▲ 117 r/BeginnerWoodWorking
Only kickback in 7yrs. Right to the thigh.
Interestingly it was on the outside of the blade when a re-sawn piece fell off. I could tell it was starting to pinch as it was nearly finished. I was stupidly using a push block that was chewed up and didn’t make contact with the outside piece to push it through. The small part in the third photo somehow ended up crossing the blade and chunking out the fence, or at least I think since I found it nearest to the fence.
Not fun, but I was glad I was standing off to the left of the blade so that I didn’t get it in the gut. A nice bruise and a lump all because I didn’t use a fresh push block that would have carried the off cut past the blade. I got lucky the off cut piece was only about 5/32” of an inch thick.
Have fun and be safe out there!
u/TheMCM80 — 3 months ago