WEB writes:

Fellow Groopers,

I had the sobering experience of transporting our own Alan Noel to

the Hospital ER last Tuesday afternoon, following a brief encounter

with his 10" table saw blade. I've attached some eye opening

photographs of his awakening in the emergency room, as Doc

Thompson evaluated, cleaned  and stitched up his damaged

digit - right hand pinky - courtesy of my camera phone.

You also get a good shot of the fierce table saw, setup exactly as it

was when the incident occurred. My fellow woodworkers, your

comments are welcome.

I will let Mr Noel fill in the details of his experience, but he is

currently on light duty, recovering from his ordeal and will

fortunately keep his slightly scarred finger - one lucky compadre.

Be careful out there...

Brian Webster
Atlanta, Ga.