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tom mayo

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actually...i had a BAD week...sliced my finger early on, dont know how...probably the back edge of a blade...then i really cut myself on the drill press...should have gotten stitches but was too busy...just a little while ago i drilled two .250 holes in the stub tang of a piece of talonite...sat it down and called my friend, and picked it up while i was talking to him....OUCH!!!! well, compared to a lot of people in this world, i have it pretty good....so i guess i shouldnt complain...but i will anyhow. by the way...where is everybody?

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My condolences. Remember that if you actually sever any digits to bring them with you to the ER. Keep them cold. Cold milk is a good preservative for body parts you hope to reattach
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I guess that many of our blade smiths are awfully busy this time of year.
 
Tom, I've heard that super glue can be used on cuts instead of stitchs. I have been waiting until I cut myself to see if it's true. Thought maybe you could tell me? (grin)
 
mikeS,

Although some people do use Super glue, there is a product that you can buy in any pharmacy or supermarket called Nu-Skin. It was designed for this purpose and it works really well. It is also medicated so you have less of a chance for infection.

Tom,
"Let's be careful out there"
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Tom,
The Christmas rush must be on. I am frantically working trying get the last blades out before Christmas. Yesterday I was out working on a guard that I had just peened onto a blade and I was grinding the guard down. My wife comes out with two wreaths and ask me which one would look better on the front door. With blade in hand I walked around to the front door and I was going to hold them up one at a time so she could see which one looked better. About that time I said, "Here, hold this". She did. She grabbed the blade right on the hot guard! I got "that look" for the rest of the day...

C Wilkins
 
Tom,
I know what you mean about needing stitches and not getting them!! For about the past 10 years, any on the job injuries result in paperwork, verbal and written warnings, etc, etc.. It is impossible to work around machinery without getting cut once in a while! I have left work on two ocaisions with a bloody paper towel around my hand. I used butterfly bandages and lots of bandaids.
Anything is better than going before the safety board if inquisition at work!!!
Neil

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i usually just grind skin off on the belt, disk and drum sanders. C L Wilkins, i hate it when they give me the "look" you never know what they're thinking. i usually spray hot blades, and bolsters, or guards with water, them things can get hot very quickly, when you can't slow down the speed on your belt sander.
 
handing your wife a hot blade has got to be the very worse thing you can do in life...its right up there next to cutting your finger off (dont ever do that-the bandsaw is the biggest culprit of this type of injury)...and yes guys..after it stopped bleeding i put super glue all over it..but thanks for tip and the kind words. was working on this
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Years ago I needed to cut some honeycomb aluminum that would immediately be epoxied. I made a new blade for the Doall band saw and cleaned the blade with MEK. Then I wanted to clean off all the lubricating wax residue off the saw's drive wheels. As a first step I put it into its lowest/slowest gear range and turned it on with the wheel covers open. I was holding a file cleaning 'card' (looks like a short dog brush) against the drive wheel when I got my hand jammed between the frame and the turning wheel.

I was jammed real good and getting crunched. I managed to hit the power button, but I couldn't back up the wheel against the motor in low gear. I got the attention of the shop manager, but even with the two of us pushing we couldn't back up the wheel. He got a piece of bar stock as a lever and couldn't run it back. Finally he unbolted the cover over the motor and disconnected the drive train and got me out. As I type I can still see some scars on the back of my fingers.
 
yikes....that makes me winche (?) just reading about it...i guess we could start a thread on the worst industrial accidents but i think that would be better off left alone, theres a kid at one of the shops i service for my sharpening business who stuck his hand into a dado blade.....YIKES!!!!!!!

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There are old knifeakers and clumsy knifemakers but no old clumsy knifemakers I am told.

My worst one was dropping a blade on the floor, turning around to pick it up and backing butt first into the 50 grit belt which was still running. It was very painful and the earfull that I got while recieving medical aid from the better half was even worse.

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so you still got scars from that one or what george????? great topic for the next meeting at the knife show.
 
wew! i've ground some skin off, but never like that. i feel for you george, i bet you had one heck of a time at the hospital.
 
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