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Cautioary tale of a fractured wrist
Typing this with my left hand due to the fact that the other is incased in a
plaster cast. Drilling a 15mm hole through an external cavity wall, the drill bit jammed and the drill kicked back. I don't know what I could have done to avoid this, since I was holding the drill firmly, using the auxilliary handle too. It hurt at the time, but throughout the day my right wrist got more and more swollen and painfull. Went to A & E, where an X-ray revealed a broken bone. It still bloody hurts this morning - but how long to heal guys? W were supposed to be going off next week on the boat, but at the moment I couldn't even lift a lock key, let alone work any of the dozens of locks along our planned route. |
"Paper2002AD" wrote in message ... Typing this with my left hand due to the fact that the other is incased in a plaster cast. Drilling a 15mm hole through an external cavity wall, the drill bit jammed and the drill kicked back. I don't know what I could have done to avoid this, since I was holding the drill firmly, using the auxilliary handle too. It hurt at the time, but throughout the day my right wrist got more and more swollen and painfull. Went to A & E, where an X-ray revealed a broken bone. It still bloody hurts this morning - but how long to heal guys? W were supposed to be going off next week on the boat, but at the moment I couldn't even lift a lock key, let alone work any of the dozens of locks along our planned route. Should have used an SES drill with a slip clutch. Wise in hindsight.. |
"IMM" wrote in message ... snip What ever IMM, after all you know all about wrist problems, your right one must be subject to RSI almost continually. BTW you are breaking the AUP of individual.net, which I assume you have read. |
"Paper2002AD" wrote in message ... Typing this with my left hand due to the fact that the other is incased in a plaster cast. Drilling a 15mm hole through an external cavity wall, the drill bit jammed and the drill kicked back. I don't know what I could have done to avoid this, since I was holding the drill firmly, using the auxilliary handle too. It hurt at the time, but throughout the day my right wrist got more and more swollen and painfull. Went to A & E, where an X-ray revealed a broken bone. It still bloody hurts this morning - but how long to heal guys? W were supposed to be going off next week on the boat, but at the moment I couldn't even lift a lock key, let alone work any of the dozens of locks along our planned route. I always remember during my apprentiship days (1950s) when I had to do a stint in a workshop with machine tools, an old codger (the boss) told me that "there were more accidents using a drill than any other machine in the workshop, however, thankfully, they were rarely fatal", but there were quite a few machinists sporting bald spots , these were the days before chuck guards became compulsory. I think it depends which bone you broke, when I broke radius and ulna many years ago it took about 6 weeks I think Good Luck Tom |
"Tom" wrote in message ... snip I always remember during my apprentiship days (1950s) when I had to do a stint in a workshop with machine tools, an old codger (the boss) told me that "there were more accidents using a drill than any other machine in the workshop, however, thankfully, they were rarely fatal", but there were quite a few machinists sporting bald spots , these were the days before chuck guards became compulsory. Yes, I'll always remember being shown H&S publication which had a picture of a pillar drill with a human scalp wrapped around the chuck... |
In article , Paper2002AD
wrote: Drilling a 15mm hole through an external cavity wall, the drill bit jammed and the drill kicked back. I don't know what I could have done to avoid this, since I was holding the drill firmly, using the auxilliary handle too. Purely for interest, did the drill have a clutch? -- AJL Electronics (G6FGO) Ltd : Satellite and TV aerial systems http://www.classicmicrocars.co.uk : http://www.ajlelectronics.co.uk |
"Tom" wrote in message ... "Paper2002AD" wrote in message ... Typing this with my left hand due to the fact that the other is incased in a plaster cast. Drilling a 15mm hole through an external cavity wall, the drill bit jammed and the drill kicked back. I don't know what I could have done to avoid this, since I was holding the drill firmly, using the auxilliary handle too. It hurt at the time, but throughout the day my right wrist got more and more swollen and painfull. Went to A & E, where an X-ray revealed a broken bone. It still bloody hurts this morning - but how long to heal guys? W were supposed to be going off next week on the boat, but at the moment I couldn't even lift a lock key, let alone work any of the dozens of locks along our planned route. I always remember during my apprentiship days (1950s) when I had to do a stint in a workshop with machine tools, an old codger (the boss) told me that "there were more accidents using a drill than any other machine in the workshop, however, thankfully, they were rarely fatal", but there were quite a few machinists sporting bald spots , these were the days before chuck guards became compulsory. I think it depends which bone you broke, when I broke radius and ulna many years ago it took about 6 weeks I think Good Luck Tom 6 to 8 weeks for arms. It wil be another month at least after that before you get full movement back due to muscle wastage. :-( |
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When I was an engineering apprentice, we too were shown the scalp one, and also
a finger, complete with a few inches of tendon, and still with a gold ring attached to it. The moral being, don't wear a ring whilst operating machinery. I've never forgotten the words of one of our instructors - 'Machines don't care lad' - how right he was! |
"Paper2002AD" wrote in message ... No! ???? !!!!!! |
Paper2002AD wrote:
No! First of all, sorry to hear about your wrist. Please would you retain at least some of the post you are responding to, so that people reading the latest posts don't have to display all previous ones and track back up the thread to find out what the question was. (He was answering the question "Did the drill have a clutch?") -- Richard J. (to e-mail me, swap uk and yon in address) |
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On Sat, 21 Aug 2004 17:08:06 UTC, Mike Mitchell
wrote: My estimate is six weeks, and careful use after that for several months. It depends how old you are. To continue the D-I-Y theme....taking comfrey is supposed to (and some studies have verified) speed up the bone knitting. -- Bob Eager begin a new life...dump Windows! |
My estimate is six weeks, and careful use after that for several
months. It depends how old you are. To continue the D-I-Y theme....taking comfrey is supposed to (and some studies have verified) speed up the bone knitting. -- Bob Eager yeah 6 weeks is pretty average - although my thumb took about 8 weeks after smashing it in the car door (I still cringe thinking of that - between two metal edges with about 2mm gap, and the lock grabbed too!) , while after breaking my elbow (yeah I had a bad 2003!) I was out of the sling in about 3 weeks and urged to move it as soon as possible to stop the joint stiffening up. |
Bugger!
