Wow, that sucks! I'm sorry to hear about your mishap. Thanks for posting, it's always a good reminder not to get complacent when using power tools. No matter how experienced you are with them.Pics or it didnt happen LOL
I have a story too about a bad decision with a band saw, you can imagine how that went...
Pics or it didnt happen LOL
Pics or it didnt happen LOL
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I just ran across this one, I digitized it and the color got futzed up, but you get the jist of it....
yeah, thats my leg, and the chainsaw, and I stiched it up while my pals watched...using a needle and red cotton thread..... so you guys going to the emergency room for sterile stiches are all wussies......
Ya got off lucky, man. NEVER wear gloves around power tools, they always get caught somehow.
A couple of years ago I was testing out my brand-new Makita PowerPlane, and got my left hand down below the base to "guide" it along the baord, and managed to plane off the fingerprints of three fingers. Brand-new carbide knives at 33,000 RPM, Never felt a thing. Same fingers are in the pics below, Memorial Day, two years ago. A little string hanging from the cuff of my work coat got into my table saw blade, sucked my hand over the top and got those same three fingers, down to the bone on the index and middle. Didn't hurt a bit until I was 1/2 way to the hospital. The ER doc said it was the LEAST damage he'd ever seen from a table saw.
finger pics below:
Looks nasty. In the fall of '74' I caught my class ring on a bolt while jumping out of a grain truck. PULLED the meat off the bone clear down to the knuckle. Trust me, I can feel your pain right now.
I stuck an ice pick through my finger and didn't handle it well at the emergency room. My wife was wondering where all the screaming was coming from.... Afterwards I asked the doc if I could play the piano afterwards. He said sure, it wasn't that bad. I said good cause I could never play one before... I don't handle pain well. Meds on the other hand, I do fine with.