Art Mulder
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Jointing a small piece tonight when I heard a funny sound, kind of like a cough.
The piece hesitated a bit also.
When I looked at my push pad, this is what I saw:
Hmm, I guess the jointer got hungry. I'm not even quite sure how this happened.
I was edge jointing, so not much should have been exposed. But I think the corner of the push pad caught the guard as it was going by
Closer look, bit blurry - but the plastic is about half-chewed through as well as the rubber grip. The palm of my hand was on the other side of that bite!
Actually I'm kind of surprised that the jointer didn't bark a bit more. It just ripped that out without much of a hesitation.
Always use push blocks, friends!
The piece hesitated a bit also.
When I looked at my push pad, this is what I saw:
Hmm, I guess the jointer got hungry. I'm not even quite sure how this happened.
I was edge jointing, so not much should have been exposed. But I think the corner of the push pad caught the guard as it was going by
Closer look, bit blurry - but the plastic is about half-chewed through as well as the rubber grip. The palm of my hand was on the other side of that bite!
Actually I'm kind of surprised that the jointer didn't bark a bit more. It just ripped that out without much of a hesitation.
Always use push blocks, friends!