[habu68]

Irnsrgn, On the subject of router bits and leakage. About 15 years ago I was holding an unshielded wood router in my left hand while plugging it in with my right. The switch was on and the motor jumped in my hand, the dovetail bit opened the web between my thumb and forefinger an walked across my wrist. Before the bleeding started I could see the exposed tendons in my wrist moving. I was lucky and I only nicked one tendon. Then the bleeding started, it was not squirting, just flowing. I applied direct pressure to the cut and placed a rolled up towel under my arm pit to put pressure on the artery. Two things scared me about the situation, one the ride to the e-room, the Domestic Goddess drove over 70 miles an hour through town, over speed bumps that were designed to keep you from going over 25 mph and 2: when we returned to the house the dogs had cleaned up all the blood, I had to sleep with one eye open for the next 2 weeks. I still shudder every time I pick up a router.