fingers.

[weisyboy]

was just wondering how many of us have mising or permanently damaged fingers.

[blockhed]

i've still got all my fingers(thank you big guy)
they keep telling my there's something missing
in the cavity of the cranium though.
regards
the block

[BobL]

Good idea for a poll

I lost the top 5 mm of my left ring finger 29 years ago while using a baby 4: jointer for about the second time. I was showing my brother how (not) to use it and was busy telling him "how I knew a guy who lost a finger using one"!
Couldn't play guitar properly for years afterwards (my son says I still can't play now).

[Frank&Earnest]

Well, I had two accidents (left hand middle finger, Stanley knife - right hand middle and ring finger, power planer) but luckily the permanent damage is virtually irrelevant. I don't know many wood/metalworkers with all 10 though, and picking it up as a hobby later in life does not help - I am rather worried that it could be only a matter of time.

[jmk89]

Helps if you tend to use handplanes rather than a jointer or a router - my FIL was in charge of a workshop (making models for hydrological purposes) and says that the OH&S stats show that jointers and router tables/spindle moulders were the most dangerous machines in terms of accidents in woodworking shops.

Darksiders unite, you have nothing to lose but your fingers!!

[ss_11000]

i've got all ten. does that mean i dont take enough risks.

i dont think i could cope with loosing a finger. i need them all to hold a hockey stick properly

[Cliff Rogers]

This has been done before, maybe a couple of years ago now though.

9.33 total for me, counting thumbs.

[ss_11000]

This has been done before, maybe a couple of years ago now though.

9.33 total for me, counting thumbs.

wouldnt 9 and 1/3 be more accurate. wait this isnt maths class

so wat happened?

[jmk89]

i've got all ten. does that mean i dont take enough risks.

i dont think i could cope with loosing a finger. i need them all to hold a hockey stick properly

Stirlo

It's amazing what you can achieve missing a few fingers - http://www.brctv.org/joom/index.php?...d=28&Itemid=36

make sure "Pierce Plane" is selected and press the play arrow in the middle of the black screen.

[ss_11000]

thats pretty cool jeremy. thanx for the link it must be hard to work with only a thumb ( he did have thumb didnt he? ) on one hand.

[Sebastiaan56]

It was kinda fun being able to do wierd finger wobbling tricks for the nieces, but now they are older its just embarrassing. What a goose I was, middle finger, right hand, top joint,

Sebastiaan

[wheelinround]

I have all in tact although I have put a few drill bits through fingers and palms at times

Next door neighbor ex-Navy engineer has fingers missing both hands some down to the second knuckle fight with a ride on lawn mower

[Andy Mac]

So far so good, although I've come close to losing the tip of my little finger on a bandsaw...
Was working with a gnarly old guy last week, a very experienced windmill installer. I noticed he was missing about 1/2 of four fingers on one hand, nice straight line it was too. I had to ask if he did it on a windmill, expecting something about getting caught up the tower with a gust of wind. "Nup" he said, "did it with an axe!" One of those darksider tools!

Cheers,

[BobL]

I heard recently about a guy who was in his last hour before retiring as a cabinet maker after 40+ years and had all fingers intact. He was cutting up some short stuff on a TS and had just turned the saw off and went to flick an offcut off the table top and misjudged where his hand was and took 3 fingers off! They put them back on but what a way to start your retirement

[nine fingers]

Right hand ,2 joints index finger,locked joint ring finger, stiff joints on thumb, only about 10% movement. All these and more when I was a first year apprentice,no supervision or instructions on using machines.
Learnt my trade early. nine fingers