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My middle school wood shop teacher rolled over in his grave...

• tyingq 8y ago
  I moved around a lot as a kid, so I saw a lot of wood shop teachers. All were missing various parts of fingers. Pretty good "mea culpa" video here from a guy that cut his hand up: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fifjjacjLBE https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fifjjacjLBE
  • pselbert 8y ago
    I went to school for furniture design in Savannah. None of the teachers were missing any fingers, but plenty of guys from shops in the surrounding area were. From what I recall all of them had lost fingers from jointers and routers, not table saws. Loosing a digit from a table saw certainly happens, but some of the other tools are less obvious and equally dangerous menaces.
    • tyingq 8y ago
      Table saws seem to top the statistics[1][2] though perhaps just because they are so common. [1] https://www.wwgoa.com/article/shop-accident-statistics-woodworking-safety/ https://www.wwgoa.com/article/shop-accident-statistics-woodw... [2] https://www.popularwoodworking.com/article/table-saw-injury-numbers-in-perspective/ https://www.popularwoodworking.com/article/table-saw-injury-...