What happens to a "knife" when it falls into a chop saw?

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My brother-in-law was using a chop saw when his box cutter fell out of his shirt pocket and into the spinning saw blade. I didn't get any pictures of my brother-in-law's thumb after this mangled mess hit him, but I will say that it wasn't pretty. I'll see if I can find some aftermath images of his thumb a bit later.

Shawn


Here's what it started out as:
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Wow, that sucks. At least it wasn't a good knife. :D Hope your brother in law is doing alright.
 
I'd mount it on a block of wood or plaque and have it proudly displayed in my shop or at work.

Was the knife clipped to his pocket or did he just drop it in?

Years ago, we were doing a plant start up. One of the engineers wanted to look in one of the tanks (2500L) that we were testing the level sensor on. We had it filled about 3/4 full. He opens the hatch looks in and his safety glasses which he put in his breast pocket went for a swim. We laughed pretty hard. Fortunately only thing that got injured was his ego.

Many years ago I had my tape measure had a "run in" with a Dewalt 16" radial arm saw. Scared the crap out of me. Cut about 18 inches off the end of the tape and put a nice blade mark on the case. I was able to change the blade and it was still functional. It did not die a terrible death like the your brother in law's knife.

I hope he heals quickly.

Ric
 
Wow, that's some pretty interesting destruction...it's bent AND shattered.
 
Zombie Zeke said:
Who cares about the boxcutter...how is your bro's thumb?
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He's going to be fine. He got lucky. After all the blood was cleared away, and my wife had stitched him up, he now has a 2-inch long flap of skin that was peeled back and is now back in its original position on the top side of his thumb. No major damage, but he says he's going to be more careful about what he carries in his shirt pocket in the future. :)

The knife wasn't clipped, just in his pocket.
 
I've nearly mangled myself using a chop saw to cut a slot in a bore drill fixture that got loose, and i've nearly caught on fire as well. The chop saw has it in for me.
 
WOW. wow. That could've been a fatal experience. Thanks God for saving us from ourselves.
 
Lucky he didn't lose an eye on that one.

Kobalt has a lifetime warranty on some of there stuff right? I'd like to see the look on the store clerks face when he tries to exchange that box cutter :)
 
Like everyone else has said, good thing nothing is permanently damaged, besides the knife that is.

Hope he heals well
 
Lucky.


I have had a lot of close calls with power equipment.

Had one time with a giant lathe at my old job. We were cleaning up steel dies (used for compressing salt into forms used in making Diamond drill bits).

Boss hands me a particularly large die and says "clean her up". So I put it in the chuck, tighten it down, and step on the pedal. Immediate wobble and launch into the ceiling 20 feet above our head, then ricochets back down. Boss says.......oops, forgot to tell you that one won't stay in this lathe......need to do that one by hand."

This "admission" is only after a long lecture about safety, and telling me it was my fault that I did not tighten the chuck enough.

I have had pieces of clothing yanked off by stone cutting band saws, almost lost my twig and berries when about 7 other guys decided to release a huge prybar we were using to muscle a hydraulic press into place. No warning, or one two three. Just all released and left me holding the end right below my boys with the nicely deformed and hookisly sharpened end (from pounding on it and deforming it with a sledge).

Barely got the boys out of the way by lurching forward, which meant besides a glancing blow to the boys, I took it brunt in the stomach which launched me off my feet (nice 6 inch gouge in my gut, but not too deep).

I have been burned by raining molten bits of tungsten carbide (luckily had eye protection on for that explosion, and there were two layers of bullet proof glass directly between me and the explosion at more than a million pounds per square inch).

Lots of close calls (had to push a new guy out of the way from a heavy steel "chain bucket" that held the excess chain of the 40 ton capacity hoist about 40 feet above our head. The original fasteners had worn out, and the "safety officer" had rigged this heavy steel bucket with coat hangers.......honest to goodness coat hangers. The bucket just touched my shoulder enough to smudge my overalls, and brushed the new guys arm on the way down before smashing a divot out of the concrete.

Had another smartypants flip the switch while my hands were on the bench grinder stone adjusting it. Standing right there, watching me fix it, then flips the switch while my hands are still on it. Only lost a bit of finger tip and fingernail on that one, but it came back.

