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Originally Posted by XR-boy
I was unlucky enought to stick my left hand index finger into an electric planer, yikes. And yup, I'm left -handed. By the time I realised what that high-speed pulsing feeling was, I'd lost my fingertip to the bottom of the nail bed.Almost had to laugh when the plastic surgeon asked 'if I still had the bit that was sliced off". Sure, I said, it's about 10,000 shavings splattered all over the wall, along with the blood spray when I jerked my hand out of the still spinning blades...Hey, good luck with the head unit.
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Originally Posted by SF80
Thanks. I think what happened was that i pulled up and away (your most likle reaction to anything with your hands), which only made it worse... I pulled UP into the dremmel.  I know I should have had more respect for the tool and been more careful, but at that point things were going relatively well and I wanted to get the project done. Oh well, a learning experience.
One good thing is that I'm learning to use my left more and more.  |
that's it...you two just made me waay more careful for a lot longer.... complacency is easy with power tools when you use em a lot. Dremels seem innocent cause they are little.
Power planers scare me anyhow, same as my table saw. Fawking kickback...
