Saftey when using knives!

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My first craft knife , a humbrol one i think was being used for the first time to remove a piece from the Matchbox Boeing P12-E Sprue. It came off quicker than i thought and took the tip of my thumb off. Didnt hurt but again ,bleed like hell for a good 10 mins. It grew back and i have a scar to prove it!!!

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hmm pain! drilling a tube plate with out a clamp drill grabbed and tore the top of my finger. now when i play cowboys and indians im the one with the sawn off shotgun!

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Ouch - how much of the top of your finger did you lose?

That sounds like the kind of mistake you only make once!

A guy at work was once pushing a stout piece of hardwood through the bandsaw and yeah, you've guessed it, thumb in line with the blade, (never a smart thing to do) he was pushing the timber firmly through the saw and just as he got closer to the edge, the wood pushed through with less resistance and so did his thumb...

He didn't lose the thumb but he had a pretty scary looking flap of it hanging off until they sewed it back on!

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Howdy RJ, et al,

I too have "sliced" my thumb in much the same manner.....but then again, I have also "split" my thumb with a vertical (upright) bandsaw also.

I have more scars than I care to think about, most involving knives, others involving power tools and machinery...ie.......

* split my thumb with the aforementioned offending bandsaw

*sliced (to the bone) my left index finger with a paper makers knife on two occassions while working at a papermill.

*while making a new bandsaw blade, I ran my left middle finger (middle knuckle) into a bench grinder exposing the workings of the knuckle.

*ran my left middle finger through a table saw while cutting a 1"X1" board (there was a knot in the wood which caused the board to shoot thru the saw taking my hand with it).

*closed the roll top door on a tractor trailer (big rig or Lorey I think ya'll call them) on my left middle and ring fingers effectively smashing them like grapes......of course the truck was ready to leave and the self locking mechanism latched when I closed the door and it was too low for me to reach to open to release myself ( all I could think of was thr truck driving off with me hung up in the door).

* Ran a four (4) inch long skinning knife into my thigh while out drinking with friends.....we were standing in a field with a bon fire, drinking. I had already watched two guys fall into the fire, then I felt something crawling up my leg, I thought it might be a tick, and since my jeans were abit tight, I took my knifes point to scratch it, one of my drunk friends fell over against me, driving the blade all the way into my thigh muscle......now I know why they made grooves in swords.....to aid in the removal of the blade. The muscle locked up around the blade and once I got it out, all that was availible was rubbing alcohol, toilet paper and masking tape. To this day, I pour alcohol directly int any injury I get.....the reason being, if you can withstand the pain of the alcohol, there is nothing else you will ever do to the injury which will hurt as bad lol.

* Had numerous beer bottles broken over my head in my younger days.

I know that these had no relation to modeling, but, I get carried away sometimes talking about my "scars" lol.

But seriously, cut away from yourself when using a knife, carry the point away from you while transporting one. Wear eye protection while using rotory tools or any other tools and always have a first aid kit availible.......... hopefully one with an option other than rubbing alcohol lol.

* note I have cut my thumb on numerous occassions while using Xacto type knives.

anyway, work safe all,

Greg

*edit: so you dont think I am a total clutz, its been well over 15 yrs since my last accident.....knock on wood.

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I have te feeling we all need a safer hobby!!! lol

I lost the top to the first knuckle. had it stitched but still lost it.

I still say the most dangerous thing in any workshop is an open gearbox. iv seen a few very nasty happenings with people getting entangled in gears.

GW the skinning knife has to about take the cake, and its not a bad advert for not drinking lol.

I used to live a few miles outside f Boston and the ticks were a real problem (as were the mozzies) but I always found citranela worked.

Well guys im off to the workshop boiler plates are calling. Lets be safe with the knives and such.

cheers Kevin

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just as an add on, i dont know if you can still get them but butchers used to use chain mail half gloves nice and fine and impossible to cut through just a thought.

kevin

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In the meat prep areas of cruise ships galleys where they are using band saws to cut up very large quantities of frozen meat they all wear a chain mail glove.