tdstegner wrote:
Not to be morbid, but I'm curious how the accident occurred. Since I have three bandsaws (that are used a lot), it's an accident I don't want to happen... .
Essentially I was cutting a curve in a block of wood, the blade started to bind a little so I added some pressure to get it through. I either misguessed how much pressure I gave, how dense the wood was, or something cause it shot through whatever was holding it back and about 1 1/2 more inches of wood and then my thumb behind it.
I told my wife i've probably had more safety talks on power tools than most as my dad and granddad were always using them quite often and then I had loads of shop hours in college getting a degree in industrial design........goes to show mistakes happen!