[WNC Goater]

I learned at about age 13 never to cut off a piece of wood beetween the blade and fence of a table saw. I mean it is like the first rule of safety when using a table saw. Working tired a few years ago I let my guard down, brain fart, whatever, and decided to trim off a little square from 1/4" plywood. For some inexplicable reason I set it up to cut between the fence and blade. When it cut loose it fired that little square of plywood right into my belly. It literally cut through my flannel shirt, through my tee shirt, cut my skin and badly bruised the surrounding area. Don't want to think what would have happened had it hit my face or some other bare skin.

Point is, pay attention and THINK. It's easy to get too comfortable around dangerous equipment or forget the danger. The gravest mistake is thinking, "It'll never happen to me, I know what I'm doing". And don't work when you are mentally of physically tired.