[TheForge] Fatal acccident

[peter fels & phoebe palmer]

With a big buffer and a sharpened blade, it could well go right through 
some ribs.
All the kinetic energy of the rotating motor armature, etc, plus the 
power output of the motor,
  can be transmitted nicely to the snagged workpiece.
This sort of tool can easily be as dangerous as a power hammer!

Steel is a strong , recalcitrant material...We are mere ephemeral flesh 
and bone.

On 11/17/2014 12:23 PM, Bruce . wrote:
> I was wondering about that.  A blade would have to be traveling upwards to
> pass between the ribs and into the heart.
>
> I could understand how a femoral artery could be severed by a thrown blade,
> but the heart was a puzzler.
>
> Maybe ABA or ABANA (which, of course, would translate to some individual
> bladesmith) could come up with recommended practices for mounting and using
> a buffer?  (I'd do it if it were within my ken.)  It might save a life.
>
> Bruce
> NJ
>
> On Mon, Nov 17, 2014 at 3:02 PM, barry myers <blmyers647 at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> The problem with a lot of buffers is the mounting.  People mount them back
>> on the bench so that when the blade is ripped from your hand, it strikes
>> the bench and rebounds into you.  They need to be mounted so that the wheel
>> is proud from the bench (over air) and then put a wooden box below to catch
>> the blade.
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