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Old 07-29-2013, 10:10 PM
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Default Building Injuries....

Accidents aside, what is the worst injury you have suffered during the building process?
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Old 07-29-2013, 10:33 PM
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Running my thumb knuckle into a bandsaw while carving on a chunk of Delrin stock to make a spacer for an RV-8 baggage door holder.
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Old 07-29-2013, 10:36 PM
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aren't they all accidents?

Who here has purposely inflicted injury upon themselves?...and is now ready to brag about it.
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Old 07-29-2013, 10:37 PM
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I swear all my injuries were accidents, honestly I didn't cause them on purpose.
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Old 07-29-2013, 10:38 PM
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So far? A couple of scraped/dinged knuckles, and a few "OUCH!! Found that rivet... with my knee" instances. So far no blood. The worst looking was from riveting bottom wing skins. Looked like I got in a fight with a weed whacker.

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Old 07-29-2013, 10:41 PM
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Of course I meant flying accidents....
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Old 07-29-2013, 10:43 PM
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Of course I meant flying accidents....
Well that piece of plastic I was carving on went flying across the hanger a millisecond before my thumb engaged the blade... does that count?
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Old 07-30-2013, 03:46 AM
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So far? A couple of scraped/dinged knuckles, and a few "OUCH!! Found that rivet... with my knee" instances. So far no blood. The worst looking was from riveting bottom wing skins. Looked like I got in a fight with a weed whacker.
When I was at this stage, my son came up with a good idea to prevent this rash. Cut the toes out of a tube sock and wear it on your arm. It works great!

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Old 07-30-2013, 04:02 AM
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I had never held a rivet gun before and I hooked it up to my air compressor which was set up way to high and set it against my left hand and yes I pulled the trigger..... My thumb immediately closed as it tore up a tendon at the base of my thumb requiring surgery to correct and 6 weeks of healing.
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Old 07-30-2013, 04:06 AM
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See that gnarly-looking scar on my left thumb's knuckle? Wanna know how that happened? Let's just say that scotchbrite wheels are meant for metal, NOT SKIN! They will take your skin off in a hurry, and healing takes a long time for some reason.



I had a few of these, too, by the way.





All I can say in conclusion is, at least I never drilled a hole in my finger, like a lot of other builders have done.
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