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[Pvt_Ryan]

was playing with some sapele trying to make a plane handle and the chisel slipped i now have a nice slice in the middle of my finger..

On the upside at least i know the chisel was sharp.

I must say humans are badly designed you'd have thought we'd have some form of armour on the backs of our fingers/hands.

 

[adidat]

first of many, most have done it.

i have crosscut into my finger with a jap saw TWICE!!!

a large ripsaw jumped out of the starting cut, and cut my knuckle open big time.

while using a club hammer and bolster i managed to remove a piece of skin the size of a penny on my index finger. that hurt!

few rules
always have both hand behind the blade.

never try and catch a falling tool with foot or hand, unless its a rubber :lol: :lol:

 

[Pvt_Ryan]

lol.. it's just one of those days..

1st a coping saw slips across my knuckles.
2nd I get careless and take a chip out of the toe of my handle
3rd I get a chisel through the finger..

all in < 1hr

so I am officially convinced bad things happen in threes.

 

[john bossley]

hi, i find belt sanders are the quickest at taking skin off , both types are savage if you get toooooo close , jb.

 

[devonwoody]

Never have anything in front of a chisel blade apart from the timber is a rule I was told over 60 years ago, and fortunately it has never happened to me apart from knocking my hand against a blade when taking it out of storage.

 

[tekno.mage]

Never have anything in front of a chisel blade apart from the timber is a rule I was told over 60 years ago, and fortunately it has never happened to me apart from knocking my hand against a blade when taking it out of storage.

Agreed - the twice I cut myself with my carving chisels (which are razor sharp) were when taking them out their tool roll or when putting them away!!

When I was a lot younger I did manage to put a junior hacksaw blade through the end of my left thumb when sawing apart the lead cam round an old stained glass window in order to recover the victorian painted glass pieces. The saw slipped onto the end of my thumb, I didn't notice and pushed it forward again. Ouch!!!! It hurt a lot, bled a lot, and I still have a faint scar there some 30 years later.

Saw cuts hurt a lot more then chisel cuts in my experience.

 

[woodbloke]

was playing with some sapele trying to make a plane handle and the chisel slipped i now have a nice slice in the middle of my finger..

First golden rule when using a chisel...both hands behind the edge. Stick to that rule and it'll never happen again. I've been using chisels for around 40 years and have never cut myself.

Now a Stanley knife with a new blade is a different kettle of worms :shock: :shock: - Rob

 

[wobblycogs]

never try and catch a falling tool with foot or hand, unless its a rubber

None of my extremities are made of rubber so I won't be catching any tools

Seriously though that's a really good point. I also have the rule of no work in the shop without steel toe caps and mid-soles. I personally think the latter is more important in a regular wood shop.

 

[Pvt_Ryan]

It was a combination of stupidity and lack of proper equipment. Hopefully the latter I can fix (quickly) if I win the ebay item I am bidding on. The former I've been working on for 26years so I'm not holding much hope on ever fixing it..

Basically I don't have a proper vice (i've been using a foldup B&Q table) so my hand was the vice in this case as the table was moving too much.

Ryan

 

[wobblycogs]

That's pretty much exactly why I had a near miss with a chisel a couple of months back. What passes for my work bench was wobbling like crazy so I tried to hold it steady with my hand. I was concentrating so much on the piece I didn't think and put my steadying hand the wrong side of the chisel.

 

[Alf]

First golden rule when using a chisel...both hands behind the edge. Stick to that rule and it'll never happen again. I've been using chisels for around 40 years and have never cut myself.

It's a good rule, but the "choked" kind of grip, where your fingers act as a break before the chisel can go any further and hit your other hand is a useful exception. Screenshot swiped from DC's chisel techniques DVD:

 

[gwaithcoed]

I went in for the "Stopping the circular saw competition with the index finger"--didn't win. Was ripping down a length of timber and got too close to the blade before reaching for the push stick, took my eye off the work and oooops

Alan.

 

[Lardman]

a large ripsaw jumped out of the starting cut, and cut my knuckle open big time.

You're not the only one - I jabbed my knuckle with a brand new Irwin Turbocut Jack saw, made an awful mess. Im with Ryan knuckles really should come with plate armor.

The other stupid thing I do regularly is to hit the crotch between my thumb and finger with hammers, mallets and club hammers. I've had some loverly shades of blue and some really large blood blisters.

 

[Pvt_Ryan]

PMSL.. On my 1st pass I read:

The other stupid thing I do regularly is to hit the crotch between my thumb and finger with hammers, mallets and club hammers. I've had some loverly shades of blue and some really large blood blisters.

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The other stupid thing I do regularly is to hit the crotch [..] with hammers, mallets and club hammers. I've had some loverly shades of blue and some really large blood blisters.

Had to reread as was thinking "er wtf"

 

[adidat]

i thought the exact same pvt_ryan. my teacher was using his fingers as a pushstick on a planer, bye bye finger tip!

 

[maltrout512]

Good job it was sharpe. :lol: Blunt tools make more of a mess.