Tom Cancelleri Posted December 21, 2014 Report Share Posted December 21, 2014 Normally sanding is pretty safe. I was sanding some reindeer that will be stocking stuffers for some people, and the wood wedged between the sanding drum and the little lip for the plate. I tried to free it as I was moving the piece, the piece caught and the reindeer spun like a knife and caught my finger bruising and cutting it. Ouch! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
..Kev Posted December 21, 2014 Report Share Posted December 21, 2014 A piece of wood is never worth a digit.. Lesson learned.. Hope it heals well! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RichardA Posted December 21, 2014 Report Share Posted December 21, 2014 Evidently, reindeer doo doo happens..... Love your fingers, when woodworking, or doing anything! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom Cancelleri Posted December 21, 2014 Author Report Share Posted December 21, 2014 It happened mid sanding I didn't look to save the piece or anything. nothing I could do to have prevented it. Thumb is throbbing though. Shop time will have to wait for tomorrow. Been spending 6+ hours in there a day. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wdwerker Posted December 21, 2014 Report Share Posted December 21, 2014 My big 6 x 89" belt JET osselating edge sander walks a fine line between awesome and scary. I have slipped and sanded a fingertip to bleeding several times. Now it gets much more respect and caution ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Popular Post dwacker Posted December 21, 2014 Popular Post Report Share Posted December 21, 2014 Put a bandaid on it and get your ass back to work, get those deer done. 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Raefco Posted December 21, 2014 Report Share Posted December 21, 2014 A kid that works for me just about lost a finger to a 14" grinder sharping jackhammer bit on Friday, I have been letting him come over and use some woodworking stuff at the house, it's all new to him. I keep telling him, every time I show him how to use a tool, "if it has a motor or a blade, it can change your life". My hands are riddled with scars from sticking them places I shouldn't, lucky to still have them all, Glad it let you keep the thumb nail Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Raefco Posted December 21, 2014 Report Share Posted December 21, 2014 Put a bandaid on it and get your ass back to work, get those deer done. Don't need a bandaid, the saw dust will stop the bleeding, just don't get any blood on the product 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rapid Roger Posted December 21, 2014 Report Share Posted December 21, 2014 Don't need a bandaid, the saw dust will stop the bleeding, just don't get any blood on the product When I worked in a sheet metal shop, I always told the new guys "When you get cut, not IF but WHEN, always bleed on the product. We will ship the product out but, if you bleed on the floor we will have to live with seeing the blood forever!" Rog 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
..Kev Posted December 21, 2014 Report Share Posted December 21, 2014 When I worked in a sheet metal shop, I always told the new guys "When you get cut, not IF but WHEN, always bleed on the product. We will ship the product out but, if you bleed on the floor we will have to live with seeing the blood forever!" Rog Not to mention a good old sheet metal bandage.. Usually a wad of some dirty rag and a little duct tape.. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom Cancelleri Posted December 21, 2014 Author Report Share Posted December 21, 2014 I've done the paper towel and duct tape bandage many times. This will definitely be a visible scar forever it did close up nicely. Butterfly bandages are the best! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wdwerker Posted December 21, 2014 Report Share Posted December 21, 2014 I always add a wrap of fabric tape to keep bandages in place. Otherwise they fall off way to fast. Fingertip bandages are handy to keep around. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom Cancelleri Posted December 21, 2014 Author Report Share Posted December 21, 2014 My dad always told me the most dangerous tool in any shop is the drill press. He used to work in a machine shop, and told me that people used to drill without clamping down their work or without putting it against a block to keep it from spinning. Bit would grab the steel or aluminum or whatever they were drilling and would spin. One guy had his torso sliced and had to go to the hospital. People lost fingers, etc. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RichardA Posted December 21, 2014 Report Share Posted December 21, 2014 Put a bandaid on it and get your ass back to work, get those deer done. Yeah... reindeer up! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tim0625 Posted December 21, 2014 Report Share Posted December 21, 2014 Not to mention a good old sheet metal bandage.. Usually a wad of some dirty rag and a little duct tape.. I've done things like that in the metal shop...get cut...wrap it with a paper towel or piece of a rag followed by duct tape and go back to work. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wtnhighlander Posted December 22, 2014 Report Share Posted December 22, 2014 I banged my knee into a running chainsaw once. Slathered on some iodine through the gash in my jeans, stuck on a bandaid and went back to sawing. Had to throw the underwear away, though.... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wrench3047 Posted December 22, 2014 Report Share Posted December 22, 2014 Chicks dig scars 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
T-astragal Posted December 22, 2014 Report Share Posted December 22, 2014 I've seen worse. Steve Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom Cancelleri Posted December 22, 2014 Author Report Share Posted December 22, 2014 Tablesaw? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
T-astragal Posted December 22, 2014 Report Share Posted December 22, 2014 At this time I can't freely discuss it. It happened on what I'd previously consider the safest tool in the shop. Steve Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
T-astragal Posted December 22, 2014 Report Share Posted December 22, 2014 For the time being my story is that I was noodling for barracudas. Steve 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blakjak220 Posted December 22, 2014 Report Share Posted December 22, 2014 Bandsaw? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tim0625 Posted December 22, 2014 Report Share Posted December 22, 2014 At this time I can't freely discuss it. It happened on what I'd previously consider the safest tool in the shop. Steve Combination square? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wouldwurker Posted December 22, 2014 Report Share Posted December 22, 2014 Rub some dirt on it and walk it off. Tis' merely a flesh wound. My personal spindle sander injury is up there on my list of dumbest things I've done in the shop. The nut on the top was stuck on a burr in the threads and wouldn't come off. So I figured I'd put the wrench on the nut, hold on tight, and flip on the machine. You know how this turns out...I instantly lose grip when my wrist almost snaps off...the wrench never comes off the nut, and it helicopters around, smashing into my fingers and wrist about 40 times in half a second. Black and blue for a week. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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