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Fabrication Accident Anecdote

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Rusty Wallace Visits Former Blue Max Racing Shop: 1980's NASCAR History Hiding in Plain Sight!

What happens here

Rusty shares a memorable, albeit painful, anecdote about accidentally cutting his finger while using a bandsaw to fabricate a headlight bezel for a Pontiac race car. This incident occurred in a section of the building dedicated to fabrication. He vividly describes the accident, emphasizing how close he came to losing his finger.

Goal: Share a personal story about a memorable incident in the shop.

Tools and materials

  • Bandsaw — Cutting metal for car parts
  • Headlight Bezel — A part for a Pontiac race car

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that i remember this building here man i got a story for that doggone building right there i'll never forget when i i was always fabricating stuff and i wanted to help the team a little bit so i had to get a headlight bezel i was making for one of our pontiacs and a band saw was in this building i went that dog on bandsaw and i'm cutting this part of a headlight door and i it slipped and it went through and the doggone saw blade went started here went all the way down to my finger it went down almost three quarters of an inch but i cut my finger off blood squirting everywhere and that damn building right there you know i've never been in it since then but it had a big old band saw in there that really got me pretty good that's funny i almost did that the other day on this finger did you really yeah the back side you got to learn how to work a band saw especially when you're sitting here pushing through like this and the the piece of wood that i was pushing through had a big cut in the wood and a blade went into that but it happened right in that building that's one of the big memories i got about blue max racing by cutting my finger off in that building did they do like chassis fab in there as or what is what went on

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