor guy
> Tom actually ripping 3-1/4-inch flooring with a buzz saw while holding
> it in his hand!
>
> scritch

How many times, on HGTV or other stations that should know better, do
you see contractors or others cutting wood on a table saw without a
fence or miter gauge? Just shoving it through the blade.

It is stupid, dangerous and producers should know better.

RonB

LJ

Larry Jaques

in reply to Spalted Walt on 03/04/2012 1:40 PM

03/04/2012 11:38 AM

On Tue, 03 Apr 2012 12:08:04 -0400, Keith Nuttle
<[email protected]> wrote:

>On 4/3/2012 9:40 AM, Spalted Walt wrote:
>> Happened upon this Charles Neil video last night
>>
>> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-l4suyL84-w
>>
>> Viweing it full screen at about 1:45 it's apparent his left index
>> finger was severely injured (severed?) in the past.
>>
>> Looks like the surgeon maybe attached one of his toes as a
>> replacement.
>>
>> Anybody know the circumstances on how it happened?
>> Table saw?
>>
>>
>That was cool. Could you use a dovetail jig to create the scallop effect
>in your real life work?

Sure, why not?


>If not are there any suggestions for creating the scalloping?

Jig it up. Drill a line of holes in a piece of scrap, rip to the
halfway mark, round off the sharp points between them, and clamp that
on the board you want to scallop. Mount your circle cutter on your
router and use that to keep it from moving much. Clamp a rounded stick
to the top of the router to interface with the scalloped jig board.
Now run the thing down the line. (notso)Instant scalloped edge.

Play with the depth, width, and different bit sizes and profiles to
get the edge you want.

--
Life is an escalator:
You can move forward or backward;
you can not remain still.
-- Patricia Russell-McCloud

KN

Keith Nuttle

in reply to Spalted Walt on 03/04/2012 1:40 PM

03/04/2012 12:08 PM

On 4/3/2012 9:40 AM, Spalted Walt wrote:
> Happened upon this Charles Neil video last night
>
> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-l4suyL84-w
>
> Viweing it full screen at about 1:45 it's apparent his left index
> finger was severely injured (severed?) in the past.
>
> Looks like the surgeon maybe attached one of his toes as a
> replacement.
>
> Anybody know the circumstances on how it happened?
> Table saw?
>
>
That was cool. Could you use a dovetail jig to create the scallop effect
in your real life work?

If not are there any suggestions for creating the scalloping?

KN

Keith Nuttle

in reply to Spalted Walt on 03/04/2012 1:40 PM

03/04/2012 9:10 PM

On 4/3/2012 2:38 PM, Larry Jaques wrote:
> On Tue, 03 Apr 2012 12:08:04 -0400, Keith Nuttle
> <[email protected]> wrote:
>

>> If not are there any suggestions for creating the scalloping?
>
> Jig it up. Drill a line of holes in a piece of scrap, rip to the
> halfway mark, round off the sharp points between them, and clamp that
> on the board you want to scallop. Mount your circle cutter on your
> router and use that to keep it from moving much. Clamp a rounded stick
> to the top of the router to interface with the scalloped jig board.
> Now run the thing down the line. (notso)Instant scalloped edge.
>
> Play with the depth, width, and different bit sizes and profiles to
> get the edge you want.
>
> --
> Life is an escalator:
> You can move forward or backward;
> you can not remain still.
> -- Patricia Russell-McCloud

I will have to try that. I make many frames for my wife's paintings and
am becoming bored with the standard router cuts.

sg

scritch

in reply to Spalted Walt on 03/04/2012 1:40 PM

09/04/2012 7:20 PM

On 4/3/2012 10:11 AM, Spalted Walt wrote:
> On Tue, 03 Apr 2012 10:59:52 -0500, Leon<lcb11211@swbelldotnet> wrote:
>
>> On 4/3/2012 8:40 AM, Spalted Walt wrote:
>>> Happened upon this Charles Neil video last night
>>>
>>> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-l4suyL84-w
>>>
>>> Viweing it full screen at about 1:45 it's apparent his left index
>>> finger was severely injured (severed?) in the past.
>>>
>>> Looks like the surgeon maybe attached one of his toes as a
>>> replacement.
>>>
>>> Anybody know the circumstances on how it happened?
>>> Table saw?
>>>
>>>
>>
>> Looks more like he cut a tenon in his finger and or further up his hand,
>> the one that works that finger. My BIL has 3 fingers that look the
>> same, yeah he had a severe cut across the top of his hand IIRC not wood
>> working related.
>
> He sort of mentions it here in 2008 but gives no details:
>
> http://www.sawmillcreek.org/showthread.php?81807-Charles-Neil-on-his-SawStop
>
>
>
People do stupid stuff. Usually on TV they preach safety and such,
especially on PBS, but on "Ask This Old House" I saw that contractor guy
Tom actually ripping 3-1/4-inch flooring with a buzz saw while holding
it in his hand!


scritch

Mm

-MIKE-

in reply to Spalted Walt on 03/04/2012 1:40 PM

09/04/2012 9:54 PM

On 4/9/12 9:37 PM, RonB wrote:
> How many times, on HGTV or other stations that should know better, do
> you see contractors or others cutting wood on a table saw without a
> fence or miter gauge? Just shoving it through the blade.
>
> It is stupid, dangerous and producers should know better.
>
> RonB

Producers? They are the last people who know anything about
woodworking. :-)
Honestly, a producer's job is to hire the people who are supposed to
know about everything else.


--

-MIKE-

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