JKSNIPER Posted January 29, 2009 Share Posted January 29, 2009 OW dude! That must have HURT! Table saw is responsible for the highest # of shop injuries followed by Jointer and routers. Use eye pro and push sticks /safety blocks to keep your hands away from the blades, stay out of the path of kickbacked wood and you've reduced the possibility of injury by about 75%. Remove jewelery, pin up long hair under a hat and remove or tighten up any loose clothing and you've dropped the injury chance more significantly. Now follow one further rule and you'll probably stay injury free....unplug ALL machinery whenever changing blades or knives or bits and you'll probably woodwork until you're 100 without injury. Sorry about your injury and hope you feel better soon. JK Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sand Posted January 29, 2009 Share Posted January 29, 2009 Ouch! Double ouch! Feel better and heal up! (I'm gonna go take some pills for your pain.) So it's been a little over a week and my fingers are doin a lot better They don't hurt at all anymore unless I bump em hard or try to carry something heavy. At this rate I might get to start practicing again in two weeks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anubis Posted January 30, 2009 Author Share Posted January 30, 2009 Okay, I got a day-of picture that the doc in the emergency room took with her cell phone. It's lo-resolution but I think thats a good thing Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wooddog Posted January 30, 2009 Share Posted January 30, 2009 Okay, I got a day-of picture that the doc in the emergency room tookwith her cell phone. It's lo-resolution but I think thats a good thing Man O Man that looks brutal!! Glad your on the mend! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ken hebert Posted January 31, 2009 Share Posted January 31, 2009 Friend, I gotta tell you that even though you might now feel like it now, you are super duper lucky. I mean, like go buy a lottery ticket lucky. I have a friend from the gun shop who lost his first, second, and third fingers on his right hand to a planer, and he is a righty. Good luck and a speedy recovery. Watch out for the meds... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anubis Posted February 2, 2009 Author Share Posted February 2, 2009 Stitches are out and I can bend my fingers enough to practice again Plus I can type with my whole hand again Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anubis Posted February 4, 2009 Author Share Posted February 4, 2009 Okay, its now been 3 weeks since this happened. I'm back practicing with my airsoft pistol, and I can type with my whole hand again Thanks everybody for the kind words and stories shared you've done a lot to help me feel better Here's some pics from today, the 21 day mark. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heavy Barrel Posted February 5, 2009 Share Posted February 5, 2009 (edited) Well even with my fingers getting wrecked I decided to go ahead and finish the cabinet Here's some pics of the finished product. Solid ash with a black crushed velvet backing. (My wife has already populated it with her little tinkerbell things ) Edited to fix typos Thats become an awful expensive cabinet Many years ago my mom had bought some steel cabinets cheep, and was cleaning them up. While cleaning them she cut the tendon in here right index finger. Edited February 5, 2009 by Heavy Barrel Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JimmyZip Posted February 5, 2009 Share Posted February 5, 2009 Anubis, For the past week and a half I have been milling wood at least once a day if not all day. Every time I start the jointer I think about these pics. PUSH STICK! That's what I keep saying. Good to hear and see you are doing well. Jimmy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kyle O Posted February 5, 2009 Share Posted February 5, 2009 I can hardly even tell now, healing nicely! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anubis Posted February 5, 2009 Author Share Posted February 5, 2009 Anubis, For the past week and a half I have been milling wood at least once a day if not all day. Every time I start the jointer I think about these pics. PUSH STICK! That's what I keep saying. Good to hear and see you are doing well. Jimmy Man I thought about this for a while and finally figured out what happened. You can all call me stupid because I sure do I was planing a 10"x4' board, it was about 1" thick and I wanted it down to 3/4". Set the planer up with the guards leaving 10" of the blade exposed. I used the push stick to push the board across the blade but I left the blade exposed when I was done. I set the sticks aside and went to grab my board to set it up to push across the blade again and basically 'missed' and jammed my fingers right into the exposed blade Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SiG Lady Posted February 6, 2009 Share Posted February 6, 2009 The fingers are actually looking good! Keep up the good work. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
abs Posted February 6, 2009 Share Posted February 6, 2009 Anubis, For the past week and a half I have been milling wood at least once a day if not all day. Every time I start the jointer I think about these pics. PUSH STICK! That's what I keep saying. Good to hear and see you are doing well. Jimmy Man I thought about this for a while and finally figured out what happened. You can all call me stupid because I sure do I was planing a 10"x4' board, it was about 1" thick and I wanted it down to 3/4". Set the planer up with the guards leaving 10" of the blade exposed. I used the push stick to push the board across the blade but I left the blade exposed when I was done. I set the sticks aside and went to grab my board to set it up to push across the blade again and basically 'missed' and jammed my fingers right into the exposed blade Two mike's and a damn..................................it! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ken hebert Posted February 8, 2009 Share Posted February 8, 2009 Dude, you look like you are healing up awesomely! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anubis Posted February 13, 2009 Author Share Posted February 13, 2009 I meant to do this Wednesday and keep weekly updates running but I got real busy this week Anyway my hand doin a lot better now, I've got about 95% of my grip strength back Also, there's apparently cosmetic surgeons that work in the base hospital that would be willing to reconstruct my fingers as much as they can so they have something to practice on But here's some pics the wife took last night, 30 days after the fact. They're doing a lot better. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anubis Posted February 25, 2009 Author Share Posted February 25, 2009 So close to being done with this and my stupid ring finger gets some nasty infection Back on antibiotics, goodie Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
murphyslaw Posted March 17, 2009 Share Posted March 17, 2009 Oh my god, those first pictures looked sooo painful. Just seeing the pics sends pucker factor muscles into action. OUCH! Looks like you've healed pretty good in the last 30 days. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anubis Posted July 19, 2009 Author Share Posted July 19, 2009 Well, decided to give everyone a 6 months progress report on this thread Pretty much healed as far as it'll go except for some nail growth. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lynn jones Posted July 19, 2009 Share Posted July 19, 2009 really kewl when flip someone off! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LadyinBlue Posted July 19, 2009 Share Posted July 19, 2009 Wow, that is looking so much better now! Keep up the good work on healing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lawdawg112 Posted July 22, 2009 Share Posted July 22, 2009 Well wishes to a speedy recovery. Glad you didn't get hurt any worse than you did. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oldemagics Posted July 23, 2009 Share Posted July 23, 2009 wish i had seen this thread when it started, we could have convalesced together! Jan 27 i cut 2 fingers 3/4 way through when they got caught in a kick back of a hole saw you healed quickly, had some material that was missed in the re-attachment surgery work its way out, infection etc. am just now getting enough feeling to risk picking up the checkering tools again, and a couple people have been patiently waiting for grips since the accident best of luck, yer lookin good in the healing phase! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lazy Dave Posted September 22, 2009 Share Posted September 22, 2009 Well, decided to give everyone a 6 months progress report on this thread Pretty much healed as far as it'll go except for some nail growth. Just don't touch me with that icky lookin middle fingernail Seriously glad to see your good. I get chills and shiver after my close call even when I think about it years later. Lazy Dave Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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