re: What is this?

Dang Jack, i feel bad i don’t want to make you loose sleep. I have not had time to go out to my cousins house, I was going to maybe get a leaf from a neighbor or something. This damn tree is killing me! Well my miter saw at least, so i took that round part and cut it into a block,

I figured i will make a small box out of it, the rings will look cool. So then i wanted to cut the slab into planks like 1/2 thick or so. Well the blade on my bandsaw was gone to hell i decided hey my miter saw might do this. So i set up a jig, to hold it in place, this is not the exact jig, just a quick reenactment so you can see what my dumbass did.

So i went to cut, the block got loose, bit the blade and managed to break the fence, and screw up the bearings or something in the motor. Now the motor grinds and the fence is off about 1/4 in the middle.

I am going to have to replace my miter saw all because i was impatient.