That's why I always wear a clip-on tie when woodworking.

"dadiOH" wrote in message
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k wrote:
I teach wood shop and the students don't seem to take accidents
seriously. Does anyone have a list of different short stories that
I could share with them, to help them realise that accidents do and
can happen if they are not careful. Or if something has happened
to you please let me know. Thanks

I once had a rather nasty one a few years ago. I don't much like to
talk about it but since it is "for the kids", OK. The squeamish among
you might want to skip to the next post.

I was ripping up some boards for a project and had almost finished
when my wife told me it was almost time to go. GADZOOKS! I had
completely forgotten that we had been invited to a dinner party.
Quick shower, freshly pressed suit and off we went.

It was a nice but not late party and we arrived back home about 10
o'clock. I wasn't sleepy and decided to finish my ripping job -
wouldn't take more than ten minutes.

I've always been safety conscious (I don't like pain and I'm not real
fond of blood) so I took off my jacket, rolled up my sleeves and
repaired to the shop. There I was, feeding through a nice piece of
white oak, when all of a sudden that freakin' buzz saw grabbed my tie
and jerked me down to the blade like a lusty wench in heat grabbing
her lover. I don't quite understand what happened as the depth of cut
of the saw is only 3" but that sucker took my head clean off! Well,
not really "clean" as I'm sure some flesh was flung about and there
must have been a lake of blood.

One thing sure, I learned a lesson. And that lesson is...always wear
a tie tack when using a saw.


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