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A handmade home for woodworkers and admirers of woodworkers. Our community icon is a planter box made by @Captain Aggravated, the winner of our summer '24 woodworking contest. Congratulations!

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not wood working, per se, but your daily reminder to take safety seriously (lemmy.ca)

submitted 1 year ago by MyFeetOwnMySoul@lemmy.ca to c/woodworking@lemmy.ca

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[–] MyFeetOwnMySoul@lemmy.ca 35 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (2 children)

Happened really fast. It bound up twice, and before I could react it exploded.

Damn glad I have a healthy fear of cutoff wheels. I always use the proper guard and I recently bought a 3M face shield specifically in case of this..

I seem to have gotten away unscathed, except for my nerves of course.

[–] Chetzemoka@kbin.social 10 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Lord, I just saw MY life flash before my eyes just seeing this picture. Glad you're ok

[–] MyFeetOwnMySoul@lemmy.ca 4 points 1 year ago

Thank you. Me too. I feel very lucky.

[–] Thavron@lemmy.ca 9 points 1 year ago (1 children)

except for my nerves of course.

What about the pants?

[–] MyFeetOwnMySoul@lemmy.ca 8 points 1 year ago

They've seen better days, certainly.