Was he nuts doing this? Huge cringe towards the end!

[Uncle Al]

The following article appeared in the St.George and Sutherland Shire Leader local paper on Tuesday 27th August.

Power Tool Disaster.jpg
Now, having read the article, and having a fairly horrible image implanted in your brain concerning sharp tools and useful bits of your anatomy, please take care in your workshops.
Remember, the whole idea of enjoying time in the workshop is to finish the day with the two that you started the day with.
At the very least, SWMBO would be very upset with you doing similar damage, and you will quickly find out how difficult it is to do almost any task with a damaged or missing thumb.

Stay safe, and have fun,

Alan...

P.S.
I struggled with the title of this post. Some thoughts were -
"Balls-up in the workshop"
"You won't forget this one in a hurry"
"He gave his left one for a good cause"
"Oooh, the pain"
"Testing times with a drill"

Feel free to suggest other titles that could have been used.

Alan...

[Mobyturns]

"Are they Nuts?"

[chambezio]

When I read of what people do to themselves I often ask "Are they really accidents?" or is just plain stupidity on the part of the operator.
Some time back on the ABC's Gardening Australia, they featured a guy making projects for the garden out of recycled materials. You know, compost bins out of pallets, rustic seating, that type of thing. One episode he was using a circular saw to cut some timber. So....you might say....well as the saw advanced across the timber, he had a "spare" hand that was hovering very dangerously in front of the cut. It looked like any second the hand would be severely chopped. I couldn't watch. What his problem was, he was left handed, so had his left hand on the handle and trigger which allowed his right hand to be "floating around" the front of the saw.
I am not for a second telling leftys they should'nt use power saws!!! Far from it. I am just saying to be very careful while sawing stuff. A good mate is ambidextrous. he looked at a Makita catalogue and found they make a left handed saw. He bought it and is very happy to use it.

I think Al's posting is another reminder to us all that our shed's have the ability to kill us!!!!
If we let them.

Think about procedure before commencing an action

[RedShirtGuy]

Hrmm...I can't remember where, but read an almost identical article earlier this month.

After the drilling incident the article continued with some bloke who thought that using his lawn mower to trim the hedges was a top idea. Apparently he started it up and while he was using it he lopped off a finger or two from grabbing it underneath. Then another guy, who had been talking to, or had seen victim #1 working prior to his accident, thought it was a great idea too and did exactly the same damage to himself over the road or a couple of doors down.

[joe greiner]

PLURAL?

Both at the same time? Or one after the other?

[Skew ChiDAMN!!]

"Darwinism in action"

[Uncle Al]

PLURAL?

Both at the same time? Or one after the other?

Not sure if he would of noticed, the initial pain followed a few milliseconds later still adds up to about 15 on the scale of 1 to 10 on the pain register

Alan...

[wheelinround]

I got this from Gil in USA today sorry about the way it is its the way I was sent it.

To turn at full speed like he was

Would be good to open each line by clicking on the "blue words".
It is in “Wood Central” under “Messageboards” in “Turning”.
Gil

accident *PIC* (views: 668) -- Adrien -- 8/29/2013, 9:01 pm
Re: accident (views: 311) -- Harry Robinette -- 8/29/2013, 9:43 pm
Wow, Adrien, (views: 257) -- GaryG in MD -- 8/29/2013, 10:17 pm
Another thought... (views: 259) -- GaryG in MD -- 8/29/2013, 10:25 pm
Re: accident (views: 218) -- Randy Gleckler -- 8/29/2013, 10:47 pm
Re: accident (views: 147) -- Dale Bonertz -- 8/30/2013, 8:21 am
Scary! (views: 122) -- Don Orr -- 8/30/2013, 9:06 am
Re: accident (views: 142) -- Barbara Gill -- 8/30/2013, 9:27 am
Re: accident (views: 112) -- Don Orr -- 8/30/2013, 10:23 am
Re: accident (views: 132) -- adrien -- 8/30/2013, 10:24 am
Good Heavens! (views: 97) -- Barbara Gill -- 8/30/2013, 11:40 am
Re: accident (views: 119) -- Joe Fleming -- 8/30/2013, 10:33 am
IF THIS DOESNT CONVINCE YOU.... (views: 118) -- Rob Wallace -- 8/30/2013, 1:22 pm
Welcome back (views: 52) -- steven antonucci -- 8/30/2013, 4:36 pm
Re: Welcome back (views: 34) -- Adrien -- 8/30/2013, 5:43 pm
Glad you are recovering, and shared this. (views: 24) -- Keith Newton -- 8/30/2013, 6:20 pmWould be good to open each line by clicking on the "blue words".
It is in “Wood Central” under “Messageboards” in “Turning”.
Gil

[Chief Tiff]

What his problem was, he was left handed, so had his left hand on the handle and trigger which allowed his right hand to be "floating around" the front of the saw.
I am not for a second telling leftys they should'nt use power saws!!! Far from it. I am just saying to be very careful while sawing stuff. A good mate is ambidextrous. he looked at a Makita catalogue and found they make a left handed saw.

