"J T" wrote in message news: snipped-for-privacy@storefull-3331.bay.webtv.net... Tue, Aug 7, 2007, 1:48am (EDT+4) snipped-for-privacy@shaw.ca (Island Teak) doth sayeth: Interesting...two decades ago I was splitting some bamboo with a machete....being careful not to cut myself with the machete.....sliced my hand open with the edge of the bamboo. We all do things wrong once....no sense to condescend.
No condescend about it. I consciously think about what can hurt me in my shop, and I take steps to try to make sure it doesn't hurt me. As I know damn well jointer knives are sharp, I'm not about to stick my hand in something like that without seeing where my fingers are in relation to the blades. So, I'd use a stick. I also knew bamboo was used as punji sticks in Viet Nam too. It'll slide thru a regular boot sole just as easily as a sharp metal blade. Buddy of mine got a purple heart that way; and I never even saw a punji stick whie I was there. Go figure.
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Well damn, I guess you know everything!