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IMM wrote:
Should have used an SES drill with a slip clutch. Wise in hindsight.. What, not a budget tool? I thought decent ones were only for "the pros'". -- Cheers, John. /================================================== ===============\ | Internode Ltd - http://www.internode.co.uk | |-----------------------------------------------------------------| | John Rumm - john(at)internode(dot)co(dot)uk | \================================================= ================/ |
"Paper2002AD" wrote in message
... Bugger! All is not lost! Explain the art of opening and closing loack to the missus. Sit back with beer in hand and practice the following phrase.... 'I'd love to help, but my arm's just not up to it. Can you grab me another beer when you've done this lock please?' Mike |
"Paper2002AD" wrote in message ... Bugger! FFS, learn to post. |
FFS, learn to post. OK |
Paper2002AD wrote:
Typing this with my left hand due to the fact that the other is incased in a plaster cast. Drilling a 15mm hole through an external cavity wall, the drill bit jammed and the drill kicked back. I don't know what I could have done to avoid this, since I was holding the drill firmly, using the auxilliary handle too. It hurt at the time, but throughout the day my right wrist got more and more swollen and painfull. Went to A & E, where an X-ray revealed a broken bone. It still bloody hurts this morning - but how long to heal guys? W were supposed to be going off next week on the boat, but at the moment I couldn't even lift a lock key, let alone work any of the dozens of locks along our planned route. 6 weeks m8. Hurts like buggery for at least 2 getting worse all the time. Then it gradually fades. Wife will have to work teh locks while you shout instructions. Should be useable if you can stand the pain tho - lots of Jockeys ride like that. The other common cause of that injury is people who hood steering wheel spokes not the rim, and have a crash... |
Wife will have to work teh locks while you shout instructions.
Trouble is, sh doesn't enjoy the best of health and can't manage the locks - damn good at steering into them tho |
On 22 Aug 2004 14:33:03 GMT, Paper2002AD wrote:
Wife will have to work teh locks while you shout instructions. Trouble is, sh doesn't enjoy the best of health and can't manage the locks - damn good at steering into them tho Isn't this why you take out insurance? -- Cheers Dave. pam is missing e-mail |
"Paper2002AD" wrote
| Wife will have to work teh locks while you shout instructions. | Trouble is, sh doesn't enjoy the best of health and can't manage | the locks - damn good at steering into them tho She can't really complain then if you suggest getting a third person along to crew for you. Perhaps a nice muscular Finnish girl who could work the locks and also do the cooking. Owain |
"Tom" wrote in message ... "Paper2002AD" wrote in message ... Typing this with my left hand due to the fact that the other is incased in a plaster cast. Drilling a 15mm hole through an external cavity wall, the drill bit jammed and the drill kicked back. I don't know what I could have done to avoid this, Should've used a drill with a clutch... [snip] I always remember during my apprentiship days (1950s) when I had to do a stint in a workshop with machine tools, an old codger (the boss) told me that "there were more accidents using a drill than any other machine in the workshop, however, thankfully, they were rarely fatal", but there were quite a few machinists sporting bald spots .... Was that before they discovered machine oil caused scrotal cancer? I do know of a young family that lost their father through drilling intocable in wall whilst standing in a puddle |
"Owain" wrote in message ... "Paper2002AD" wrote | Wife will have to work teh locks while you shout instructions. | Trouble is, sh doesn't enjoy the best of health and can't manage | the locks - damn good at steering into them tho She can't really complain then if you suggest getting a third person along to crew for you. Perhaps a nice muscular Finnish girl who could work the locks and also do the cooking. Thats a good idea! If she can double up as a very strict nurse, even better... |
Wife will have to work teh locks while you shout instructions.
Trouble is, sh doesn't enjoy the best of health and can't manage the locks - damn good at steering into them tho Isn't this why you take out insurance? -- What's insurance going to do for me? |
"Paper2002AD" wrote
| Wife will have to work teh locks while you shout instructions. | Trouble is, sh doesn't enjoy the best of health and can't manage the | locks - damn good at steering into them tho | Isn't this why you take out insurance? | What's insurance going to do for me? Pay for a nice muscular Finnish girl... Owain |
"Paper2002AD" wrote in message ... Wife will have to work teh locks while you shout instructions. Trouble is, sh doesn't enjoy the best of health and can't manage the locks - damn good at steering into them tho Isn't this why you take out insurance? What's insurance going to do for me? Refund any out of pocket expencies ? I think people were assuming that you were booked on to a canal holiday and would be unable to go now, if how ever you have your own barge.... |
What's insurance going to do for me?
Refund any out of pocket expencies ? I think people were assuming that you were booked on to a canal holiday and would be unable to go now, if how ever you have your own barge.... Sorry - I should have made that clear. Moving house recently has curtailed our cruising activities this summer, and the next two weeks on our boat was going to be a great unwinder. Can't be helped though - tks to all you lot for the tea and sympathy |
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