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It is my opinion that a kickback guard & fingers and a riving knife certainly couldn't hurt, and may well have prevented the injury. Again, not my equipment, though you can bet I'll insist on it now!

Unfortunately I have to use whatever cheap ass blade the boss buys, as I no longer work for myself. Not too soon, all humor is welcomed. SawStop would not have helped at all in this case, as it was the board itself that stripped my finger of flesh. So, Carrot Finger lives! X-rays looked great. The Dr. was very happy with the previous Dr.s closing of the wound, and was also happy to see the mobility in my finger. Thumb was more hashed than I originally realized, but still nothing like the finger. I was given a cleaning regimen and finger exercises. The Dr. says it should heal and recover nicely. It'll just look funky. Have a follow up in a week, then one more in two weeks. And that should do it. I'm very happy with the prognosis! Thanks so much for all the well wishes, not sure you guys know how much they help!

Hey buddy! I'll be fine. You need to get your butt to HC more often! Thanks Antonio! I love that you are always happy to give free advice to us. That's not a common thing here in the U.S., and we very much appreciate that! The Emergency care Dr. thought it might need a graft and mentioned the hand Dr. He called him then, but the hand Dr. suggested he do his best at closing it up and then made me the appointment. I thought the closure looked pretty damned good, and was very impressed with that Dr. overall. Will know more in a few hours. Will report back soon. The blade was at 90 degrees. No real reason to believe this would happen.

The Dr. said the same thing. I tend to be calm and rational in these situations. It's my norm. My co-worker however was freaking the hell out. I honestly felt like I was taking care of him. I called someone else to take me to the Emergency Clinic, because I didn't want to die in a car crash on the way. I did know that it was bad when I was rinsing the wound, but I'm a practical guy. And I have a high pain threshold. I realize I'll be disfigured, but I'm very thankful that it was my Left hand and not my Right. Also it's a lot less traumatic at 55 than if I were a young guy. I was wearing a T-shirt that says "It is what it is", and that sums up my feelings about it. In my line of work the odds are that you'll have a bad incident at some point. They are scary, but I feel pretty good that in this situation I did everything right. I had a coworker nearby. I never lost focus. In short I made no mistakes, sometimes you just can't control everything. I find that Oak has a tendency to be grabby, because of it's grain pattern, so I purposely decided to only cut about an 1/8" deep at a time. I was about 1" into my first pass, and it just grabbed, twisted and shot out like a bullet. It would be a lot more difficult for me if I had broken my own rules and lost focus. Shit just happens, but don't think for a minute that I'm not going to chase you bastards around with my freaky finger, next time I see you guys!

Well as I said to Naaman, it will make it easier to pick my nose. And I'll be expecting a 10% discount on any future manicures.

Norco, but I'm too afraid to take it I'll tell you guys what the hand Dr. says tomorrow. Have a 9:00 am appointment, and don't think I'll have too much else to do for a while. Gonna see me on here a lot more during the day for a while anyway.

My fingers never touched the blade, but the board ripped the finger at the Red line, and the Green portion is no longer there. It now resembles a carrot. They took the remainder of the nail off. It did not hit the tendon and I still had full mobility at the Dr.s office. But there was so little skin remaining that he had a very hard time closing up the wound. He is worried that may effect mobility and told me a partial amputation may still be necessary. I have an appointment with a hand Dr. tomorrow. He might have more answers for me. It also dug some flesh from my thumb, but that's a much more minor wound.

Well for starters you'll have to call me Righty, because it tore up my Left hand (thankfully). I was running a piece of Oak through and it bound up between the blade and fence, kicked back and took half of my finger with it.

Had a fight with a tablesaw, and today the tablesaw won.

Brent, as an "honorary gay man", you can take that as a compliment.

Just like being at Benihana!

Good luck!

Yeah, those consoles do look sweet!

RIP JK.

Did you guys catch that? All drinks are on Chris in NY!

Those kids are old enough to watch themselves for a few days!

No, look again. That was aimed at MPI. Just giving him more crap for CJ10, because Head-Case. Well, if you want to impress us, ride your bicycle there.

Next thing you know he'll tell us he's doing Pilates. Fucking Nouveau Vikings! But I was planning on getting you drunk and...

Ditto. Sometimes I have to slow down, to keep enough blood flow to the brain.

Have a memorable day Sir!

What is that appetizer? It looks like Pesto Parmigiana Fries, which sounds amazing!

Always!

Happy Birthday!

Great choices all!