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Old 08-09-2011, 08:52 PM
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Default Love this thread

Haven't removed a body part but have cut, drilled, scraped and sawed parts

Recently, while wrapping up the rebuild, I was sitting on the floor, legs crossed using a hot glue gun. Put the glue where in needed to go, then proceeded to drip a blob on my bare calf. Instant reaction is to wipe it off. Wrong reaction. Result: blistering burn on the calf, blistering burn on my index finger. Ouch!!!

There are several thousand on this Forum. Come on folks 'fess up. This is entertaining.

I'll donate a pair of JD Air Parts fuel vents to the most unique RV build related injury. Stein doesn't count. To quote Ron White, "you can't fix stupid." Luv ya Stein!!!
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Old 08-10-2011, 06:47 AM
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Three days ago I managed to put a #30 about 3/4" into the meat of the inside of my forearm... Not quite as sensitive as the finger I had previously drilled but I still would not recommend that particular move.

Am I the first to drill this location?
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Old 08-10-2011, 10:53 AM
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Default Stupid!

I guess I'm the only guy that never match drilled his finger during the build.

But,

While building the 2" X 4" wooden wing jig, I was making a 4" X 4" from two 2" X 4"s. Didn't have any real clamps so I just held them tightly together with my left hand and grabbed the framing nail gun with my right. Yeah, you guessed it.

And after doing these things. We get in it and fly it.
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Old 08-10-2011, 02:15 PM
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Default I did it twice

Built two RV-8's. Drilled my finger with a #40 on each one. The second time it happened, it didn't want to stop bleeding; I just drilled it out with a #30 and put in a pop rivet.

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Old 08-10-2011, 03:44 PM
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Built two RV-8's. Drilled my finger with a #40 on each one. The second time it happened, it didn't want to stop bleeding; I just drilled it out with a #30 and put in a pop rivet.
Did you call the factory to get approval for that mod?
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Old 08-19-2011, 10:26 AM
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Gil,

for me there are two versions of drilling with a #40 into the finger, i experienced both... the rookie and the advanced version (where much more pain is involved)

the rookie-finger-drilling-guy just lets the drill bit penetrate the finger in a somewhat perpendicular angle into the fingers surface.

in the advanced mode the drill bit is pointed directly to the chamfer between the finger nail and the flesh underneath it and goes in between for at least 5/32 of an inch.

in the advanced mode you pay for all the sins you did in your life so far and you are cleared for heaven later on.

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