Can't win

...I finished a project late last night. A gift for my father-in-law.
It is a fretboard box.
 
I have found a lot of enjoyment in working with wood and mostly building
guitars but it has a big price.
 
My hands have gone through hell. In the last couple of years I've been to the
emergency room twice. One major rebuild of a thumb and one very bad finger slice.
 
Last night I was doctoring a finger from an oak splinter that sliced a half inch gap.
 
I'm not new to working or working with wood. I've built houses and furniture...but
now I'm wondering if my age or luck or something is having a negative effect.
Well whatever it is I feel like it's much like falling off a horse. I just hope the falling part stops.
I hope it stops soon too! I walked by the tube the other night and they were burning something..
sage I think, to get rid of their ghosts....I thought.....naw. Ain't buying it. lol.
 
 
Man I've had to edit just about every post I've made...letters missing...my hands
need a break...  rest. Need a rest. See...it's even got me jumpy.

and they say guns are dangerous... 

:-)

I can do more damage with a battery operated Dewalt than most guys can do with a 10 clip of Hornady Zombie Max.

:-)

Just saying.

Well, if your work sucked, then you should stop, but it doesn't so it's your call!

Maybe..... you need to slow down when you work.

I find that when I'm in a hurry...well that's when I end up hurting myself in some manner...or making a mistake that forces me to go back and do something over. 

But.... working with things that are designed to cut wood..... they will slice your fingers just as quick. That's par for the course. 

You could wear kevlar gloves....

A bunch of wood species have toxic effects on people. Cedar will get you when sanding, Oak and Ash splinters always get infected and Ebony dust is toxic. I have some Padauk that is beautiful, but nobody wants to machine it because it gives off a very fine, bright orange dust that's like baby powder.

It's the price we pay to chase a dream.