I know I do - just about every day. Right now I have four cuts on my right arm, one on my left middle finger, and two on my right leg - and that's just in the last week. It's rare to see me without at least one band-aid on. I've been known to come to the dinner table with a 12" long ribbon of blood dripping down my leg and I'm not even aware of it.
Most of these cuts are caused by me bumping into things, leaning up against things, walking into walls, etc. Some, however, are caused by one particular machine in my shop. If you're thinking table saw, or jointer, or band saw, or router, you'd be wrong. I have a healthy respect for these machines and use them with the care and respect they deserve. No, the machine that makes me bleed is the 12" disk sander. For some reason, I cannot seem to refrain from giving myself a manicure at least four times a year while using it. The injury to my left middle finger is last night's tangle with the rotary beast. Some skin and a piece of fingernail are the latest casualties of my carelessness. That machine gets no respect I tell you - no respect!
What makes you bleed?
Most of these cuts are caused by me bumping into things, leaning up against things, walking into walls, etc. Some, however, are caused by one particular machine in my shop. If you're thinking table saw, or jointer, or band saw, or router, you'd be wrong. I have a healthy respect for these machines and use them with the care and respect they deserve. No, the machine that makes me bleed is the 12" disk sander. For some reason, I cannot seem to refrain from giving myself a manicure at least four times a year while using it. The injury to my left middle finger is last night's tangle with the rotary beast. Some skin and a piece of fingernail are the latest casualties of my carelessness. That machine gets no respect I tell you - no respect!
What makes you bleed?