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e - 30 May 2006 17:47 GMT
for the second time in a month, i managed to really cut
myself with a new exacto number 11. this time it was my
thumb and i could see bone. once again i missed a blood
vessel but it stoll bled profucely.
anyone else gone through a slasher cycle? any good war
stories?
glad i had some antibios left from 3 weeks ago.
bluumule - 30 May 2006 19:02 GMT
Evidently you are using the tool as a weapon.  I manage to nick myself
every once in a while, but nothing worse than a paper type cut.  Did
slice and dice myself as a kid building models...learned how to
properly use the knife to avoid serious lacerations.  First rule...use
a light touch...better to make several light passes than one deep "to
the bone" cut.  The knife is for slicing...not cutting, not chopping.
I learned from a surgeon who built models...he was the one that
stitched me up after one such 'to the bone' incident.
e - 30 May 2006 20:00 GMT
>Evidently you are using the tool as a weapon.  I manage to nick myself
>every once in a while, but nothing worse than a paper type cut.  Did
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>I learned from a surgeon who built models...he was the one that
>stitched me up after one such 'to the bone' incident.

i was cleaning some plastic cutting away from myself.
summabitch jumped over and hit my hand. somebody playing
with a gravity generator?
(g)
Mad-Modeller - 31 May 2006 03:36 GMT
> >Evidently you are using the tool as a weapon.  I manage to nick myself
> >every once in a while, but nothing worse than a paper type cut.  Did
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> with a gravity generator?
> (g)

Aren't you glad it was a sharp new #11? ;)

Bill Banaszak, MFE sr.
e - 31 May 2006 04:09 GMT
>> In article <1149012120.704944.90830@g10g2000cwb.googlegroups.com>, "bluumule"
>>
[quoted text clipped - 15 lines]
>
>Bill Banaszak, MFE sr.

yeah, an old dull one wouldn't have been as nasty.
pain is just my way of getting high as mr silverstein sang.
Rufus - 31 May 2006 07:58 GMT
>>>In article <1149012120.704944.90830@g10g2000cwb.googlegroups.com>, "bluumule"
>>
[quoted text clipped - 18 lines]
> yeah, an old dull one wouldn't have been as nasty.
> pain is just my way of getting high as mr silverstein sang.

Actually, wounds made with a dull knife take longer to heal, and are
more of a tear than a cut.  Back when I used to carry a stilletto I kept
it dull...for that reason.

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e - 31 May 2006 14:47 GMT
>>>>In article <1149012120.704944.90830@g10g2000cwb.googlegroups.com>,
> "bluumule"
[quoted text clipped - 23 lines]
>more of a tear than a cut.  Back when I used to carry a stilletto I kept
>it dull...for that reason.

bad boy
bad boy
whatcha gonna do?
crw59@earthlink.net - 30 May 2006 19:57 GMT
I ran one of those curved wood carving tools btwn my fingers once. have
a nice half moon scar there.

Craig
e - 30 May 2006 20:01 GMT
>I ran one of those curved wood carving tools btwn my fingers once. have
>a nice half moon scar there.
>
>Craig

so far i have a sliced knuckle and lacerated mid thumb.
the knuckle scar is cool. don't know how i missed the
nerves, veins, muscles but who's complaining?
Enzo Matrix - 30 May 2006 20:13 GMT
e offered me a plate of cheese and whispered:
> for the second time in a month, i managed to really cut
> myself with a new exacto number 11. this time it was my
[quoted text clipped - 3 lines]
> stories?
> glad i had some antibios left from 3 weeks ago.

If you could see bone then I seriously recommend that you get it looked at
by a doctor or by your local casualty unit.

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I wear the cheese. It does not wear me.

e - 30 May 2006 23:06 GMT
>e offered me a plate of cheese and whispered:
>> for the second time in a month, i managed to really cut
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>If you could see bone then I seriously recommend that you get it looked at
>by a doctor or by your local casualty unit.

2 stitches, clean out and antibodys. but thanks.
Ben  Valdevarona - 30 May 2006 21:02 GMT
Be sure your tetanus shot is current, too.

