today is a first

[125 CSL]

Cut my thumb on my scroll saw blade.

For some time I have been wanting to start to cut out trivets. So for the past months I kept an eye out for people who were cutting down trees. Picked up a few chunks, let them cure/dry. Cut out a chunk and with my belt sander smoothed it out. I started cutting on my porter cable, but the #5 and 6 polar and spiral blades I have where just snapping no matter how slow the speed or how slow I pushed the work. So pulled out my old master craft scroll saw and pinned blades. I should have clamped it down, but did not. It vibrates, I was only paying attention to the where I was cutting. As the saw started to tip, reached up to steady the saw in doing so managed to get my thumb in the saw bade. 

Lesson, bolt down your saws, no matter how innocent it might look.

I will have to find/make a folding table.

[DWSUDEKUM]

This happens.  Make yourself a stand there are several patterns wandering about for them.

 

 

DW

[hawkeye10]

Sorry about that. I assume it wasn't to bad? 

[ike]

i HAD MY SAW BOLTED DOWN BEFORE i CU MY FIRS PIECE. i LEARNED A LONG TIME AGO THAT IF YOU A ARGUE WITH A POWER TOOL YOU ARE GOING TO LOST, i LOST 1/2 OF MY SUM WITH A TABLE SAW. .

ike

[Rockytime]

OUCH!

[amazingkevin]

Cut my thumb on my scroll saw blade.

For some time I have been wanting to start to cut out trivets. So for the past months I kept an eye out for people who were cutting down trees. Picked up a few chunks, let them cure/dry. Cut out a chunk and with my belt sander smoothed it out. I started cutting on my porter cable, but the #5 and 6 polar and spiral blades I have where just snapping no matter how slow the speed or how slow I pushed the work. So pulled out my old master craft scroll saw and pinned blades. I should have clamped it down, but did not. It vibrates, I was only paying attention to the where I was cutting. As the saw started to tip, reached up to steady the saw in doing so managed to get my thumb in the saw bade. 

Lesson, bolt down your saws, no matter how innocent it might look.

I will have to find/make a folding table.

Just be thankful it wasn't a piece of cut own nasty band saw blade,That would do more than bite,i know,got me once

[WayneMahler]

Sorry to hear this. The closest I came wa a groove in a finger nail. Hope all is well and nothing too serious. 

[meflick]

Glad all is well.  Glad "lesson" was learned.  Hope others can learn from it as well perhaps.

[Phantom Scroller]

Oh dear  the what a pity never mind were the words you said am I correct.       Roly

[Lucky2]

Craig, thankfully it wasn't a severe cut, and hopefully you learned a lesson. Anything that vibrates as much as a scroll saw does, definitely should be fastened down before using. The probable reason for the blades snapping on you, was that the wood probably was still to wet to cut. The wood that you picked up in the last few months, wouldn't be near dry enough to use. It takes at least one year per inch, for fresh cut wood to air dry.

Len

[125 CSL]

Sorry about that. I assume it wasn't to bad? 

A bit over 1/2 inch across my thumb print. Made it bleed a bit longer then it would have naturally, Then washed it and applied abx band aids. Even after 30 years as a nurse it some times amazes me how quick the body recovers.

 

 

Craig, thankfully it wasn't a severe cut, and hopefully you learned a lesson. Anything that vibrates as much as a scroll saw does, definitely should be fastened down before using. The probable reason for the blades snapping on you, was that the wood probably was still to wet to cut. The wood that you picked up in the last few months, wouldn't be near dry enough to use. It takes at least one year per inch, for fresh cut wood to air dry.

Len

Oh yea lesson learned. Figured it was red oak that was why the stuff would not cut on my PC, I will keep in mind the slow dry time. New to a lot of this.

 

 

Oh dear  the what a pity never mind were the words you said am I correct.       Roly

I have no idea what you are trying to say.