Paul Gallian
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I could have added this to several recent threads but I decided to keep it to myself -- now it feels much better and I am more open to sharing.
I was turning a fruit bowl out of Easter Red cedar about 12" OD and about 6" deep. I had shaped the outside getting ready to make a tenon - The cedar was mounted on a powermatic face plate. I was taking ONE more pass toward the head and I heard a snap and sharp pain in my left hand. Afraid to look but I had to look and what I saw was a shock! I had a shaft (like an arrow) sticking out of my hand - the fat part under the little finger. The shaft was a little over 6 inches long -- I grab it to pull it out and it would not budge. Jerked the next try and out it came -- blood and all! grabbed the paper towels to make a compress - into the house so my wife could help. She said to the doctors we go- I said no go to docs. That was couple of week ago, it is still sore but much better now. To make matters worse - a few days ago I reversed it and was hollowing it out - a small catch and I yanked it out of chuck (spit the tenon off). I got to watch it hit and roll! Today I redid the tenon and it is now hollowed out and needs sanding -- for a long time I came close to pitching it into the fire place and saying bad, mean wood, bad, mean wood, bad, mean wood, bad, mean wood, bad, mean wood, bad, mean wood, bad, mean wood,!
I was turning a fruit bowl out of Easter Red cedar about 12" OD and about 6" deep. I had shaped the outside getting ready to make a tenon - The cedar was mounted on a powermatic face plate. I was taking ONE more pass toward the head and I heard a snap and sharp pain in my left hand. Afraid to look but I had to look and what I saw was a shock! I had a shaft (like an arrow) sticking out of my hand - the fat part under the little finger. The shaft was a little over 6 inches long -- I grab it to pull it out and it would not budge. Jerked the next try and out it came -- blood and all! grabbed the paper towels to make a compress - into the house so my wife could help. She said to the doctors we go- I said no go to docs. That was couple of week ago, it is still sore but much better now. To make matters worse - a few days ago I reversed it and was hollowing it out - a small catch and I yanked it out of chuck (spit the tenon off). I got to watch it hit and roll! Today I redid the tenon and it is now hollowed out and needs sanding -- for a long time I came close to pitching it into the fire place and saying bad, mean wood, bad, mean wood, bad, mean wood, bad, mean wood, bad, mean wood, bad, mean wood, bad, mean wood,!