OUCH!!!

[Halo Blu]

A wise old man once told me, "You have to be smarter, than the tool you are using."
His words rang true, last night, when I shoved my thumb into my scroll saw blade!
When approaching the end of my cut, the wood broke free. The car went one way, the waste went the other way, and my thumb went straight into the blade. Before it even hurt, I was haunted by my friend's words many years ago...
I'm thinking a blood red car, might be in the works.

 

[Quicktimederby]

Dang man that sucks! Get that thing healed, if it's still attached.

 

[Halo Blu]

It's still attached, it just added a little character to my fingerprint. 1" long X maybe a 1/4" deep. Probably needed stitches, but a paper towel and duct tape, had to do... No time for a doctor- I still had more cars to build!

 

[HurriCrane Racing]

OUCH is right! I always have visions of this happening when I'm ripping down a car.

 

[GravityX]

Blood red you say... reminds me of Zeeb's car, Dexter.

Get that thumb taken care of properly.

Next time... a push stick or a sacrificial piece of wood. Never flesh!

 

[bracketracer]

I can relate to this, except I used a table saw. I don't recommend it!

Sorry to hear of your booboo.

 

[Vitamin K]

Augh, wincing as I read this. Definitely get that patched up by a sawbones, IMO.

This is why I'll let my kids help me with the scrollsaw, but not the bandsaw. The bandsaw is too hungry. /images/boards/smilies/frown.gif

A wise old man once told me, "You have to be smarter, than the tool you are using."
His words rang true, last night, when I shoved my thumb into my scroll saw blade!
When approaching the end of my cut, the wood broke free. The car went one way, the waste went the other way, and my thumb went straight into the blade. Before it even hurt, I was haunted by my friend's words many years ago...
I'm thinking a blood red car, might be in the works.

 

[ngyoung]

Yikes. That is usually my main fear when ripping on a saw, especially with these little blocks. I went to a lumber yard and bought a 6' board of sugar pine. I had them plain it to 1/2", I took it home to rip 1-3/4" pieces on a table saw, and then cross cut 7" blocks from there. I usually use the belt sander to bring down my height from 1/2".

 

[Halo Blu]

Went to Urgent Care today for stitches.(Wouldn't stop bleeding...) 32 stitches later, and now it REALLY hurts! It's pretty bad, when you "Gross-Out/Piss-Off" a Doctor. "When did this happen? Why didn't you come in sooner? You should have known better!" (On and on for 45 minutes straight!) I think she gagged two or three times--- I thought Doctors have seen everything, and a little cut wouldn't have caused such a reaction. I kept it clean, changed bandages often, but when she opened it to clean it there, it squirt blood about 2' in the air. I thought she was going to puke on it, and have to start over!
Any way... I'm gonna take a few days off from building my cars. Heal a little, and hopefully quit bleeding on the cars in progress. Thanks for everyone's advise, and well wishes. I should have known better, and in hindsight, I saw it coming, and made the wrong choice. Safety FIRST! I only posted this as a learning experience, or a chance to laugh at our mistakes.

 

[zeebzob]

I had a run in with a table saw once. Kicked back at me. Here is the result:

Also, here is the the car named Dexter that Gravity X mentioned. It's an homage to the TV show;

 

[Rocket car]

Watch out for those table saws everybody! My brother got it a lot worse. He cut off his middle finger and thumb. 10 surgeries later, he is still not very good.