[TheForge] Rw: Home-made grinders and wire brushes

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Apparently he did go straight.  Straight through the middle of his finger.
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Date: Fri, 24 Jun 2011 00:34:58 
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On 6/23/2011 11:56 PM, Mike Spencer wrote:
>
>> Yeah, in the old days a blacksmith's retirement date was when s/he lost
>> their second eye.
>
> Or, as in the case of the guy I got my first power hammer from, when
> he sawed off his right thumb.  (January, unheated shop, wearing gloves
> at the table saw. Snag....Oy!)

In college I worked in cabinet shops, among other places.

One place in Long Island City was a high end custom shop.  Everything 
was hella-expensive.  Everyone in the shop was loaded all day on beer... 
except me.

One day one of the guys decided he was not going to drink on the job. 
He proceeded to split his right index finger right up the middle on a 
1/32" kerf veneer blade.  The cut was so perfect, the doctors did no 
surgery.  They taped his finger back together and several weeks later he 
went for physical therapy.

So much for going straight.
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