I once had an Xacto knife roll off the workbench right onto my thigh, pointy
end first of course! Too busy keeping parts in alignment as the glue set to
catch the knife.

> for the second time in a month, i managed to really cut
> myself with a new exacto number 11. this time it was my
[quoted text clipped - 3 lines]
> stories?
> glad i had some antibios left from 3 weeks ago.
e - 30 May 2006 23:08 GMT
>Be sure your tetanus shot is current, too.
>
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>
>4 years, so i'm ok.
Bill Woodier - 31 May 2006 00:45 GMT
I've done that as well except it landed in the top of my foot.
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> Be sure your tetanus shot is current, too.
>
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>> stories?
>> glad i had some antibios left from 3 weeks ago.
Rufus - 30 May 2006 21:05 GMT
> for the second time in a month, i managed to really cut
> myself with a new exacto number 11. this time it was my
[quoted text clipped - 3 lines]
> stories?
> glad i had some antibios left from 3 weeks ago.

I hardly EVER pick up an X-Acto any more - I usually use a single edged
razor blade, or just an X-Acto blade without the handle.

About the stupidest thing I ever did with an X-Acto was when I was in
3rd or 4th grade - I found one walking home from school...and as my
folks wouldn't let me have one at the time, I picked it up and put it in
my coat pocket.

As I continued walking, I became aware of "stabbing pains" in the right
side of my stomach.  Opened my coat to find that I HAD litterally been
stabbing myself in the stomach with every step (after I wiped the blood
away)...about a half mile's worth.  Took the thing out of my pocket and
returned it the ground.  I don't think I picked one up again until I was
in my mid-teens.

I carried those scars on my belly into my early 20's...

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e - 30 May 2006 23:09 GMT
>> for the second time in a month, i managed to really cut
>> myself with a new exacto number 11. this time it was my
[quoted text clipped - 20 lines]
>
>I carried those scars on my belly into my early 20's...

ouch, ouch, ouch....hurt just reading that one.
maiesm72@netscape.com - 30 May 2006 23:57 GMT
I gave up counting the modeling wounds long ago. The worst offender has
been the X-Acto or Zona razor saw, they can do some real damage!

No modeling accident can compare with a deli meat slicer, though. I was
a butcher for a few years and there were many stitches during those
years. I also discovered at age twelve that a sliding glass door had to
be opened before one walks through. That was good for six weeks in the
hospital and six month learning how to walk again. My right foot still
cants outward about 20 degrees.

I can second the many-slices-for-one-cut theory. That seems to be
innefficient, but it makes all the difference in the world safety-wise
and there is more control of the results.

Good luck,

Tom
MJ Rudy - 31 May 2006 00:07 GMT
>I gave up counting the modeling wounds long ago. The worst offender has
>been the X-Acto or Zona razor saw, they can do some real damage!
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>
>Tom

No bad Xacto stories I can remember, but I did have a run-in with a
chef's knife (the big ones you see in the horror films) last year.  I
was doing something simple like chopping celery or onions.  While I
always curl the three middle fingers of my left hand under and rest
the flat of the knife against the knuckles, I have the bad habit of
not doing the same with my pinkie (and it juts out just past the
knuckles).  I caught it with the tip of the knife and sustained a deep
cut from the side of the finger right to the edge of the fingernail. I
put pressure on it for a good half hour but it still bled; only after
holding my arm up over my head for another half hour did it finally
stop bleeding.

Keep those knuckles bent under... ALL of them!

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Rufus - 31 May 2006 00:46 GMT
>>I gave up counting the modeling wounds long ago. The worst offender has
>>been the X-Acto or Zona razor saw, they can do some real damage!
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>
> Keep those knuckles bent under... ALL of them!

Ok...in keeping with the "I hate it when that happens" thread...

1) My Junior High shop class - one of the older kids was turning a
baseball bat on a lathe in the back of the class...was bearing down a
bit too hard, when the thing kicked out of the lathe, spun around and
clubbed him upside the head...dropped him like a sack of potatoes.

2) Same Junior High shop class - kid lost his fingertips in the
Uniplane...'nuff said.

