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Benzart
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From: Port Saint Lucie, Florida
|  Posted: 2005-03-21 05:34 am Permalink
Here is what happens when you just Touch a sharp, moving, band saw blade with your fingernail.
This is one of those "you're SO Lucky" statements where you are lucky it wasn't worse but "Lucky?". If you were lucky, it wouldn't have happened at all!
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finkdaddy
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From: Wisconsin
| Posted: 2005-03-21 05:45 am Permalink
Your carivngs looks so life-like! I would swear that was a real finger.
But seriously, could you just stop hurting yourself please?
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Tiki-bot
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Joined: Jun 24, 2002
Posts: 1345 | Posted: 2005-03-21 08:36 am Permalink
BZ, you really need this table saw I saw on some HG tv show. WHen any skin touches the blade, it closes a circuit that causes the blade to retract into the table in a millisecond. The demo was pretty cool (they used a hot dog). All it did was leave a tiny nick, less severe than these pics you posted.
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rodeotiki
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Joined: Jan 21, 2004
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From: calgary
| Posted: 2005-03-21 09:27 am Permalink
Ben , Please be careful. Do you know how important those hands are to us.
Maybe we should take a collection to insure them through lloyds of london.
If J-lo can insure her ass and Tina Turner has leg coverage, Benzarts hands should be too.
All kidding aside glad to see your okay and my thoughts are with you as your surgery aproaches..
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Benzart
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From: Port Saint Lucie, Florida
| Posted: 2005-03-21 09:57 am Permalink
Thanks guys, you must think I'm a Klutz or something like that. It really looks worse than it is, but it sure freaked Sherry out when I came in holding my finger in a bloody paper towel and she asked "What did you do"?. When she heard the word BandSaw, she didn't hear anything else. She thought I had cut it off. Really it isn't that bad.
Thanks
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keigs20
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Joined: Jun 02, 2002
Posts: 528
From: WA
| Posted: 2005-03-21 09:59 am Permalink
damn Benz you are scaring the hell out of me. I have almost made a few mistakes with my bandsaw it is easy to do. You need some special saw and chisel proof gloves. Glad it was not worse..
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Lake Surfer
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Joined: Oct 21, 2002
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From: Milwaukee, WI
| Posted: 2005-03-21 10:03 am Permalink
Power tools scare me... especially table saws... the boards always kick back at me. The bandsaw scares me alot too but I keep fingers as far away as possible.
Anything with high rpm can do big time damage... I've had a few run ins with the angle grinder...
Take care of yourself Ben...
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Monkeyman
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From: Vista, CA
| Posted: 2005-03-21 10:29 am Permalink
Welcome to the club of almost missing fingers.
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yumyumkid
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Joined: Oct 05, 2004
Posts: 93
From: Northern FL
| Posted: 2005-03-21 11:14 am Permalink
Three words Ben: Chain Mail Glove
Also comes in handy when challenging someone to a duel.
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Unga Bunga
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From: CaliTikifornia
| Posted: 2005-03-21 1:28 pm Permalink
Correct me if I'm wrong Benz, but I think we have a Moai here.
Can you say "Ebay"? 
Glad to know you're not looking for a high school wood shop-teaching job (four finger prerequisite).
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Benzart
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Joined: Jan 09, 2004
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From: Port Saint Lucie, Florida
| Posted: 2005-03-21 1:57 pm Permalink
WOW, Yes it's a moai. I wonderif I cna get the whole nail off the finger and put it in a baggie. What do you think it's worth 60G? More??
Thanks Unga.
Thanks to everybody else too, I appreciate your interest in preserving my fingers.
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Raffertiki
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From: L.I.
| Posted: 2005-03-21 2:43 pm Permalink
Was that the middle finger? I'm glad you still have it to tell us all that we're #1.
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Philot
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Joined: Apr 04, 2003
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From: The armpit of Florida
| Posted: 2005-03-22 07:53 am Permalink
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On 2005-03-21 08:36, Tiki-bot wrote:
BZ, you really need this table saw I saw on some HG tv show. WHen any skin touches the blade, it closes a circuit that causes the blade to retract into the table in a millisecond. The demo was pretty cool (they used a hot dog). All it did was leave a tiny nick, less severe than these pics you posted.
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Tiki-bot's probably talking about SawStop. The viedos of the hotdog demo are impressive.
[ This Message was edited by: Philot on 2005-03-22 08:01 ]
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Tiki G.
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Joined: Feb 28, 2005
Posts: 380
From: Jacksonville Beach, FL
| Posted: 2005-03-22 10:29 am Permalink
Ben hope that filangee is doing ok. That nail should be coming off soon enough! Sell that sucka!
Hey Yum Yum kid. How does that medieval looking glove feel on your hand. Can you still grip things good with it? Looks like a good idea to me.....What do you call it actually. Is it shark proof?
G.
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Johnny Dollar
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Joined: Oct 01, 2003
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From: Baltimore, Maryland, PNG
| Posted: 2005-03-22 10:48 am Permalink
groovy.
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