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Parrothead member
Join Date: Jul 2003
Location: Monmouth county, NJ USA
Posts: 13,914
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Men, power tools and the stupid things we do with them.
My radial arm saw is probably one the most heavily used tools I own. Been using it for 20 something uneventful yrs. Tonight I was cutting some stock. After I finished i lowered the blade to make a different cut. I had multiple pieces to make the same cut.
Why I did this I'll never know. As I was putting the wood up against the fence, I hit the power switch which is on the arm. The blade which i had lowered to far ( and not checked) was against the table. It spun up, shot forward towards me and just skinned my wrist. a 1/4 inch over, and it might have taken my hand off!
In all my years I have never, ever turned it on without having my hand on the slide assembly. Real dumb azz move! Scared the crap out of me!
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Vinny
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Last edited by VINMAN; 03-12-2011 at 10:16 PM..
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