3) More horrors from the same Junior High shop class - another kid
managed to saw his finger half off on the band saw.  Ran over to the
sink to wash out the wound...the water from the faucet flushed his
finger down the drain.  Scratch one finger.

4) My dad - a shop teacher - lost the end of his middle finger reaching
under a Skill saw during a remodeling job.  My mother and I came home to
the ringing phone, and a conversation that went something like this:

Dad: "Hey."
Me: "Where are you?"
Dad: "I'm in the hospital."
Me: "The hospital? (Ma nearly faints...) What happened?" (car wreck?)
Dad: "I sawed my damn finger off..."
Me: (laughing) "But you're a SHOP TEACHER!!!"
Dad: (laughing) "Yeah...ain't that some stuff?...better not mess up my
golf swing."  (by this time, Ma is ready to kill the both of us.)

5) More observations of adult life stupidity: Some co-workers come into
work one day to find an officemate with a reputation for doing dumb
things missing a finger...what gives?  "Well I was mowing the lawn, and
decided to trim the hedges"...the guy had picked up the running
lawnmover to "mow" the hedges - and the mower "trimmed" his dangling
finger.  So now (trying REAL hard not to bust out laughing) comes the
question: so why didn't you pick it up and go to the hospital to have it
reattached?  "Well...I leaned over to pick it up...and the dog got it.
By the time finished chasing him around the yard and I got it back from
him, it was too chewed up to do anything with."  Laugh now.

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e - 31 May 2006 01:15 GMT
>>>I gave up counting the modeling wounds long ago. The worst offender has
>>>been the X-Acto or Zona razor saw, they can do some real damage!
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>By the time finished chasing him around the yard and I got it back from
>him, it was too chewed up to do anything with."  Laugh now.

was his name cltus, goober or clem?
e - 31 May 2006 01:13 GMT
>>I gave up counting the modeling wounds long ago. The worst offender has
>>been the X-Acto or Zona razor saw, they can do some real damage!
[quoted text clipped - 27 lines]
>
>Keep those knuckles bent under... ALL of them!

yep, the chef's curl is essential. 30 years in the resturant
business learned me that. saw a sous take off 2 fingers with
a boner. right througfh the chicken and herself. she
screamed the whole time till the ambulance came.
they stuck them back on, but she left the business.
damn, humans hold a lot of blood!
Jonathan Silverthorn - 31 May 2006 02:42 GMT
>  
>
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>Keep those knuckles bent under... ALL of them!
>  

Mostly just minor slices with the Xacto, you know, a drop of super glue
and back to work.  But I've done other things like knocking an open
lockback knife off the desk and having it land point first on my bare
foot.  Luckily no serious damage.  The time I used a flat cheese slicer
to remove the top of my thumb knuckle taught me to wait for the cheese
to come to room temp and to not hold the cheese that way when trying to
slice it.  For some reason nobody wanted any of that cheese after
that...  Then there was the time my son went to look for the elusive
"small part" that dropped from his modeling bench and caught the
tweezers he had in his hand on the carpet and drove about an inch and a
half of the tweezer into his hand.  Ah yes, that was a scream I'll never
forget.  Lots of other stupid mistakes but those are some of the more
memorable ones.
e - 31 May 2006 03:19 GMT
>>  
>>
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>forget.  Lots of other stupid mistakes but those are some of the more
>memorable ones.

my parents were sure i'd never live to 12. then i started
riding motorcycles and they KNEW i wouldn't reach 12.
Jonathan Silverthorn - 31 May 2006 04:44 GMT
>  
>
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>riding motorcycles and they KNEW i wouldn't reach 12.
>  

LOL...  I can relate.  Looking for another bike?  I have two currently
for sale.  A 1951 Harley Panhead and a 1942 Harley Flathead 80.  I'm
keeping the rest.
e - 31 May 2006 05:13 GMT
>>In article <dw6fg.106049$F_3.16709@newssvr29.news.prodigy.net>,
>>
[quoted text clipped - 63 lines]
>for sale.  A 1951 Harley Panhead and a 1942 Harley Flathead 80.  I'm
>keeping the rest.

