Top ten (or more) dangerous tools and anecdotes thereof
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I've been pretty lucky with tools thus far...I did once pour petrol in the shape of rude words onto a mates lawn - but I forgot about the vapours and the whole lawn went up like a bomb as soon as I lit the match. I was standing in the middle of it at the time...fortunately got away with some mild scars on my leg.
Tool wise my Dad was doing some work with a router - it slipped and he pushed his thump straight into it. It split his thumb in half, all the way up the nail.
It was late on Christmas Eve...so he just stuck it back together with superglue.
Tool wise my Dad was doing some work with a router - it slipped and he pushed his thump straight into it. It split his thumb in half, all the way up the nail.
It was late on Christmas Eve...so he just stuck it back together with superglue.
GAjon said:
If your gonna have DIY injuries, you’ve got to have DIY first aid.
The accepted treatment for a subungual haematoma is to unbend a paperclip, heat one end with a lighter and then stick it gently through the nail to allow the blood to come out.I suspect using a dirty old drill bit is adding insult to injury, and has the chance of a much greater Doh! in the process
julian64 said:
GAjon said:
If your gonna have DIY injuries, you’ve got to have DIY first aid.
The accepted treatment for a subungual haematoma is to unbend a paperclip, heat one end with a lighter and then stick it gently through the nail to allow the blood to come out.I suspect using a dirty old drill bit is adding insult to injury, and has the chance of a much greater Doh! in the process
I don't have much patience, so I grabbed my dewalt.
It didn't hurt that much when I went through the nail but neither did it help so next day I went off to A&E - turned out I had a broken finger
And as the nurse informed me, I'd now made it into an open fracture by drilling it which apparently isn't the best idea.
snowman99 said:
This thread is putting me off any DIY with any tool more dangerous than a pencil and spirit level. I was thinking about getting and using a router and angle grinder a few pages ago.
I also have the triton router, which similar too my story on their circular saw is also a f
king beast. When starts to run away from you it's squeaky bum time.soad said:
Bookmarked! Needs more gory photos though! 
If the picture is deemed too gruesome by PH,it will be removed.I posted a picture of my leg with 11 or 12 stitches after I had been attacked by an angle grinder.it was removed.
I should have plenty of material for this thread,but my memory is not the best
Can't believe chisels haven't made it on to thread.
Wooden drawers, cheap plastic runners knackered, so thought would replace with metal runners. Wanted to buy a router to do the job, too expensive says the Mrs, use the chisels you've got.
Not having a workbench/any means to clamp in place was slow going, so idiot (tool) me holds drawer at end. All going well for a few minutes until chisel slips, into palm of hand. Cue screaming & a lot of claret. Mrs not best pleased at having to take me off to A&E when she was 7-8 months pregnant.
Only when stitching up palm did nurse notice I'd gone though palm and out side of my hand. No idea how missed bone.
Not the best photos, scars fading after approx 12 years; still no proper feeling/sensation in palm beyond the scar.
Got my way though and bought a router to finish the job
Wooden drawers, cheap plastic runners knackered, so thought would replace with metal runners. Wanted to buy a router to do the job, too expensive says the Mrs, use the chisels you've got.
Not having a workbench/any means to clamp in place was slow going, so idiot (tool) me holds drawer at end. All going well for a few minutes until chisel slips, into palm of hand. Cue screaming & a lot of claret. Mrs not best pleased at having to take me off to A&E when she was 7-8 months pregnant.
Only when stitching up palm did nurse notice I'd gone though palm and out side of my hand. No idea how missed bone.
Not the best photos, scars fading after approx 12 years; still no proper feeling/sensation in palm beyond the scar.
Got my way though and bought a router to finish the job
Edited by Pinkie15 on Sunday 16th December 08:43
Pinkie15 said:
Can't believe chisels haven't made it on to thread.
I was replumbing my cabin with plastic pipe (gypsys steal the copper) and realised I didn't have a plastic pipe slice - so being slightly drunk, I thought I'd use a good sharp chisel and a hammer. Predictably, it bounced right off and into the ball of my thumb. Blood everywhere - in the bath, all over the toilet, in the kitchen... eventually I got it to stop spraying out, and being on an island, had to stitch it myself. Then bandaged it like a madman, and went back to the plumbing with a huge bandaged hand gently seeping blood for quite some time.
Got the plumbing done though - Stanley knives work better than chisels, for reference.
Replacing a motor of a washing machine, the access panel is a press cut section of the rear with rather sharp edges (painted so looks less aggressive than you think). Final bolt and final torque up using a 1/4" drive with a 10mm bit on an extension suddenly slipped resulting in my right hand thumb smashing into said press cut edge at full torque. Instant blood gushing as it later turned out I'd smashed it down to the bone and cut through the radial artery.
A&E visit.... Was seen by the triage nurse as a first call, she took off the DIY kitchen towel dressing and the artery was still pumping it out to my heart beat.. think you'll need some stitches shes says.
Photos are taken my me mid way through A&E repair as the doc had to go get thicker stitching cord as the normal stuff kept pulling through the skin.
Messed up the nerves in my right hand, touch the scar and I feel twinges in the wrist.
A&E visit.... Was seen by the triage nurse as a first call, she took off the DIY kitchen towel dressing and the artery was still pumping it out to my heart beat.. think you'll need some stitches shes says.
Photos are taken my me mid way through A&E repair as the doc had to go get thicker stitching cord as the normal stuff kept pulling through the skin.
Messed up the nerves in my right hand, touch the scar and I feel twinges in the wrist.
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