Well, I'm breathing again, painfully.
Today I decided to fix a safety concern with my new (for me, thanks Darrylf:D ) tablesaw. The problem was no splitter was fitted. I admit I used it lots with no incident. So today I routed a slot in the outfeed table to allow the splitter to be fitted and proceeded to fit it. Easy, neat and great until I tried to tilt the blade. So starts mk2. Routed a much wider slot, I did. Now it tilts to about 30degrees. More routing and we're getting close to what we wants. Good enough. Now for a feather board, says me to meself. Cuts the angle makes a safe holding jig, cuts the fingers of the featherboard, beautiful.
Hang on says me, this last feather is way too thin and will end up breaking off. No problem we'll just rip it off. So through she goes, when bang bloody ouch I've got a kickback; the feather board thumps me fair in the chest and drops me like a sack of spuds. Literally can't breath, not at all start to panic thinking I've bloody copped that right on the heart, wondering if I'm having a heart attack. It hit me flattish(ly) but still drew blood for six inches across me chest. Lump over me sternum. Pharque it scared me.
Why did it happen?
Well, somehow while trying to tilt the blade I think the motor pushed against the outfeed table and moved the mounting about half a millimetre just enough to cause the blade ( which was exactly perfect this morning) to resaw enough to throw the job at me.
How ironic, making safety bits and it has a tantrum. Should just have carried on without any splitter or guard. The worst part will be when SWMBO finds out, which she will as it is gonna bruise like a basterd.
Tried to fix the alignment of the blade with the table again, but hurts too much, so having computer time instead drinking a beer cause I still have all me fingers and perhaps the dust extractor was sucking just hard enough to stop it hitting me in the face.:D Then I'd would have been in hospital.
Thank you to which ever wood god saved me.
Ahhh shed time.I always get nervous when things go too easily and today was no exception.
The worst part is I was trying completely out of character to be safety conscious.
