I’m gonna bump this thread up. With damn near a year between posts there should be some things to add.
Yesterday I was putting some finishing touches on some shop cabinets I’m building. Putting some solid mitered edging around a table top. I was having a hard time keeping last miter together so I decided to make a couple clamping cauls to close it up. Went to the miter saw to cut the pieces quick. Wasn’t thinking...at all. Moved a piece out of the way but not off the saw completely. Being in a hurry I threw my workpiece against the fence and went for it. This is where the piece that I didn’t move out of the way come in. Blade grabbed it sucked it up into the blade. Smacked my thumb pretty good and heard a loud crash. Bent the blade, and took a pretty good gouge out of the aluminum. Also wasn’t wearing safety glasses. Could’ve ended a lot worse. Hopefully I didn’t mess the arbor up.
The saw
The Workpiece
Yesterday I was putting some finishing touches on some shop cabinets I’m building. Putting some solid mitered edging around a table top. I was having a hard time keeping last miter together so I decided to make a couple clamping cauls to close it up. Went to the miter saw to cut the pieces quick. Wasn’t thinking...at all. Moved a piece out of the way but not off the saw completely. Being in a hurry I threw my workpiece against the fence and went for it. This is where the piece that I didn’t move out of the way come in. Blade grabbed it sucked it up into the blade. Smacked my thumb pretty good and heard a loud crash. Bent the blade, and took a pretty good gouge out of the aluminum. Also wasn’t wearing safety glasses. Could’ve ended a lot worse. Hopefully I didn’t mess the arbor up.
The saw
The Workpiece