“It won’t happen to me”

“It won’t happen to me”

Well, you go through life thinking it won’t happen to you. You’re smarter than that. Your hands are steadier. Etc.

Today it happened. Got in a rush because the project was going well. Decided to crosscut a 1/4” board with the shitty miter gauge that comes with the table saw. One hand on the gauge and the other on the off cut because the off cut also needs to be used.

# BOOM!

Kicked back, I fought it, kicked back all the way and sent the board into my gut. Hindsight’s 20/20, should’ve used the miter saw. But that would require time to setup… so I was lazy.

# THE GOOD NEWS

The only thing hurt is a bruise on my stomach, a $2 piece of white oak I got for free, and my ego. Fortunately I do not have any gore filled pictures to share, and I don’t have a story to prove that saw stop works. I got lucky. I won’t get lucky again, and I won’t be doing that again.

# LEARN FROM MY MISTAKE!! DO NOT RUSH, ALWAYS USE THE RIGHT TOOL FOR THE JOB, AND IF YOU EVER THINK “IM SMARTER THAN THAT or ITS NOT GOING TO HAPPEN,” JUST WALK AWAY AND TAKE A BREAK!