All my experience tells me I should really avoid power equipment.

Chop saw and flying razors are scary.
 
A few years ago, I was trying to loosen a drill bit using the chuck key and stupid me forgot to unplug it. It went off, while my finger was wrapped around the key. My finger got snapped at the knuckle and the drill bit cut up my hand and actually drilled into it in one place, very painful. Power tools and carelessness do not go together.
 
Vege-Taco said:
He's going to be fine. He got lucky. After all the blood was cleared away, and my wife had stitched him up, he now has a 2-inch long flap of skin that was peeled back and is now back in its original position on the top side of his thumb.
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Glad to hear that he is going to be fine. It's handy, when you are a knife aficionado, to have a wife who can stitch you up.:D......I always have to go to the emergency room:o

Bigfattyt said:
I have had pieces of clothing yanked off by stone cutting band saws, almost lost my twig and berries when about 7 other guys decided to release a huge prybar we were using to muscle a hydraulic press into place. No warning, or one two three. Just all released and left me holding the end right below my boys with the nicely deformed and hookisly sharpened end (from pounding on it and deforming it with a sledge).

Barely got the boys out of the way by lurching forward, which meant besides a glancing blow to the boys, I took it brunt in the stomach which launched me off my feet (nice 6 inch gouge in my gut, but not too deep).
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Apologies for laughing at your expense but that is one of the funniest things I have ever read on BF:D

I am glad that you and the lads are fine:p
 
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Bigfattyt said:
Lucky.


I have had a lot of close calls with power equipment.

Had one time with a giant lathe at my old job. We were cleaning up steel dies (used for compressing salt into forms used in making Diamond drill bits).

Boss hands me a particularly large die and says "clean her up". So I put it in the chuck, tighten it down, and step on the pedal. Immediate wobble and launch into the ceiling 20 feet above our head, then ricochets back down. Boss says.......oops, forgot to tell you that one won't stay in this lathe......need to do that one by hand."

This "admission" is only after a long lecture about safety, and telling me it was my fault that I did not tighten the chuck enough.

I have had pieces of clothing yanked off by stone cutting band saws, almost lost my twig and berries when about 7 other guys decided to release a huge prybar we were using to muscle a hydraulic press into place. No warning, or one two three. Just all released and left me holding the end right below my boys with the nicely deformed and hookisly sharpened end (from pounding on it and deforming it with a sledge).

Barely got the boys out of the way by lurching forward, which meant besides a glancing blow to the boys, I took it brunt in the stomach which launched me off my feet (nice 6 inch gouge in my gut, but not too deep).

I have been burned by raining molten bits of tungsten carbide (luckily had eye protection on for that explosion, and there were two layers of bullet proof glass directly between me and the explosion at more than a million pounds per square inch).

Lots of close calls (had to push a new guy out of the way from a heavy steel "chain bucket" that held the excess chain of the 40 ton capacity hoist about 40 feet above our head. The original fasteners had worn out, and the "safety officer" had rigged this heavy steel bucket with coat hangers.......honest to goodness coat hangers. The bucket just touched my shoulder enough to smudge my overalls, and brushed the new guys arm on the way down before smashing a divot out of the concrete.

Had another smartypants flip the switch while my hands were on the bench grinder stone adjusting it. Standing right there, watching me fix it, then flips the switch while my hands are still on it. Only lost a bit of finger tip and fingernail on that one, but it came back.

All my experience tells me I should really avoid power equipment.

Chop saw and flying razors are scary.
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I don't know if you're the luckiest man alive or the unluckiest. It gave me a good chuckle only because I know you're alive and well.
 
Usually, when a quality knife falls into a chop saw, the saw is destroyed completely. The knife literally "chops" the chop saw to pieces, dependant of course on how fast the saw blade is spinning when the quality knife makes entrance. Now, there is no blood or other gorey mess coming from the saw, of course, it just becomes something reminiscent of vegetables in a blender. That's been my experience with knives and chop saws anyway.





(:D)
 
Bigfattyt said:
Lucky.


I have had a lot of close calls with power equipment.

Had one time with a giant lathe at my old job. We were cleaning up steel dies (used for compressing salt into forms used in making Diamond drill bits).

