Comments on: Partially Amputated Hand – Re-Wrapping It

By: seumas2

seumas2 — Mon, 08 Mar 2010 02:49:09 +0000

Sawstop macduff is impressed, macduff’s innovative technology (The Original Jimmy Jig) the other alternate
mated to older table saws has retro-fitted that technology to be as save as it can ever be,
it will not wreck the blade or stop the saws operational function.
All macduff’s ideally automatic anti-kick back devices are placed up front over-head of the blade or
cutting tool on a
stationary fence, (a macduff first) attaches to a bracket with a suspended rod from the stationary fence

By: seumas2

seumas2 — Mon, 08 Mar 2010 02:49:09 +0000

which will never deviate from the parallel.
This portable light weight technology cuts sheet material to 4ft. on center requiring no large
permanently mounted side or out-feed extension tables
World wide there are hundreds of thousands of table saws with the old dangerous technology out there. Sawstop at
this time cannot retro-fit these saws. Buy new not necessarily, retro-fit available yes (plans)but don’t be
complacent and keep your wits about ye, slainte mhath macduff

By: johnknoefler

johnknoefler — Mon, 08 Mar 2010 02:49:09 +0000

Yanked in? What kind of saw works this way? Still the guy is a bit careless.

By: rextangle8

rextangle8 — Mon, 08 Mar 2010 02:49:09 +0000

purplepixi18, yes I did go for about 6 weeks of hand therapy, regaining as much grip strength as possible while doing the scar massage therapy, etc. – the homework from the therapy was as important as the therapy sessions were as well.

By: purplepixi18

purplepixi18 — Mon, 08 Mar 2010 02:49:09 +0000

That’s terrible. Did they send you through therapy? Losing fingers is a big deal.

By: rextangle8

rextangle8 — Mon, 08 Mar 2010 02:49:09 +0000

purplepixi18, yeah it took awhile to get used to – it’s odd when I hold the hand in certain positions it still looks like nothing is wrong with it. That plays weird head games.

By: purplepixi18

purplepixi18 — Mon, 08 Mar 2010 02:49:09 +0000

Wow. That’s crazy. I once had a violin instructor that got his hand into a lawn mower and he was missing two fingers. He could still play violin like a pro. haha

By: rextangle8

rextangle8 — Mon, 08 Mar 2010 02:49:09 +0000

JonDeth, I’m not trying to create paranoia, I’m simply trying to alert others to what can happen when you don’t give the tool the proper respect.

Thanks for the comment.

By: JonDeth

JonDeth — Mon, 08 Mar 2010 02:49:09 +0000

I think this guy is creating paranoia with this injury.

Never use a table saw without a blade guard.
Always use STICKS to guide the wood instead of your hands whenever you can and if not, hold things VERY loosely and gently so if the wood gets yanked in, your grip doesn’t doom you to an injury like this one.

Almost every injury you see is because the person had a firm grip on the wood and that’s how their hand(s) got yanked in.

Good luck with your recovery man.

By: rextangle8

rextangle8 — Mon, 08 Mar 2010 02:49:09 +0000

ArmyTank00, I’ve heard about those experiments, I’ve seen TV shows about fingertips being regrown using ‘pixie dust’ concoctions, but that only regrew soft tissue that I saw, not bone. Once bone can be regrown maybe that will be a possibility. Time will tell – till then I get to install rubber fingers.