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LuckyCharms

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36. I did that one too.

Reply to OAITW r.2.0 (Reply #31)

Mon May 11, 2026, 10:40 AM

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I don't remember exactly what happened, but I was removing the blade to change it. My cheap saw had no kind of blade lock on it, so I jammed a piece of wood between the table and the teeth when trying to remove the arbor nut.

The wood slipped somehow, the blade rotated, and somehow it caught my hand. Pretty good cut, but no stitches.

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I have one of those 10 inch Delta ones. A cheapo. LuckyCharms Sunday #5

Awful Marthe48 Sunday #2

Sounds terrible! True Dough Sunday #3

Jesus! LuckyCharms Sunday #10

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OWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWW!!!!!!! True Dough Sunday #15

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He may be the next Jerry now! LuckyCharms Sunday #8

Did the contractor give you the finger? Ptah Sunday #17

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Just glad True Dough Sunday #20

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