There was drama in the workshop today! For nearly a year I have worked on my clock without an accident. Not even a scratch. This was largely due to my taking extra precautions. Today was an exception. While wearing my ear, eye and mouth protection and my work gloves, I managed to whack my thumb on a moving router bit. I turned the router off and began picking up the clear plastic shield to sweep the sawdust, but my hand touched the still moving 3/4" straight bit. The bit was only up an 1/8th of an inch but that was enough. Thank goodness for the gloves as it could have been much worse. A very dumb mistake. I had been in the process of making the lap-joints on the dial door. That will now have to wait until tomorrow. I cleaned up my thumb and packed it in ice then had it wrapped with gauze and tape. No stitches. It's quite amazing how much you use your thumbs. I didn't realize until my thumb was wrapped in thick gauze. Click on photos to enlarge and see you tomorrow as I, carefully, work on the lap joints!
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June 2016
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