Boss hands me a particularly large die and says "clean her up". So I put it in the chuck, tighten it down, and step on the pedal. Immediate wobble and launch into the ceiling 20 feet above our head, then ricochets back down. Boss says.......oops, forgot to tell you that one won't stay in this lathe......need to do that one by hand."

This "admission" is only after a long lecture about safety, and telling me it was my fault that I did not tighten the chuck enough.

I have had pieces of clothing yanked off by stone cutting band saws, almost lost my twig and berries when about 7 other guys decided to release a huge prybar we were using to muscle a hydraulic press into place. No warning, or one two three. Just all released and left me holding the end right below my boys with the nicely deformed and hookisly sharpened end (from pounding on it and deforming it with a sledge).

Barely got the boys out of the way by lurching forward, which meant besides a glancing blow to the boys, I took it brunt in the stomach which launched me off my feet (nice 6 inch gouge in my gut, but not too deep).

I have been burned by raining molten bits of tungsten carbide (luckily had eye protection on for that explosion, and there were two layers of bullet proof glass directly between me and the explosion at more than a million pounds per square inch).

Lots of close calls (had to push a new guy out of the way from a heavy steel "chain bucket" that held the excess chain of the 40 ton capacity hoist about 40 feet above our head. The original fasteners had worn out, and the "safety officer" had rigged this heavy steel bucket with coat hangers.......honest to goodness coat hangers. The bucket just touched my shoulder enough to smudge my overalls, and brushed the new guys arm on the way down before smashing a divot out of the concrete.

Had another smartypants flip the switch while my hands were on the bench grinder stone adjusting it. Standing right there, watching me fix it, then flips the switch while my hands are still on it. Only lost a bit of finger tip and fingernail on that one, but it came back.

All my experience tells me I should really avoid power equipment.

Chop saw and flying razors are scary.
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Remind me to stay far, very very far, away from you :D:D
 
The boxcutter looks really bad. I guess having a mess up thumb still means you have one. There is a plus there!

Bigfattyt said:
Lucky.


I have had a lot of close calls with power equipment.

Had one time with a giant lathe at my old job. We were cleaning up steel dies (used for compressing salt into forms used in making Diamond drill bits).

Boss hands me a particularly large die and says "clean her up". So I put it in the chuck, tighten it down, and step on the pedal. Immediate wobble and launch into the ceiling 20 feet above our head, then ricochets back down. Boss says.......oops, forgot to tell you that one won't stay in this lathe......need to do that one by hand."

This "admission" is only after a long lecture about safety, and telling me it was my fault that I did not tighten the chuck enough.

I have had pieces of clothing yanked off by stone cutting band saws, almost lost my twig and berries when about 7 other guys decided to release a huge prybar we were using to muscle a hydraulic press into place. No warning, or one two three. Just all released and left me holding the end right below my boys with the nicely deformed and hookisly sharpened end (from pounding on it and deforming it with a sledge).

Barely got the boys out of the way by lurching forward, which meant besides a glancing blow to the boys, I took it brunt in the stomach which launched me off my feet (nice 6 inch gouge in my gut, but not too deep).

I have been burned by raining molten bits of tungsten carbide (luckily had eye protection on for that explosion, and there were two layers of bullet proof glass directly between me and the explosion at more than a million pounds per square inch).

Lots of close calls (had to push a new guy out of the way from a heavy steel "chain bucket" that held the excess chain of the 40 ton capacity hoist about 40 feet above our head. The original fasteners had worn out, and the "safety officer" had rigged this heavy steel bucket with coat hangers.......honest to goodness coat hangers. The bucket just touched my shoulder enough to smudge my overalls, and brushed the new guys arm on the way down before smashing a divot out of the concrete.

Had another smartypants flip the switch while my hands were on the bench grinder stone adjusting it. Standing right there, watching me fix it, then flips the switch while my hands are still on it. Only lost a bit of finger tip and fingernail on that one, but it came back.

All my experience tells me I should really avoid power equipment.

Chop saw and flying razors are scary.
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Honestly, it sounds like you are surrounded by fools who have no care for yours or anyone elses safety. Then again to have that many close calls happen to one person may mean something. :D

Glad you made it out alive and in one piece, for the most part.
 
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