On 1/22/2012 9:12 AM, Doug Miller wrote:
Puckdropperpuckdropper(at)yahoo(dot)com wrote in
b.com:
Steve wrote in
news
damn. $800 in false trips. More than my saw cost new. Dandy
product you got there. what a joke!
False trips are an annoyance, but it's possible that the cost of the
saw and replacement cartridges and blades might be saved by one real
trip. You can be extremely careful in the shop (and should be) but
one moment of stupidity or one action messed up could result in
permanent injury.
I'm usually in the extremely careful camp, but made one mistake and
fortunately the push block paid for it.
I likewise consider myself in the "extremely careful" camp, but made one mistake a few years ago,
resulting in a trip to the ER for what the doc called a "remarkably superficial" injury. Even so, it was
quite painful, I'm now missing a *very* small portion of the tip of my left thumb, and there's a little spot
that's permanently numb.
I've left the blood splashes on the wall, as a reminder to be more careful in the future.
OBTY, many years ago I was putting a set of tires on a car, IIRC I was
20 years old. I was using the typical method of removing the valve stem
from the tire and wheel on the tire machine and ended up slicing open my
pinky finger on my left hand. Basically I cut from the tip of my finger
back to the base of the nail and laid that and my nail over to one side.
Bled like a stuck pig. I quickly push everything back in place and
put a couple of band aids over it and left it that way for about 4 days.
No stitches or trip for a tetanus shot, hell I was 20 and
indestructible.
Well I must have been indestructible as when I removed the bandages 4
days later the injury was healing nicely and everything was the normal
color.
I did however loose feeling on that side of my finger and there is still
a small dark spot where dirt is apparently still under the skin.
About five years later I noticed that I had regained all feeling in that
finger again.
Your might also regain feeling in your thumb some time down the road.