Wounds from the bench

Post by **LyleW** » Fri Jun 20, 2014 7:09 am

A new film starring:
X. Acto - A sharp wit, cutting edge personality, multi-talented
C. A. Glue - a Sticky guy to work with, but holds on to a role!

Well, you can guess where this is going....What damage have you done to yourself at the bench. Huh? JimD? Like most, I've nicked and inflicted small cuts here and there. My "biggest" was in building the room. Doing insulation, using a box knife, it slipped from my grip, went about 1/2 inch in my shin just below the knee and took 4 stitches to close up.

Whose next?

DoogsATX · Post by **DoogsATX** » Fri Jun 20, 2014 9:10 am

When I was building as a kid, I decided I wanted to do one of those big Star Wars figures. You know, the PVC/vinyl/whatever kind?

Anyway, these needed all kinds of trimming not unlike resin. And I basically had access to scissors or an xacto knife.

Suffice to say, in the cutting, the xacto slipped and stabbed right into my left index finger just behind the knuckle. And when I say stabbed...as in, I took my hand away in shock, and the knife stayed in friggin' place, it was in that deep. Of course when I pulled it out it started to gush like a stuck pig. Had to go to an emergency clinic where they made sure I hadn't cut anything critical, then closed it up with super glue.

Paul · Post by **Paul** » Fri Jun 20, 2014 9:55 am

Mine rolled of the bench and just as luck would have it landed right in my thigh. Oh modeling

BorgR3mc0 · Post by **BorgR3mc0** » Fri Jun 20, 2014 11:59 am

I have had very little modeling accidents, some small cut or fingernails sanded off (that is what you get with vacform build). My biggest DIY accident was when I used a saw on a stair and somehow managed to saw into the inside of my leg. I went to the doctor for that one....

lawman56 · Post by **lawman56** » Fri Jun 20, 2014 12:43 pm

I've reached the point where if I haven't cut, burned or pinched some part of myself, then I must not be building it right.

Same can be true for working around the house. If I'm not bleeding, I'm not working hard enough...

Ironically, I never hurt myself with power tools. Just manual stuff, Guess I'm my own worst enemy...

DoogsATX · Post by **DoogsATX** » Fri Jun 20, 2014 3:53 pm

lawman56 wrote: Ironically, I never hurt myself with power tools. Just manual stuff, Guess I'm my own worst enemy...

Heh...me either! Closest I've ever come was in shop class in junior high, when I put my hand in the wrong place as a radial arm saw was winding down. Nicked my finger, but it was a band-aid job if that. A second earlier and it would have been a lot worse.

BlackSheep214 · Post by **BlackSheep214** » Sat Jun 21, 2014 9:12 am

JimD wrote:Though, I super-glued the Ju88 fuselage to my palm. I took a picture, but was too embarrassed to share it.

Care to show it now? ROFL!!!!! I dare ya! I'll even double dog dare ya! ROFL

lawman56 · Post by **lawman56** » Sat Jun 21, 2014 1:03 pm

DoogsATX wrote: Heh...me either! Closest I've ever come was in shop class in junior high, when I put my hand in the wrong place as a radial arm saw was winding down. Nicked my finger, but it was a band-aid job if that. A second earlier and it would have been a lot worse.

Funny, isn't it? I survived my stupid teenage years, (think "hey, y'all, watch this"), 9 years in the Army, to include 2 combat tours, a heart attack and open heart surgery, yet I've done more damage to myself with a friggin xacto knife.

Medicman71 · Post by **Medicman71** » Mon Jun 23, 2014 8:55 am

All I have are the small cuts from Xacto knives.

I've hurt myself (or have been hurt by patients) more on the job than anywhere else. We won't get into the list of injuries there.

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