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    Not good at all .... hope you are on the mend and everything heals well.

    It is easy to think that a sanding machine cant to too much damage. I was stupid enough when using the disc sander to hold thin pieces in my hand ..... didn't take long for the timber to fly off leaving me pushing my fingers directly into the spinning disc. First time was ok as it hit a finger nail grinding half off ..... stupidly I tried again and the next time quite a lot of my finger top went missing. Fortunately it was clean and didn't require any medical attention ..... just a few weeks to heal.

    I now make sure that I have push blocks ......

    Sorry to hear your tale but a good reminder for others.
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    I new it would be bad when I read it was a drum sander but thats really painful looking!!

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    Quote Originally Posted by Ozkaban View Post
    or do yourself an injury answering it
    No-one ever calls me (all together now ... awwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww).

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    thanks for the photos rod.
    i hope you get better soon mate.
    i never would have thought a drum sander could be that bloody dangerous!
    i guess we have to respect all power tools.

    regards, justin.

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    Quote Originally Posted by RedShirtGuy View Post
    Ow ow ow ow ow ow ow OW!!!!

    At least you got to play Napolean for a while. That's an interesting grafting technique I wasn't aware of..
    I saw a doco about a doctor who during WW2 (if I remember rightly) pioneered the grafting of exposed body parts (ears/noses) onto the patients chest just like Rod's, they where shot down pilots that where seriuosly burnt.
    Speedy recovery Rod

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    I feel sick now. I wasn't going to look then I did. Hope its not to long recovering.
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    Hi Rod,

    get well soon, I look forward to hearing how you did it to add to the communal safety manual.
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    Quote Originally Posted by RedShirtGuy View Post
    Ow ow ow ow ow ow ow OW!!!!

    At least you got to play Napolean for a while. That's an interesting grafting technique I wasn't aware of.

    That's one good thing about fingers...you've still got 6 spare

    Here's to a speedy recovery.

    I am a theatre nurse by profession. Your lucky you didnt have your fingers grafted to your groin lol. I have participated in surgeries where the flap was created by taking a vascular flap from the groin they have to walk around with a hand down their pants for several weeks.
    "All that is necessary for evil to succeed is for good men to do nothing"
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    Bugga - that would certainly tingle.

    Hope it improves soon and goes into the memory bank.

    Regards,
    Bob

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    Crikey!! Speedy recovery Rod.

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    Quote Originally Posted by kiwioutdoors View Post
    they have to walk around with a hand down their pants for several weeks.
    Ah, is there something abnormal about this? Doesn't the train carriage empty for everyone else when they get on?

    Best of luck Rod. Make sure they give you lots of antibiotics. MRSA is not something you want while the graft takes.
    Cheers, Ern

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    Hope it heals well and you are back at it soon.

    Cheers

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    It's not just power tools of course, it can happen even when using the most humble of tools, the claw hammer. I was driving in a number of long coach screws into garden sleepers and got distracted by the crowd around me, I looked up but kept on hammering. My free hand had wandered over into the path of a wildly swinging 16oz Estwing and opened up the end of my finger so bad I decided there and then (in shock) to bite the end off. SWMBO noticed and sent me inside while she passed me a bottle of wine to neck whilst sitting on the toilet. The longest bit to heal and by far the most painful was the little bit of skin still attached I tried to bite through so badly infected did it become.


    Hope you have a full and speedy recovery Rod.

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    Yes, while handplaning roughsawn oregon I mistakenly let a left hand finger trail under the sole to register on the wood, and got a splinter driven under the nail for its full length.

    Amazing what you can do while the adrenaline is running, and you showed this too Rod with your cool calculations. I only came to just about losing my brekky when the triage nurse at Casualty said 'Maybe we should send him to his GP'. Luckily a doc was sitting beside her and said 'No, we're not busy'.
    Cheers, Ern

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    A timely reminder to us all Rod. Thank you for sharing your experiences - and for some of us your pain. Dinner tonight is not going to be exactly as I expected with the vision of those fingers fresh in my mind.

    Graham

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