Times to avoid the workshop

I have been building a router table of late and when it came to making the doors which are raised panel cedar I set up the router in preparation to do styles and rails with a new set of bits. To set the scene I have a new router which is mounted in the cabinet which quietens it down a reasonable amount the dust extractor was running which as you will know is reasonably noisy was wearing ear muffs. I had finished the edge run of styles and rails but before I changed the set for the end of the rails I checked to make sure I had enough components for all the frames, I walked away from the router table to check then returned to the router table noticed some fluff on the fence and waved my left hand across the fence and removed a large portion of my thumb in the process. I hadn't turned of the router when I walked away and did not notice. I am normally very careful with all machines and tools but I should not have been in the work shop on this day my wife had just left to go to our daughter's home she is suffering her 2nd bout of cancer and was in a bad way mentally and needed support my wife left and I foolishly went into the workshop to take my mind of things.

Guess what it didn't and I should not have gone into the workshop let alone used machinery. I have been in the trade 40+ years and know only to well that these mishap's happen in the blink of a eye. No matter how much experience you have you can not be to careful in the workshop and never use any machinery unless you have total concentration on the job at hand.

Regards Rod.