mattuk
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Post by mattuk on Apr 27, 2015 14:09:06 GMT -5
Thanks for the pictures. Will help concentrate the mind when next working. I have 3780kg of green oak heading my way for a vaulted ceiling. Lots of potential for less than clever choices with that pile  Thanks Matt |
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Post by wrightwoodwork on Apr 27, 2015 15:39:41 GMT -5
Sounds like a cool project
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Post by 7 on Apr 27, 2015 23:31:58 GMT -5
Aaron- I haven't been on the forum much lately and just now am seeing this thread. That's a bad deal, I hope the recovery goes well. Sorry to hear about your accident. Ghostfist- Those pictures are disgusting, thanks for ruining my dinner  |
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Post by GhostFist on Apr 28, 2015 4:21:58 GMT -5
No problem. keep them in mind so it doesn't happen to you
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Post by jalvis on Apr 28, 2015 9:50:10 GMT -5
You could always turn into a paper-pusher in some office. Just be careful. You might get a paper cut.
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Post by toomanytoys on Apr 28, 2015 11:30:46 GMT -5
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Post by wrightwoodwork on Apr 28, 2015 11:56:33 GMT -5
A few years when doing drywall with a boy that I was working in a pair with. He ended up putting a screw in his finger with the screw gun. Never thought too much about it. By the end of the weekend when he come back into work. His hand had swelled up. Ended up taking him into a&e where he ended up in hospital to monitor the infection. The doctor had marks on his hand and as long as the infection didn't go past a certain point. Then they wouldn't amputate the hand. It all ended up ok. Evan the smallest of cuts can turn serious
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Post by sylwestercarpenter on Apr 28, 2015 12:29:24 GMT -5
Sorry to hear that Aaron, i know what you feel now, wish you fast recovery! there is now time to take rest from work (unfortunately you have to), but I see the other side of that accident, you can spend more time posting on MUF and shere your knowledge about Mafell tools and how to avoid accidents . here is my RH after accident happened 12 years ago. I've cut miter joint on table saw, really i don't know how it happen but in results I skin on my index finger and slight cut skin on middle finger and came to the worst, i cut little finger in the middle of nail so in the surgery cot off bone in the joint and with left over skin wrap the end of finger. Since that time i take extra attention for safety as make new piece of wood is easier than regrowth new finger. I've get back to work after 6 weeks.  |
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Post by toomanytoys on Apr 28, 2015 13:16:22 GMT -5
A few years when doing drywall with a boy that I was working in a pair with. He ended up putting a screw in his finger with the screw gun. Never thought too much about it. By the end of the weekend when he come back into work. His hand had swelled up. Ended up taking him into a&e where he ended up in hospital to monitor the infection. The doctor had marks on his hand and as long as the infection didn't go past a certain point. Then they wouldn't amputate the hand. It all ended up ok. Evan the smallest of cuts can turn serious My father once told me a similar story about himself. As a teenager he was working with a guy installing a sheet metal roof and got a sliver in his hand. A few days later his hand and forearm were red and swollen. The guy he was working for took him to a doctor who drained the infection and told him if it went higher he would be dead, but that he wasn't out of the woods yet. My dad was born in 1892 so in his teens antibiotics were still not in use for a good number of years. |
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Post by thedude306 on Apr 28, 2015 20:48:40 GMT -5
Since we all have a few war stories here are mine. First one is when the battery was getting low on my cordless drill and I was using a 2" hole saw. It grabbed instead of drilling the and the drill skipped and tore my thumb up pretty bad.  Second is one of those stupid moments. I had a 22lbs impact wrench under an air seeder, I set it up on the frame so I could get it and started to crawl out, caught the hose and landed on my finger. About a 1.2m drop. Didn't break the finger but punched a hole on both sides. 8 stiches on top and 4 on the bottom. Dr X-rayed it twice as they couldn't believe that it tore both side but didn't break the bone. I'll never wear my wedding ring on that finger again (if it was on at the time it might have saved me as it's a wide band Ti ring) It was ugly and still bothers me to this day.  |
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Post by GhostFist on Apr 29, 2015 4:17:59 GMT -5
Just look up photos for accidents involving rings. You'll never wear one at work again.
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Post by wrightwoodwork on Apr 29, 2015 6:23:35 GMT -5
Yeah another thing that I few as dangerous is loose clothing. Thats why I never wear hi vuz vests and wear either a jumper or a t-shirt. As a loose item of clothing can so easily get caught in a moving machinary and pull you into it. And hi viz vests always seem to flap about and be loose.
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Post by wrightwoodwork on Apr 29, 2015 13:27:42 GMT -5
Had the the bandages changed all looking good
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jimh
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Post by jimh on May 7, 2015 9:39:19 GMT -5
I had a slip up on my tablesaw a few weeks ago. My thumb got a small knick that healed completely. The lucky part was that I was using a SawStop which saved my thumb and possibly index finger. They are called accidents for a reason. No one plans on them and no amount of experience can prevent them.
Hope it heals quickly and you can get back to work.
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Post by wrightwoodwork on May 7, 2015 10:37:49 GMT -5
Had the dressing changed just yesterday. Looking really good and clean which I'm pleased with also getting less pins and needles in the finger tips. On Friday I go into the plastic surgeon and get the stitches out. I'm hoping I get the ok for going back to work. The thing that I find the most frustrating thing is that I don't feel unwell or that I have something dreadful like cancer. To me it's like being off work with nothing wrong.
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