OK.. you guys making your own stuff.. be safe!!!
I knew my table saw blade was getting dull.. but.. I try to milk them all I can.. and i paid this time...
Cutting the 45's in top bars.. using OLD dry wood... all was going well, until the piece I was sliding through shattered....
A six inch sliver blew back and SPEARED me through the finger... At first. I didnt realize exactly what had happened.. I finished pulling the top bar through with my left hand.. then looked at my right hand... to see that big ol sliver sticking through my finger tip...
Aww. swell.. I grabbed it to pull it out... and very.... VERY nearly peed...
I ended up using a set of sidecutters to cut the skin over the sliver and gently lifting it out... then I sat on the floor with my head between my knees until the cold sweat stopped... Wrapped it up and immediately put a new blade in the saw...
You know you have to do it.. so just do it!!! The scary thing is.. that sliver COULD have gone through my hand, arm etc... Fortunately, its only a finger thats buggered for a few days....