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Bandsaw Reminder

It just gives me that sick feeling of what it must feel like and knowing how quick that happens. Hope you heal completely and readily.
Yep, count me in the category of stupidly trying to cut a log in the bandsaw AND having it catch and go BAMM in a hurry. I don't do it anymore as it tends to destroy a good blade in a hurry, not to mentions possibly bodily injury.
Cutting logs like that stays reserved to the chainsaw for me.
 
Still hurts like #@*& I'm sure but I was wondering the same thing.
 
Me too, he's gonna have to open his package I sent him with his other hand, maybe I shouldn't have put so much tape on it....
 
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robert flynt said:
Scott, How is the finger healing?
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Actually very well Thank You. Went to my follow up with the surgeon like a good boy. All is well. He said the fracture is closed reasonably well and the skin and tip are healing as well.

My wife is out of town this weekend, so if I don't have to work I will be back in the shop. I'm jonesing to get back out there.
 
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Just to add to the lesson learned here...

I have NEVER had a bandsaw of any size "Buck" before, so I really didn't understand exactly what happened. I went back out Wednesday to see if I could figure it out. I always have to study something until I get to the "why"
Here is what I learned...

The piece I was cutting was a crotch. The "Y" shaped end was in my right hand, and the straight trunk piece in my left. There was a nub from a branch on the forward facing blade side of the log piece.. As the cut progressed, the piece rolled forward up on the nub, the it climbed onto the forward leg of the "Y". This elevated the piece more on the right than the left and put the blade in a bind. The Blade grabbed (It was a 1" 2 TPI) and the torque of the motor turned the wood into a sledge hammer slamming it down to the table with my finger under it. The rest is history. The blade was so jammed in there I had to cut the blade to get the wood off the saw.

I won't say I will never do a cross cut on a round piece again, because I've done it so many times with no problem...
But what I DID learn was;
#1 - There is a good probability that the piece will roll forward as the blade bears down on the cut.
#2 - Check for irregularities in the log (Like branch nubs) that would force the piece to go cockeyed if it were rolled over
#3 - Understand that a crotch is automatically going to rack to one side if that roll happens. Odds are that it will roll some, so I will probably never cut a crotch section that way again.

Hope this makes sense. It's kind of hard to describe but I wanted you to be able to learn from my mistake.
 
NYWoodturner said:
robert flynt said:
Scott, How is the finger healing?
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Actually very well Thank You. Went to my follow up with the surgeon like a good boy. All is well. He said the fracture is closed reasonably well and the skin and tip are healing as well.

My wife is out of town this weekend, so if I don't have to work I will be back in the shop. I'm jonesing to get back out there.
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What will you give me to not tell!
 
OUCH! I feel your pain, Scott!
Brings back memories of my right index finger last year. Took the tip of mine clean off. Doc told me there was only one appendage on a man that had more nerve endings, and that I should be thankful I didn't cut the tip of it off. I told him if I took the tip of that off, there wouldn't be much left, but my wife would be happy. He then "V" notched my shortened finger, thankfully, and pulled the "flap" up to give me a new finger tip. Mine took 4 stitches as well, must be the standard end of finger stitch count. 2 of mine were through the nail. I don't recommend it either.
 
How's your finger? Haven't heard anything in a couple of days. Are you back in the saddle?
 
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rdnkmedic said:
How's your finger? Haven't heard anything in a couple of days. Are you back in the saddle?
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Actually Im amazed ay how well its healing and how fast. I didn't think I bounced back like this anymore. Its good Thanks for asking. My problem with getting into the shop is work... not my finger. Right now I don't know if i need to scratch my watch or wind my A$$. :sarcastic:
 
NYWoodturner said:
rdnkmedic said:
How's your finger? Haven't heard anything in a couple of days. Are you back in the saddle?
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Actually Im amazed ay how well its healing and how fast. I didn't think I bounced back like this anymore. Its good Thanks for asking. My problem with getting into the shop is work... not my finger. Right now I don't know if i need to scratch my watch or wind my A$$. :sarcastic:
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I'd scratch my watch if I were you, To keep from getting that finger infected.
 
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robert flynt said:
NYWoodturner said:
rdnkmedic said:
How's your finger? Haven't heard anything in a couple of days. Are you back in the saddle?
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Actually Im amazed ay how well its healing and how fast. I didn't think I bounced back like this anymore. Its good Thanks for asking. My problem with getting into the shop is work... not my finger. Right now I don't know if i need to scratch my watch or wind my A$$. :sarcastic:
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I'd scratch my watch if I were you, To keep from getting that finger infected.
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:rotflmao3::rotflmao3::rotflmao3::rotflmao3::rotflmao3::rotflmao3:
 
http://i1077.Rule #2/albums/w468/WoodBarter/AssScratching_zps4eca10af.png

:mocking:
 
Kevin said:
http://i1077.Rule #2/albums/w468/WoodBarter/AssScratching_zps4eca10af.png
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:rotflmao3::rotflmao3::rotflmao3::rotflmao3::rotflmao3::rotflmao3::rotflmao3::rotflmao3::rotflmao3::rotflmao3::rotflmao3:
 
NYWoodturner said:
Kevin said:
http://i1077.Rule #2/albums/w468/WoodBarter/AssScratching_zps4eca10af.png

:mocking:
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I have to figure out how to get that converted to a sign to hang in my shop :rotflmao3:
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Dane could do it -How about hats?? :rotflmao3::rotflmao3:
 
NYWoodturner said:
Kevin said:
http://i1077.Rule #2/albums/w468/WoodBarter/AssScratching_zps4eca10af.png

:mocking:
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I have to figure out how to get that converted to a sign to hang in my shop :rotflmao3:
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I've got a laser machine, Could do it in black and white......

Seriously though, I learned that lesson with some antler on the band saw one time. Luckily all it cost me was a broken blade and a cracked face shield. without the shield I'd have been looking at a hole in my forehead probably although my wife thinks I've already taken a few to many shots to the head every time I haul home another tree :dash2:
 
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