i can't buy $20k motorcycles. i would love a pan or even an
el. my current stable has
3 1978 yamay sr 500 thumpers
1966 yamay 350cc two stroke street rocket
a 1966 honda chopper and
a 1969 triumph 650 tr6r.
i find myself riding my hotrod sr most.
ask rufus about it.
Jonathan Silverthorn - 31 May 2006 05:44 GMT
>>><snip>
>>>
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>ask rufus about it.
>  

For what it's worth, they are $10,000.00 each.  A friend of mine was
diagnosed with ALS (Lou Gehrig's) so I'm doing a little work on his
bikes so he can get the cash.  They told him he has up to five years but
I don't think he'll make much more than a year.

I have several bikes of my own but the only Yamaha I have is an XS1100
that tried to kill me and tried to kill the guy I got it from.  I think
when I rebuild it I'm gonna name it Christine...

I also have a 1956 Harley 165 Hummer, a 1947 Knuckle head, a 1950 45 two
wheeler and a 1966 45 trike.  The two wheeler 45 was in the 1967 movie
Devil's Angels.  The trike is mostly a pile of parts that I have plans for.
Um, to try to keep this slightly on topic, I have cut myself several
times while working on them...
e - 31 May 2006 06:04 GMT
>>>><snip>
>>>>
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>Um, to try to keep this slightly on topic, I have cut myself several
>times while working on them...
unless silver hits $100 and oz very soon, i'm out of the
thought of buying one.
and unless they were dead stock and perfect runners, i
wouldn't be terribly interested. to me, choppers of 40's and
50's bikes are abominations that often don't run well, and
alwyas don't ride well. anyone that puts a long stretch on
the front wheel so that they can't have a brake is an idiot.
i'm a rider, it better run, handle and stop really well.
but you won't have any problems selling them.
i hope your friend can hang in without suffering.
e - 31 May 2006 01:10 GMT
>I gave up counting the modeling wounds long ago. The worst offender has
>been the X-Acto or Zona razor saw, they can do some real damage!
[quoted text clipped - 13 lines]
>
>Tom

i worked deli for a while, so the slicer/killer is an old
nemesis. still have all the limbs and those white puckers
are chick magnets.....yeah, right.
but i'm ok today, and a lot more careful....
Mad-Modeller - 31 May 2006 04:08 GMT
> I gave up counting the modeling wounds long ago. The worst offender has
> been the X-Acto or Zona razor saw, they can do some real damage!
[quoted text clipped - 13 lines]
>
> Tom

One day when I got to my favourite deli the place was closed because of
a medical emergency.  Knowing the shopowner my first thought was heart
trouble.  Not so, he'd sliced a finger in the slicer.  I think he's been
in the business since I was in diapers.  That was good for a couple
jokes about adding to the meat inventory cheaply during the next week's
visit. :)

Bill Banaszak, MFE Sr.
e - 31 May 2006 04:10 GMT
>> I gave up counting the modeling wounds long ago. The worst offender has
>> been the X-Acto or Zona razor saw, they can do some real damage!
[quoted text clipped - 22 lines]
>
>Bill Banaszak, MFE Sr.

we got fesh blood sausage today, folks.
robbelothe@aol.com - 31 May 2006 03:56 GMT
> for the second time in a month, i managed to really cut
> myself with a new exacto number 11. this time it was my
[quoted text clipped - 3 lines]
> stories?
> glad i had some antibios left from 3 weeks ago.

Those damn knives!! They always land pointed end into the flesh when
falling against a body part but, for some reason, land flat on the
floor!

For some really interesting sensations, try getting some solvent such
as Tenax or a similar item in the cut. Ooooooooooo doggies!!!!!!

BTW, after I'd sliced myself a time or two, I found some sleeves that
fit around the handle of the Xacto knife. The flat sides of the sleeve
kept it from rolling off the table and into my thigh. (Of course, I
still haven't found anything to keep me from dropping the damned thing
on my thigh as I sit working.)  IIRC, I found them at an office supply
store in the drafting supply area.

