CRAIG1952
Well-Known Member
Well I won't be making knives for awhile. On Wednesday I was cutting corian on the table saw for knife handles and waiting for my Grizzly knife making grinder to arrive when the corian kicked back on me and knocked my left thumb into the saw blade. I foolishly (my wife added that part) tried to drive myself to the emergency room and got as far as the doctors office down the street from me. I was taken to the hospital and seen in the ER. The ER doc took one look at my hand and said "Oh that is surgical". It took the hand surgeon an hour and a half to clean out the wound, fuse the distal joint and close the wound. I lost motion in the last knuckle but at least I still have my thumb. I spent the night in the hospital and came home the next morning. My grizzly 2X72 grinder sits in the garage waiting for my recovery. Just another little bump in the road. I learned the safety lesson the hard way so hopefully no one else has to. I've been using power tools most of my life, maybe I just got complacent and messed up. Looking forward to when I can get back to knife making.