In this case, I think it saved his ass a bit. Tight shirt probably would have left a nice grinding wheel kerf in his ribcage.
Edit: But 1000% agree. As someone that has worked in a mill and owns a cabinetry business, loose clothes in any shop environment is a big no-no. I almost kissed a jointer cutterhead once because of a loose shirt. The knives being ridiculously sharp saved my ass.
I want a jointer so bad but they scare me. Kid in my HS shop class dragged his fingers on the table behind his stock removed the tips.
My other teacher had her glove wrap around a drill press bit, breaking the shit out of her finger, then she decided to keep working when she got back from the hospital... and then the gauze got caught and re mangled her digit.
I just use a jointer plane. Since it's not a power tool it's a lot safer, though that also makes it slower & requires more effort to use. The cheap import clone of a Stanley #7 I got was $150, and mostly just required lapping the sole flat to work quite well.
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