Ed
e - 31 May 2006 04:06 GMT
>> for the second time in a month, i managed to really cut
>> myself with a new exacto number 11. this time it was my
[quoted text clipped - 19 lines]
>
>Ed

laquer thinner works well for scream production in wounds.
this cut was caused by trimming plastic. i was cutting away
from me when my hand slipped and somehow turned 180 degrees
into my thumb. one inch slice as deep as it would go. bled
like a stuck pig or the bottom of your feet. but i'm a fast
clotter and it stopped in 2 minutes.
ran to the e room, got 2 stitches after a flush and clean.
i refused a local because to me the damn needle jabs hurt
worse than the sewing. they gave me some
antibiotics......again as the e room dr said.
he sewed me up last month.
i'm on a roll. i'm the sliced lunch meat.
somewildmonkey@yahoo.com - 31 May 2006 03:56 GMT
I must have been only about 7 years old when I was playing with my
older brother's pocket knife.  I was trying to carve a notch into a
pencil when it slipped and slashed open my thumb.  For whatever it's
worth, it was a lesson well learned.  I've respected knives, blades and
pointy things in general from that day on.

Some years later as a teenager, I was cleaning up the top of my
workbench, putting things in the overhead shelves.  I reached down to
grab my soldering iron (by the tip of course) and hadn't realized that
I had the thing still plugged in from when I was using it two hours
earlier.  The pain that ensued from that is indescribable.
e - 31 May 2006 04:08 GMT
>I must have been only about 7 years old when I was playing with my
>older brother's pocket knife.  I was trying to carve a notch into a
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>I had the thing still plugged in from when I was using it two hours
>earlier.  The pain that ensued from that is indescribable.

i grabbed the exhaust on a tractor when i was a kid.
yee-f.cking-haa!
Mucker - 31 May 2006 06:56 GMT
>  I reached down to
> grab my soldering iron (by the tip of course) and hadn't realized that
> I had the thing still plugged in from when I was using it two hours
> earlier.  The pain that ensued from that is indescribable. <    Try stepping on one while barefooted. That  is memory that will never leave me.  Does anyone remember  that little circular saw bit that  used to  come with Dremel tools? It never got me because I threw it away after one attempt to use it. That thing  was the most  frighteningly dangerous implement that man ever came  up with.
Mechanical Menace - 01 Jun 2006 10:20 GMT
>>  I reached down to
>> grab my soldering iron (by the tip of course) and hadn't realized
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>> away after one attempt to use it. That thing  was the most
>> frighteningly dangerous implement that man ever came  up with.

Yeah my nephew tried to cut of slice off a wooden stick.
Held the stick in his left hand, the motor tool in his right.
When the darned thing got hold of the wood, is spiralled around the
stick, taking his index finger with it.
Resulted in about 10 bone deep cuts, severed nerves, lot of blood and
screaming, man was he screaming. After about 20 yrs, he still can't use
the finger optimally.
I saw it happen (pun intended) and never used on of them after that.

I do still have a small diameter drill in my thigh, from when my
motortool (the same) for some unknown reason slipped out of my hand and
fell, spinning drill bit first, in my leg. Then the drill snapped.
It mad a nice small hole though.

Grabbed my hot soldering iron once too and since then the finger prints
on my right middle and ring finger are munged, mangled, garbled whatever
you call it.

I started modeling with casting lead soldiers. I filled a mold once
shortly after rinsing the mould with water. dried it with a towel and I
remember myself thinking that that must be dry enough.
The moment I poured the molten alloy in the mould it came shooting back
partly in my face. luckily nothing serious happened (come to think of it
I still haven't told my parents about it (25yr later now).
Whenever I get a sun tan (I'ma redhead so that won't happen too often) I
have some suspicious white freckles among the brown ones.

Dennis


e - 01 Jun 2006 20:52 GMT
>>>  I reached down to
>>> grab my soldering iron (by the tip of course) and hadn't realized
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>
>Dennis

i thought i was the master putz, but i must bow to your
abilities.
OUCH!!!!
Rufus - 31 May 2006 07:55 GMT
> I must have been only about 7 years old when I was playing with my
> older brother's pocket knife.  I was trying to carve a notch into a
[quoted text clipped - 7 lines]
> I had the thing still plugged in from when I was using it two hours
> earlier.  The pain that ensued from that is indescribable.

