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Today was not a day I should have been doing any type of work, let alone wood work.
I guess the part I was using on the lathe is called a screw chuck or mandrill. I started to round out a bracelet I want to make for my oldest daughter, I had the SS on the slowest setting, Taking very light cuts.
Well the screw that is in the chuck/mandrill broke and sent the wood flying.
Then after I clean up this mess, I get ready to start another project.
I had glued up some 3/4 inch oak, as I was trimming the wood to size
a small piece of it kicked back, bounced off my chest and hit me in the chin.
After I got the bleeding to stop I saw it wasn't a very deep cut, more like a deep scratch, but because of my medications, I bleed like crazy
Before you ask, No I wasn't using my fence or riving knifes, because I was using my cross cut jig. I guess as I was pulling the jig back the small piece of wood was close enough to the blade. To where it vibrated back into the blade. and the test is history.
After I cleaned my self up. I put all my tools away and have called it quits for today.
I'm just going to spend the rest of my day sitting in my chair, surf the web, and thank the Lord I did not get hurt worse than I did.

Stay safe everyone. Don't be a bone head like I was.

Chris

Glad you're OK, and thanks for sharing. We all need reminders to be safe.

Chris

Since my heart surgery, I am taking a blood thinner. Is this the type experience that I should prepare for when I get back into the shop?

I am glad that you finished the day on a good note though. It could have been a trip to the ER and it wasn't.

Not you, the wood, but since we have an extra day this year, tomorrow, no time lost, a redo tomorrow.

Sounds like a rough day in the shop and I am glad that you are okay, all things considered. Sometimes you just have to take that as a sign that this is not a day to spend in the shop and go back in the house have another cup of coffee and try again tomorrow. It's a good thing that February 29th only comes around every four years!

Guys, there are those days sometimes.

I've had a few at the shop, in which
EVERYTHING I touch, breaks!

That is the day I get nervous, just thinking
about visiting the little room with ALL the
plumbing in it. Just might break something
near and dear to me.

steve

I try to limit how many really stupid things I do a year. Saturday was a day I did one of them. I got sloppy while cutting a couple of trees and let the chainsaw swing around while I was reaching for a limb. Didn't break the skin, just the jeans but it could have been a bit of a mess...
I have an awfully lot of hours over an awfully lot of years (since about 1961) felling trees and cutting wood without incident... As I get older I try to be even more careful. I should really invest in a pair of safety chaps now...
Just above the left knee.

robinson46176 wrote:I try to limit how many really stupid things I do a year. Saturday was a day I did one of them. I got sloppy while cutting a couple of trees and let the chainsaw swing around while I was reaching for a limb. Didn't break the skin, just the jeans but it could have been a bit of a mess...
I have an awfully lot of hours over an awfully lot of years (since about 1961) felling trees and cutting wood without incident... As I get older I try to be even more careful. I should really invest in a pair of safety chaps now...
Just above the left knee.

So far, I've managed to avoid that.

My brother, however, once did exactly the same when he was about 30 years old, living in Texas. Very unlike you, though, he is a near-total klutz with tools. He and his wife, working together, even failed miserably in their efforts to assemble a Sauder-class dresser! So just to strike fear in the hearts of everyone here, I must tell you that at the time he was a newly-minted radiologist, working on a specialty in minimally-invasive surgery!

These are the reasons that our woodworking club keeps some "Wound Seal" on hand in the shop's first aid cabinet.
Wound Seal is kind of like stop leak for humans.
Bill V

wa2crk wrote:These are the reasons that our woodworking club keeps some "Wound Seal" on hand in the shop's first aid cabinet.
Wound Seal is kind of like stop leak for humans.
Bill V

I have never heard of Wound Seal. I will have to look into this.
usually when I get a little cut or nick, I use super glue, it seals the wound right away and it is a good bandage for 3 to 4 days.
The only problem I have with using super glue is my wife. She squawks up a storm when ever I use it for first aid. lol