Back to the sawbones..

[grampahol]

(02-19-2022, 12:46 PM)fredtoast Wrote: I was afraid this thread was going to be about some weird project in your workshop.

I did that a few times before finally purchasing a Sawstop.. After nearly chopping off a fingertip twice I finally decided that was not nearly as much fun as seen on TV and it kind of hurts as well. This time around it's being done by one of the city's highest regarded cardiac surgeons instead of the usual whoever happens to be on call at the ER. Same doc who kept my old man's ticker going all those years..
I really hope this is the last time I have to go through this, but I found out this week that my arteries are not in great shape with multiple lesions that were missed last time around. 
I can't complain since I brought it upon myself by smoking all these years knowing full well what might happen. If I do manage to get my arteries back in decent shape one thing I'll never do again is run my table saw without wearing a mask to keep the fine sawdust out of my lungs. Just in case you didn't know sawdust is a carcinogen and all power saws that are circular in nature regardless of type produce way too much fine dust that you really shouldn't breath in. 
I'm kind of surprised that any kind of hand held power saw is sold to the general public. We live in such a nanny state with so many things that are prohibited from sale to the general public and yet any old fool can purchase and operate a circular saw with absolutely zero training or proof of any kind whatsoever that you know one end of the damned thing from the other.. Oh well...as long as the billionaire class gets to get rich I guess our bodies are expendable.. 
/end of useless rant ..LOL