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Got Stripers (05-28-2001 15:31):
Then dog tired, I made the mistake of picking up a circular saw to tip the tomato stakes. Had a bad kickback and I didn't quite clear my left arm...ouch. Luckily it was a nice new blade, clean 1/4" wide X 4 inch cut and maybe only lost the top 1/8 inch of skin and substuff...not much pain or blood. [img="http://www.rgsiroisco.com/fisherman.gif"]
Tight lines.
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Saw an ad in This Old House magazine a few months back for a device that manufacturers can add to their bench saws...it's a sensor that can tell when somebody gets a finger, hand, etc in the blade & stops it in a nanosecond...showed a demo with a hot dog & dammed if it didn't kill the blade before it cut more than 1/64th" deep...just past the skin. Pretty nifty & they say a manufacturer can build it into the saw for around 200 bucks. Can't retro-fit them, though...I'm looking into it because all it takes is one mistake & zzzzztttt...
so long, finger.