Splashed some moltem lead on the back of my right hand during a high
school art class.  That's one scar I still have...

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e - 31 May 2006 14:46 GMT
>> I must have been only about 7 years old when I was playing with my
>> older brother's pocket knife.  I was trying to carve a notch into a
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>Splashed some moltem lead on the back of my right hand during a high
>school art class.  That's one scar I still have...

stained glass? pretty prog hs.
Rufus - 31 May 2006 16:42 GMT
>>>I must have been only about 7 years old when I was playing with my
>>>older brother's pocket knife.  I was trying to carve a notch into a
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>
> stained glass? pretty prog hs.

Nope.  Jewelry and metalsmithing.  Not only did I get to hone my
modeling skills for credit, I also made enough money at it to finance a
collection of RC aiplanes, engines, and equipment.  Yeah.  We had a
pretty nice art department.

We were recasting some lead into ingots for convenience.  Pulled a mold
out of the quenching tub and the guy next to me poured some into a wet
one...and it blew up all over us.  A sizable hunk hopped onto the back
of my right hand, and he got blasted in the face - fortunatly not very
badly.  But we both got some 3rd degree burns out of it all.

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e - 31 May 2006 17:50 GMT
>>>>I must have been only about 7 years old when I was playing with my
>>>>older brother's pocket knife.  I was trying to carve a notch into a
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>of my right hand, and he got blasted in the face - fortunatly not very
>badly.  But we both got some 3rd degree burns out of it all.

sounds like.
Mad-Modeller - 31 May 2006 04:08 GMT
I have a few 'war wounds' from #11s but the biggest mess I ever had was
with the long knife that came with the big red handle.  I was trying to
carve a plane fuselage out of balsa at the time and took too deep a bite
out of the wood.  When the blade stuck I didn't try to back it out, I
stupidly pushed harder.  When things let loose they really went and I
laid open my left pinky finger palmside.  Whilst squealing about that to
let the wife know about it I ran upstairs to the bathroom.  Most of the
way up there my foot kept swishing around in my shoe.  

The finger really caught my attention but what I'd missed was the wound
in my left calf!  I must say, emergencies are when my ex-wife really
shines.  (I guess her parents gave her such good training when she was
growing up.)  She had me bandaged and cleaned up shortly.

The scar still shows on my finger but the one on my calf has
disappeared.   I still have the handle and use it with saws but the
knife blade was little-used after that.  And the great balsa fuselage
project came to a halt that day.

Bill Banaszak, MFE Sr.
e - 31 May 2006 04:12 GMT
>I have a few 'war wounds' from #11s but the biggest mess I ever had was
>with the long knife that came with the big red handle.  I was trying to
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>
>Bill Banaszak, MFE Sr.

when i came back from the e room, i jumped back on the
horse. with a new saddle......very slowly.
masterpiecemodels - 01 Jun 2006 01:34 GMT
I rarely cut myself but when I do I make sure I do it right.
Never made it to the bone though. My neighbor started building models
A few years back. As you know we all catch parts with our legs.
Well Steve caught the Exacto with his legs and managed to bury it
a good 2 to 3" into his right leg. I was home that day his kid started
pounding on my door all panicked. I went over and Had to pull the knife
out. Two hours later at the emergency room and 2 small stitches later
my neighbor learned to bail when you drop the knife.
cheers
John

> for the second time in a month, i managed to really cut
> myself with a new exacto number 11. this time it was my
[quoted text clipped - 3 lines]
> stories?
> glad i had some antibios left from 3 weeks ago.
e - 01 Jun 2006 02:41 GMT
>I rarely cut myself but when I do I make sure I do it right.
>Never made it to the bone though. My neighbor started building models
[quoted text clipped - 14 lines]
>> stories?
>> glad i had some antibios left from 3 weeks ago.
similarly, i saw a friend of mine learn To Just Let It GO
when a double sided knife jumped off a table. slice across
his palm and 4 fingers. yee-ouch.
Rufus - 01 Jun 2006 03:50 GMT
>>I rarely cut myself but when I do I make sure I do it right.
>>Never made it to the bone though. My neighbor started building models
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> when a double sided knife jumped off a table. slice across
> his palm and 4 fingers. yee-ouch.

