Billy P Posted September 30, 2010 Report Posted September 30, 2010 When I was about 18 or 19 years old I was helping my dad in the pulpwood/logging business that he/we ran. One Friday he said we were going out with some of the crew and cut the last of a tract of timber, so we could begin to move equip. Monday. Well Friday night I went out to the local dance and tied one on. When I got in about 3:30 soaked to the gills Daddy didn't know it. He called me about 5:30 and I rolled out got some clothes onand out the door. I had an old pair of work boots in the truck and they were too big for my foot. Now what I done was sawing the timber to length on the hill after the gogetter drug it up. I had one foot on each side of a log and was using a chainsaw and wobbling around and let the saw cut thru the wood, and when it fell thru it cut the end clear off my right boot. It sobbered me up ina hurry and I have tried to be careful with sharp objects every since, especially fast moving ones. Billy P Quote Billy P SideLine Leather Co. Leatherworker.net/Forum
Members TexasJack Posted September 30, 2010 Members Report Posted September 30, 2010 He was lucky! The most dangerous power tool for knifemakers is the buffer. It can grab a knife and fling it in an instant. Flinging a knife is NEVER a good thing to have happen! Quote
gtwister09 Posted September 30, 2010 Author Report Posted September 30, 2010 (edited) Mike - I never thought of it being somewhere else because the clink..clink.clink gave it away for me. However the thought that it might have stuck somewhere else was not lost on him. I have to chuckle a little because now I am going to have to call him the Samurai Sharpener. He is armored up now. Last night he went on a buying mission. He now has a heavy leather apron that goes down past his knees, a leather welding jacket, steel toed lace up boots and a full face mask to sharpen by. It certainly scared him! TexasJack ---Buffers are certainly nothing to screw around with either. Of course there is a long list of other powered tools like tablesaws, bandsaws, chainsaws and other machines in metal working, woodworking and other fields that require as much scrutiny and safety consciousness as well. Maybe every once in a while a wake-up call is needed to keep us on our toes. Fortunately this was a casualty-free accident except for maybe his pride, the knife and the paper wheel. Regards, Ben Edited September 30, 2010 by gtwister09 Quote
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