When Your Bandsaw Blade leaves the nest

Hukk · Post by **Hukk** » Tue Mar 06, 2007 3:09 am

Well, about 5 days ago now, I was resawing some lumber on my bandsaw and the blade decided it was to old, spot weld gave out. I've seen much worse, but my wife decided I should have gone to the hospital for stitches. (that's what those earplugs are for) Bah, I had stuff to do, after a couple minutes of intense cussin

Well, it did bleed a lot, til I taped it up, no bandaids in the shop. Duct tape and a piece of old t-shirt worked good enough.

So, this is what it looks like when that 6 tooth Raker comes flying out of there and only hits your thumb. I guess I was lucky, it could have been worse. Dang, it's only bandaid deep, just tape it up and keep workin.

sunburst · Post by **sunburst** » Tue Mar 06, 2007 3:13 am

Dagum Hukk,

Let me be blunt in my opinion of your finger...It looks like Hamburger..

Owwwww!!!!!

justold52 · Post by **justold52** » Tue Mar 06, 2007 3:35 am

OOPS Hukk it looks like s tinty shark bit but I know you can't go diving yet, but I am like you when it comes to Dr.'s.

Can you send me a pair of those ear-plugs?..I understand.
I have duck tape. Works good too but I redress it every day. If the glue sticks just use gasoline to wash it off. I do not know of any germs that is caried by gasoline.

jonet143 · Post by **jonet143** » Tue Mar 06, 2007 4:49 am

i keep superglue handy but uh..........have to go to wifes clubhouse to get needle and thread. are you rt or lft handed?

i'm gonna go inspect all my lectric cutters and stuff now.

Roger - 50/2050 · Post by **Roger - 50/2050** » Wed Mar 07, 2007 6:51 am

Hey Darrelle,

looks like one of them larger Bay area Leopard Sharks got a hold of you while you were taking the hook out! ....On another note, I would like to say ----> OUCH! ....Get out the Epsom Salts for a few day's old pard!

"Texas collector", Roger - 50/2050

orvet · Post by **orvet** » Wed Mar 07, 2007 4:56 pm

Hukk,
I understand the duct tape & have used it myself. IMO, stitches just prolong the agony. Then you are supposed to go back to the doctor in a few days & have the stitches removed. More prolonging of the agony, not mention lost shop time. If I have to have stitches, I usually take them out myself, (but I leave the surgical staples for the doctor).

Here is my solution to the duct tape/band-aids issue. Obviously someone had thought this out.
See picture.

BTW, I just bought a roll of Gorilla Tape. I think it would be good for holding a cut together, if you can get the tape off later!

Dale

Hukk · Post by **Hukk** » Wed Mar 07, 2007 5:48 pm

orvet wrote:Hukk,
I understand the duct tape & have used it myself. IMO, stitches just prolong the agony. Then you are supposed to go back to the doctor in a few days & have the stitches removed. More prolonging of the agony, not mention lost shop time. If I have to have stitches, I usually take them out myself, (but I leave the surgical staples for the doctor).

Here is my solution to the duct tape/band-aids issue. Obviously someone had thought this out.
See picture.

BTW, I just bought a roll of Gorilla Tape. I think it would be good for holding a cut together, if you can get the tape off later!

Dale

Interesting idea, since I moved my shop out to my mother in laws to help her out (terminal lung cancer), I have been thinking about having a first aid kit as any shop should have

To late.
It was actually worse than I made it out to be, by the time I got to the hose, blood was already running off my elbow.

I do the same with stitches and removed my staples from my elbow, I saw the tool that my back surgeon (may he rest in peace, I have had no problems with it since 1991) used to remove staples on my back, just like a miniture pair of dykes. Removed a couple casts, one on my left foot, I just used my circular saw, cut set REAL shallow.

No wonder my wife gives me those strange looks

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justold52 · Post by **justold52** » Wed Mar 07, 2007 6:56 pm

Hukk "No wonder my wife gives me those strange looks"..

"You know "that look" women get when they want sex?

Me neither."

I think most men was to just play Dr.

orvet · Post by **orvet** » Wed Mar 07, 2007 7:41 pm

I can't remember how many casts I have taken off. The fiberglass they use now days is harder to take off than the plaster was. I had my arm in a cast in Vietnam, but they used plaster then. It was so humid that they wouldn't last for more than 2 days. I would take them off, wash my arm then walk to sick bay & tell the Corpsman, "Hey Doc, I need a new cast." It got to be routine. I have had 11 or so surgeries on my left wrist, so I have wracked up a lot of cast time, last time I counted I had had my left arm in a cast for a total of about 2.75 years. I hate them things.

Dale