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 Craig Torrens
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| posted on December 2nd, 2007 at 10:09 AM |
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Finger VS Angle grinder !
ALWAYS WEAR GLOVES...................the "strip It" disc certainly works well on ALL surfaces !!!
And yes, that white spot in the middle is the BONE !!
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Baja Wes
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| posted on December 2nd, 2007 at 10:13 AM |
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I did that to my thumb on the knuckle once, it didn't bend properly for months afterwards.
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| posted on December 2nd, 2007 at 10:16 AM |
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the way you knock yourself about i think you should be banned from all power tools and cars too ,,,lol
BETTER TO BE THOUGHT A FOOL THAN TO OPEN YOUR MOUTH AND REMOVE ALL DOUBT:puke
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Craig Torrens
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| posted on December 2nd, 2007 at 10:19 AM |
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hehehehe.............................maybe 
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| posted on December 2nd, 2007 at 11:53 AM |
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oww! going and buying leather gloves now!
Reimagined/Recycled/Upcycled Cool
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| posted on December 2nd, 2007 at 12:24 PM |
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boys n there toys
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| posted on December 2nd, 2007 at 12:32 PM |
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I used to work with a very short bloke who was the greatest at everything, one day while edge grinding some timber with a 9 inch it caught the edge
and ended up facing his crotch with rather intresting results, a few stitches later he wasnt so know it all.....
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| posted on December 2nd, 2007 at 02:14 PM |
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oh shit done worse than that shaving i drilled a neat hole straight through my pointing pinky one day and kept working because i was more freightened
about reversing it out
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| posted on December 2nd, 2007 at 03:24 PM |
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^^lol!
when i was little i got my hand under the sewing machine and put the needle through my nail a couple of times!
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| posted on December 2nd, 2007 at 04:24 PM |
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you should try a linisher belt ,they work wonders as well
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| posted on December 2nd, 2007 at 05:05 PM |
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you'd think he'd learn not to have his fingers in the way
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| posted on December 2nd, 2007 at 05:47 PM |
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One thing you don't want to see is your own bones! ......Seen mine a few times as well
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| posted on December 2nd, 2007 at 09:20 PM |
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Nice one Craig. I went a bit close today myself - but missed and got careful again. I was under the floorpan for the oval - and I finally
Metal-prepped it and got the zinc on it today. Tomorrow - if the rain holds off is primer and epoxy day.
I busted the end off my little finger back in 2001. Still got the 30mm pin that they nailed it back on with as a reminder.
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| posted on December 2nd, 2007 at 10:09 PM |
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Craig,
YIKES!!!
I'm a carpenter by trade, and frequently use pneumatic nailers, and in 35 years of using them and using other woodworking tools I've learned one
thing......they can't distinguish between flesh and wood.
A fellow on a crew I once worked with was once climbing down from some roof trusses with a framing gun with the air line attached and had his finger
on the trigger and rested the gun on this thigh while positioning himself to climb down further.
Know what happened???.....yeah the gun shot a framing nail 3" long into his thigh and just missed the major artery in his leg.
If it would have hit it, he might well have bled to death before we could get him to the emergency room at the hospital, even though it was within a
mile of the job site.
My rule of thumb is whenever operating a power tool of any kind is treat it like it is the first time you ever picked it up....with great caution and
attention.....and think about what you are doing without any distractions.
It could save your life.
Regards,
Steve
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| posted on December 2nd, 2007 at 11:27 PM |
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almostcircumcised !!!
arghh Savlontime!
condolences mate.
want any vw bits old but like me, Made in Germany!!!
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| posted on December 3rd, 2007 at 07:26 AM |
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how far will a nail gun fire (in the air/over a distance)???
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| posted on December 3rd, 2007 at 07:41 AM |
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I don't know for sure, but I'd say a couple of hundred feet easily.....with a fair amount of velocity.
We generally don't do that however, because it is really hard on the hammer shaft and seals.
They are designed to work against the resistance of wood.
You have to figure that something that is configured to shoot a .131 " x 3" piece of steel shaft through an equal depth of wood of about any
species, will have a field day with human flesh.
Fine tuning the proper daily ratio of Maxwell House to Bacardi 151.........
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| posted on December 4th, 2007 at 09:58 AM |
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| Quote: | Originally
posted by Craig Torrens
ALWAYS WEAR GLOVES...................the "strip It" disc certainly works well on ALL surfaces !!!
And yes, that white spot in the middle is the BONE !!
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that didnt hurt!
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Craig Torrens
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| posted on December 4th, 2007 at 10:04 AM |
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spending $$ on a subie motor would hurt more
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| posted on December 4th, 2007 at 10:40 AM |
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no not at all craig!
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| posted on December 4th, 2007 at 11:03 AM |
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but you could try wearing gloves....I tell my old man that all the time when he's working on his 40ft yacht....
that and hearing and eye protection...no point building something of you can't enjoy it (see or hear) later on...
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| posted on December 4th, 2007 at 12:43 PM |
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Mal recently got his thumb caught in the brobo saw at work. Fortunately there was a bit of steel stuck in the bone (yeah I know, sounds weird
doesn't it), so the regular emergency doctor decided to send him to a plastic surgeon rather than stitching it up himself. The surgeon did a
brilliant job and it's almost as good as new.
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| posted on December 4th, 2007 at 01:12 PM |
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| Quote: | Originally
posted by Craig Torrens
ALWAYS WEAR GLOVES.......
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I've always followed what I was told in machine shop i.e. *NEVER* wear gloves (with lathes, drills, milling machines) and even with angle grinders,
circular saws etc. I'd rather lose a bit of flesh than half a hand.
hth
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| posted on December 4th, 2007 at 06:17 PM |
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Peter Page was helping a mechanic who was working on one of his customers cars to hold a bracket from memory while he cut it with a grinder and it
grabbed then proceeded to cut a gash in his thumb a lot deeper than the one Craig had posted.
This was on the same thumb Pete had squashed while helping a mate out at Willowbank a few years ago. He put stands under the car the guy let the jack
down before Pete could get his hand out of the way and crushed his thumb(same one) till it basically blew the end open and bled like there was no
tomorrow.
And Pete wonders why he has little feeling left in his thumb!!!
sometimes it's better not to offer to help me thinks....
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| posted on December 4th, 2007 at 07:38 PM |
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I love working with pain !!!!!!!!!!! I just wish ,I had taken pic's now . (Willowbank injury )Sitting in hospital for 4hours befor you even see the
doctor ,then xrays (split bone ) ,then another 2hours wait befor getting it stitched up. FUN FUN !!!!!!
When Rob the mechanic cut my thumb ,I just look at it ,thought NOWAY am I going to that bluddy hospital again .(5weeks to heal enough ,to stop
popping open ,when putting pressure on it )
Mywife thought I was crazy .
Be safe everyone !
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