Damn Don dont you know you have to actually lose part of a finger to become a shop teacher. Or at least that is what I always thought as my shop teachers were always missing part of a finger.
Best shop tool mishap I ever saw was a big old boy in shop class thought he could keep the spindle sander from spinning. He latched onto it and said turn her on I can hold it. We did he didnt damn near threw him all the way across the shop. Our shop teacher who was missing part of his left pointer finger was not as amused as we were.
