What made this story even more interesting was the fact that some weeks later I attended the same school….the same woodwork classroom….for exactly the same thing!

Only this time it was only a couple of finger tips! (Only!!!)

I think the Health & Safety had a field day.

It is used in a carpentry lesson as a warning about the dangers that power tools have if you don’t treat them with respect and keep your mind on what you are doing. They all have to use power tools as part of their training and it is always good to recount true mishap stories then just saying “well this _could_ happen”. It adds an amount of reality to it and, hopefully, a healthy understanding that while power tools can make work a little easier, they can also do the opposite!

I also use the story of my father who had his index finger crushed in an accident with a fork lift truck (removing the fork extensions at the time), but that doesn’t have the bearing that this does on the subject matter.

Hope that you understand all that I have prattled on with there (not sure I do LOL)

Lindsey, glad you asked that question, I couldn’t see an address either, it must be secret

I got a question for you that I don’t want to ask here.
lindsey
sewcrazy@tds.net