That is pretty basic stuff. One of the first shop lessons my father taught
>me when I was a kid was to never stand where the machine could throw
>material or tooling at you... always stand off to the side. Also, never
>clear metal chips with your hand! Early in his career he served an
>apprenticeship and became a journeyman tool and die maker. He has stories to
>tell about people who disregarded the basics... One that still gives me the
>creeps is about another tool and die maker who was missing most of the
>fingers on one hand. He had a bench top table saw at home that was not
>clamped down. The saw fell off the bench while he was sawing and he tried to
>catch it... There's another rule, clamp or bolt your work or tools down! ;-)
Which brings up yet another rule: if you drop something, LET IT FALL!
Lee