Most manufacturers make LH circular saws including the more budget brands. You'll find them in their catalogues under the heading "cordless tools"...

Seriously, can anyone tell me why most cordless circular saws are left handed; ie the motor is on the right? If I was a lefty I'd be as happy as Larry with this arrangement; but I've been put off ever buying one because of it.

It doesn't seem fair that I can't have a "proper" cordless saw, just because my soul wasn't condemned by Satan to eternal damnation at birth

[elanjacobs]

Sounds like a load of bollocks to me

[Mobyturns]

I got this from Gil in USA today sorry about the way it is its the way I was sent it.

To turn at full speed like he was

Would be good to open each line by clicking on the "blue words".
It is in “Wood Central” under “Messageboards” in “Turning”.
Gil

accident *PIC* (views: 668) -- Adrien -- 8/29/2013, 9:01 pm
Re: accident (views: 311) -- Harry Robinette -- 8/29/2013, 9:43 pm
Wow, Adrien, (views: 257) -- GaryG in MD -- 8/29/2013, 10:17 pm
Another thought... (views: 259) -- GaryG in MD -- 8/29/2013, 10:25 pm
Re: accident (views: 218) -- Randy Gleckler -- 8/29/2013, 10:47 pm
Re: accident (views: 147) -- Dale Bonertz -- 8/30/2013, 8:21 am
Scary! (views: 122) -- Don Orr -- 8/30/2013, 9:06 am
Re: accident (views: 142) -- Barbara Gill -- 8/30/2013, 9:27 am
Re: accident (views: 112) -- Don Orr -- 8/30/2013, 10:23 am
Re: accident (views: 132) -- adrien -- 8/30/2013, 10:24 am
Good Heavens! (views: 97) -- Barbara Gill -- 8/30/2013, 11:40 am
Re: accident (views: 119) -- Joe Fleming -- 8/30/2013, 10:33 am
IF THIS DOESNT CONVINCE YOU.... (views: 118) -- Rob Wallace -- 8/30/2013, 1:22 pm
Welcome back (views: 52) -- steven antonucci -- 8/30/2013, 4:36 pm
Re: Welcome back (views: 34) -- Adrien -- 8/30/2013, 5:43 pm
Glad you are recovering, and shared this. (views: 24) -- Keith Newton -- 8/30/2013, 6:20 pmWould be good to open each line by clicking on the "blue words".
It is in “Wood Central” under “Messageboards” in “Turning”.
Gil

This deserves its own dedicated thread! Timely reminder that way too many turners take BIG risks with potentially FATAL consequences.

[malb]

Re original post,

Did something similar 4 days before my wedding, ended up with 3/8 hole mid thigh to within 1/2 inch of bone. Never again.

Metal working about 10 years ago when one of the TIG welders let out an agonishing scream. Guy was working at a bench and in the habit of laying the TIG torch with protruding ultra pointy 1mm glowing red hot electrode accross his lap while setting up the next batch of parts on the bench. Spiked his nut for the third time with the glowing needle point. Finally started to learn, and attached a leather 'lap nappy' to the endge of his bench so he could rest his torch on that.

[Uncle Al]

Re original post,

Did something similar 4 days before my wedding, ended up with 3/8 hole mid thigh to within 1/2 inch of bone. Never again.

Metal working about 10 years ago when one of the TIG welders let out an agonishing scream. Guy was working at a bench and in the habit of laying the TIG torch with protruding ultra pointy 1mm glowing red hot electrode accross his lap while setting up the next batch of parts on the bench. Spiked his nut for the third time with the glowing needle point. Finally started to learn, and attached a leather 'lap nappy' to the endge of his bench so he could rest his torch on that.

Looks like you learnt a lesson the 1st time, whereas the TIG welder needed a couple of practice runs before getting the message
Your 3/8" hole must have been painful, gives me the heebie jeebies just thinking about it.

Stay safe,
Alan...