MattF
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bet it feels like someone elses hand.....
An optimist could see the beneficial point of that.
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An optimist could see the beneficial point of that.
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It is a good warning though. I hadn't considered the danger of a loose saw being able to climb up as it drags you into the blade. On the other hand (!) these things should have a dead mans switch on them. You'd have to keep your finger on the trigger to get all the way through an arm surely? 
Stupidest thing I did was allow a wire wheel on an angle grinder to catch my T shirt. It ripped it all the way off AND trapped my hand holding the trigger ON! I had to kick the socket out of the extension cable before it burst into flames.... No injury except to my shirt but damn, that happened right quick.
Stupidest thing I did was allow a wire wheel on an angle grinder to catch my T shirt. It ripped it all the way off AND trapped my hand holding the trigger ON! I had to kick the socket out of the extension cable before it burst into flames.... No injury except to my shirt but damn, that happened right quick.
I had a big black arrow above my eye, for cataract operation, but I didnt know.....walking out of the hospital and to the taxi I got some strange looks and the wife laughed when I got home
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Tendons on the muscle side retract a long way so they have to go digging for them to recover the end and re-attach. Blood vessels can be re-attached but only the bigger ones to he'll alwaya have blood flow problems in that hand.
Nerves are a problem as they get torn and you can't stretch them much before they don't work. They can recover somewhat but not to full effect. When I had my finger sewn up I could push a pin into the end without feeling any pain. Nowadays I can feel pain if I try to stick my finger but normal touch sense is just pins and needles from where I cut it to the tip.
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When my wife had a cataract done, that many nurses & doctors checked which eye & marked her face & paper work it took longer than the op!
I think it grabbed his fleece and dragged it in - shock, panic, and a serious WTF moment - you don't let go of the trigger as quick as you would think - the reaction is to fight to get your arm back out - needs thinking to let go the trigger.
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But that's what I can't fathom unless he's crossing arms as above his arm should be well away from the blade.
Yes there was a lot of checks but it was my daughter in law doing them so she didnt need to repeat the questions
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It's hearing about these incidents that makes me want to dig out that normally open (NO) foot pedal and wire it inline to the chop saw. I imagine it could be hard to let go of the switch. Maybe lifting your foot would be more instinctive and could help. Maybe not.
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I rather suspect "chopped his hand off" is not quite accurate. More like it got tangled up and "ringbarked". Effectively twisted all the way round cutting flesh but not through bone. Not all the way through anyway. The article does say he was trapped. I can see how a spinning blade might do that with enough inertia in it no matter how quick you are with the trigger.
Does point to the need for these things to be firmly fixed down because had it been fixed to a bench, it wouldn't have climbed around his whole arm like a pipe cutter.
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A friend a friend of ours slipped onto his table saw and lost a couple of digits, he was mostly peeved because he'd just bought a new Low D tin whistle.
No guards, no railings, no rules needed - we've all got common sense . . . except, as keeps getting proven . . .
We've all had that nearly moment though I bet - some maybe more nearly than others. I count myself pretty lucky as having a couple from unforseen events from travelling all over the world in factories, customers, suppliers, over the last 25 yrs plus.
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Makes my small incident with a table saw look rather small fry.
My old SIP (25+ years hard service) exploded. I am not sure how this happened.
But it did.
My old SIP (25+ years hard service) exploded. I am not sure how this happened.
But it did.
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Accidents will inevitably happen. You cannot put people near dangerous items or machinery & think it won't happen, at some point. Fate's a funny old bint. You can point out obvious, commonly overlooked points, & try to protect numpties from themselves, but any & all of us are potential candidates at some point.
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I can’t imagine any circumstance in which I would allow any part of my body to be dragged into a chop saw. I happen to be quite fond of my extremities. However, the consequence of an unrestrained saw being able to climb up your arm had never occurred to me. Got a couple of those things and they always just sit on a bench top or on the ground.
I wouldn’t use one on a narrow shelf (workmate) like the chap in the article but I don’t think I have ever even used one that’s properly fixed down. Is that uncommon or do we all do it?