Heh...that reminds me - ever tried to learn how to handle a butterfly
knife on your own, without any research?  You sort of learn the hard way
which one of the handles to hold after the sharp side cuts your knuckles
open...a few times.

...don't ask how I know.

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Jonathan Silverthorn - 01 Jun 2006 05:00 GMT
>>> I rarely cut myself but when I do I make sure I do it right.
>>> Never made it to the bone though. My neighbor started building models
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>
> ...don't ask how I know.

The best way is to put a fold over of tape on the cutting edge for the
times when you screw it up.  Don't ask how I know either...
Rufus - 01 Jun 2006 05:20 GMT
>>>> I rarely cut myself but when I do I make sure I do it right.
>>>> Never made it to the bone though. My neighbor started building models
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> The best way is to put a fold over of tape on the cutting edge for the
> times when you screw it up.  Don't ask how I know either...

Or when all else fails - drop it.

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Stephen Tontoni - 01 Jun 2006 05:54 GMT
Remember when I was a kit building models, I had a drawing table I
worked on. It was angled. So stuff would roll off from time to time, and
I became adept at catching stuff between my legs/knees.

One time it was an X-acto rolling off the table and I reflexively
slammed my knees together, then realized what was coming and yanked them
apart.

The knife stuck straight into the hardwood floor. Thank goodness for
quick reflexes!

(and then gluing something onto the handle of my X-acto so it wouldn't
roll any more)

--- Stephen
e - 01 Jun 2006 20:49 GMT
>Remember when I was a kit building models, I had a drawing table I
>worked on. It was angled. So stuff would roll off from time to time, and
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>
>--- Stephen
rolling isn't the problem. it's the damn thing turning 180
degrees and flying into my hand.
e - 01 Jun 2006 12:25 GMT
>>>> I rarely cut myself but when I do I make sure I do it right.
>>>> Never made it to the bone though. My neighbor started building models
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>The best way is to put a fold over of tape on the cutting edge for the
>times when you screw it up.  Don't ask how I know either...
crazy glue and scotch tape, the sliced vein's best friend.
masterpiecemodels - 01 Jun 2006 01:35 GMT
I rarely cut myself but when I do I make sure I do it right.
Never made it to the bone though. My neighbor started building models
A few years back. As you know we all catch parts with our legs.
Well Steve caught the Exacto with his legs and managed to bury it
a good 2 to 3" into his right leg. I was home that day his kid started
pounding on my door all panicked. I went over and Had to pull the knife
out. Two hours later at the emergency room and 2 small stitches later
my neighbor learned to bail when you drop the knife.
cheers
John

> for the second time in a month, i managed to really cut
> myself with a new exacto number 11. this time it was my
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> stories?
> glad i had some antibios left from 3 weeks ago.
Wayne - 01 Jun 2006 04:46 GMT
> for the second time in a month, i managed to really cut
> myself with a new exacto number 11. this time it was my
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> stories?
> glad i had some antibios left from 3 weeks ago.

Stick your thumb in a bottle of metho - it will stop the bleeding, and
kill any bacteria present on the surface.

Using a fine needle, and thread draped through the metho precede to sew
back together the sides of the cut.  Use small stitches if you do not
want a scare.
e - 01 Jun 2006 12:24 GMT
>> for the second time in a month, i managed to really cut
>> myself with a new exacto number 11. this time it was my
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>back together the sides of the cut.  Use small stitches if you do not
>want a scare.

i let a prefeesional so that. 4 stitches on a 3/4 inch cut.
maiesm72@netscape.com - 01 Jun 2006 06:26 GMT
Edward

Please e-mail me. I have a question for you.

Tom

> for the second time in a month, i managed to really cut
> myself with a new exacto number 11. this time it was my
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> stories?
> glad i had some antibios left from 3 weeks ago.
e - 01 Jun 2006 20:50 GMT
>Edward
>
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>> stories?
>> glad i had some antibios left from 3 weeks ago.

on the way.
 
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