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Good news!
I bought a van! Its not the vw caddy I wanted but it’s a Citroen nemo..Its probably the better choice mpg wise returning over 50mpg!
Bad news!
Managed to cut the top of my indeed finger off whilst racking it..
Absolutely hurt like hell but it could of been worse I surpose..
Plastic surgeon jobby sometime today,let’s hope I can still pull the trigger on the dcf895!
ah shit man – that looks nasty.
how did it happen?
Circular saw.. I’m right handed but was using my left as it was an awkward cut..major kickback I surpose..I’m deffinetly investing in some decent gloves from now on..
my gloves saved my forefinger too, when I used a angle grinder with a bigger wheel and no guard.
That doesn’t hurt does it. Been there done that.
that sucks……..if it is one thing I have learnt over the years is power tools or any tools in general have a one way relationship, you can love em all ya want ……they don’t always love ya back…..
Yikes!
Wow, that doesn’t look too good. Good luck in your recovery. At least it was only the tip and not to a knuckle.
Ouch 🙁 sorry to see that you got hurt. I know some circular saws and track saws in europe have riving knives for help with kickback. It’s not common at all in the usa except on table saws. That’s the one thing that scares me is a saw kicking back. A guy did a video about it on youtube and it was scary as shit.
I had a kickback once on my table saw, but It was my own fault.
for my luck I was outside in the driveway – after it happened I never saw that piece again. it was gone, I looked for it in my whole frontyard.
it just disappeared
madman_us wrote:
I had a kickback once on my table saw, but It was my own fault.
for my luck I was outside in the driveway – after it happened I never saw that piece again. it was gone, I looked for it in my whole frontyard.
it just disappeared
How much did you lose?
oh sorry to confuse you, I was just talking about a piece of wood which got kicked back 😛
Wow Frain that sucks bro!
Cheers fellas,still waiting on the operation at the moment..The nhs is good,but Ild sooner pay and get seen quicker..
dang that looks bad, for odd cuts that cant be avoided, i often used cordless saws, as the there isnt enough torque to have any major kickback. but ive had many close calls, was always wearing my PPE despite my experience with the tools, high quality gloves saved my fingers multiple times from saws and grinders.
Tough luck man, Hope you heal soon!!
Yea today I was talking to the wood shop teacher at my high school turns out 6 years ago a kid cut off all his 4 fingers at an angle losing all his pinky finger to the top of his index finger turns out I know the guys younger brother and you cant even tell that the guy ever got them cut off he was lucky it was a clean cut and they got him to the hospital in 2 hours where one of the best hand surgeons in the country practices he was back to school in a week and had full range of motion on his hand in 2 months and in the end the only thing he has are 4 scars and the school now has a saw-stop table saw.
That’s a lucky sob!! My great grandfather lost a finger on a band saw. I still cant figure out how he did that one. I can’t really ask him he passed away many years ago.
DR99 wrote:
That’s a lucky sob!! My great grandfather lost a finger on a band saw. I still cant figure out how he did that one. I can’t really ask him he passed away many years ago.
That is the first time I have heard of a band saw taking off someones finger.
man I cant imagine loosing any of my fingers………
loosing a finger on a bandsaw, man that must have been a slow cut.
Holy fuck! Holy fuck!! Hooe u recover soon.. And love to hear the stories, crazy stuff…
I don’t remember the whole story but I always assumed it was from his table saw but it was the band saw. It’s so many years ago though I’m talking mid 90’s the last time I heard about it.
Best of luck, if they can’t reattach you will just have to deal with shitty Nick names nubbs,ext.
TylerDama wrote:
Best of luck, if they can’t reattach you will just have to deal with shitty Nick names nubbs,ext.
Hahaha yeah stumpy.one of the lads sent me a picture of his finger and put JEALOUS at the bottom lol ..There cutting the bone back and stitching it over..nice
Had the op..It’s not as short as it felt!
Damn man, I hope that heals well. Looks like you might have a flat top finger, but that could be from swelling. These images should be put in every shop classroom.
Frain damn that looks like it hurts!!!!! I hope u heal quick bro
Back to work Monday..No joinery unfortunately,Just carting stuff to and from sites for the lads in the works van for the next few weeks..
I’m happy as I’m still pulling a wage in..
Managed to buy a set of gloves into the Black Friday sale aswell..
Just won’t fit my right hand yet haha..
https://www.acwholesalers.com/hvac/images/klein-tools/PC41407-lg.jpg
Maybe try theses guys?…nubs:)
They look nice them Tyler..But I think there probably out my price range being klein haha ,have you got a pair?
They are around 25 bucks.I don’t(yet) but a co-worker had a pair of Klein gloves and swears by them.
That’s not to bad for klien then really.,I assumed they where expensive just because there bags tend to be..Go Tyler take the plunge you know u want to..I Just need s few more people to come along To add some more peer pressure and you’ll have them orderd haha.. 🙂
I hadn’t seen those b4 there pretty nice.TylerDama wrote:
https://www.acwholesalers.com/hvac/images/klein-tools/PC41407-lg.jpg
Maybe try theses guys?…nubs:)
Well since you are going to twist my arm! Luckily, the old gloves are wearing, and I need to stop at the supply house on Monday 🙂
Lol, Result!!Don’t forget some pics Monday night then!
Here they are, to be honest they are very comfortable and breath well.I’m pretty rough on gloves so let’s see how they hold up.the only downside thus far is the same as any other fingerless gloves: you have clean hands but dirty fingers.
Here is a photo for Frain, just so you have an idea on how it will look on your hand.:-)