Brother in law has a missing finger tip from a circular saw. Family friend has 2 or 3 missing (I think that was an accident with a chipper but not 100% sure).
Grim... wrote:
I have a table saw which I'm always very wary of when using, but it still doesn't scare me as much as a mandolin slicer. Fuck those things.
eeeeeek every time you mention those things I cringe.
I used a chainsaw for the first time ever in Dec - a tree fell into our neighbours yard so I cut it up to get rid of it.
It's super impressive how quickly and easily the chainsaw got through big pieces of wood... and terrifying to think of the damage it could do to my poor flesh should there be a momentary lapse. After about an hour of chainsawing I decided to stop as I was getting tired and didn't want to push into risky territory.
My friends helpfully sent a link to a news article about a man that accidentally chopped his wife's head off while pruning trees with a chainsaw. That was not reassuring