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| | | | | Anonymous Unregistered | | Anonymous Unregistered | | | | | | Joined: Feb 2001 Posts: 164 Shop Shark | | Shop Shark Joined: Feb 2001 Posts: 164 | Yeow!!! Makes one tear up just thinking about it..... | | | | | Joined: Jun 2000 Posts: 2,773 'Bolter | | 'Bolter Joined: Jun 2000 Posts: 2,773 | And I thought running my finger through the table saw was bad. Safety glasses didn't help that, either. OUCH 
Fred
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| | | | | Joined: Feb 2000 Posts: 987 'Bolter | | 'Bolter Joined: Feb 2000 Posts: 987 | Ripleys believe it or not! Very lucky to only have lost the eye and nothing else!
Brian Moore
1949 3100 5 window Deluxe
"Today is better than yesterday, but not as good as tomorrow"
| | | | | Joined: Nov 2000 Posts: 427 'Bolter | | 'Bolter Joined: Nov 2000 Posts: 427 | | | | | | Joined: Dec 2001 Posts: 1,745 Member | | Member Joined: Dec 2001 Posts: 1,745 | Caution, operating this tool too close to the eye socket may cause serious injury or death.
54 3100 with 235
62 flatbed dump C60 with 261
| | | | | Joined: Nov 2001 Posts: 182 Wrench Fetcher | | Wrench Fetcher Joined: Nov 2001 Posts: 182 | JEEEEEZZZZ...I need a shot of morphine just readin' it. | | | | | Joined: Sep 2002 Posts: 438 Shop Shark | | Shop Shark Joined: Sep 2002 Posts: 438 | I was doing OK until I saw the X-Ray! Ohhhh Maaan! Now I can refer folks to an image to describe the way i feel the morning after drinkin' too much! | | | | | Joined: Dec 2001 Posts: 1,745 Member | | Member Joined: Dec 2001 Posts: 1,745 | I suffer vascular headaches (sort of like migraines), the X-ray is what I feel like during an attack.
54 3100 with 235
62 flatbed dump C60 with 261
| | | | | Joined: Dec 2001 Posts: 146 Member | | Member Joined: Dec 2001 Posts: 146 | I knew a guy named Rob, he owned a bodyshop, Celtic Coachworks, oncehe had an accident with a cutoff wheel, the small 3 inch cutting disk exploded, the shatters went thru the full face lexan shield and he lost an eye. It was pretty tragic, because we all can understand that using a face shield or gogles can make us safe.The lesson was that although losing an eye he was still better alive because if it were not for the shiled, the doctors told him that the shapnel would have reached his brain. After that, I retired my cut off wheel, having it as an unsafe tool, even with the adequated protective equipment.
Alexandre Garcia
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My brother was running a large chop saw used to cut structural steel tubing and bar stock. It had a 20 inch abrasive blade and a long handle so you would stand about 4 feet from the blade when it was cutting. Even though it was water cooled it still sent a huge shower of sparks everywhere.
One day the blade shattered and a piece caught him inside the thigh right below the groin. His blood was pumping out of him like a water spigot. Good thing the Seattle Fire Dept was right next door and the hospital only a few minutes away. From that point forward, air cylinders were used for all material clamping and the chop saw was raised and lowered with air cylinders as well. No one can stand in the path of the blade. | | |
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