Bugs Build along

[VixChix]

OUCH!!!!!!!!!! Glad you kept your finger.... but that still looks nasty! HEAL WELL!

[agingcrossbower]

To LATE but here is what I did to insure I do not do it again.



BAD GRINDER!!

[VixChix]

Good idea, Mike! Stay safe!!!!!

[one shot scott]

Dang Mike, That looks nasty. Dont do that again!

[GaryM]

Oh no! You're down for a while it looks like. Take it easy and heal up. This thread can wait.

I worked in a machine shop for many years and lost about 1/2" of my thumb in a screw machine. Hurt like hell for 3 days. You don't realize how important your thumb is until you lose it...or at least part of it in my case.

Your injury shouldn't effect your ability to feel too much after you get healed up.
Take it easy for a while!! Gary

[Raymond]

Ouch, take care of yourself first Mike. I did a similar cut with my table saw and it hurt like heck. And wouldn't you know it when one of your tips of a thumb or a finger is damaged you are always going to hit that one on something.
Take care buddy and let it heal up well.
Raymond

[bob1961]

yeah those things like to bite ya mike ....wanna feel like ya can't do anything fer a few weeks, jamb both of your thumbs within a day of each other ....if ya want to know what it's like to not have thumbs, have some body duct tape them dowm so you can't use them fer a day and that's what it was like ....i also did the bandsaw thing to the end of my thumb ONCE, cut a slot in it to the bone and 1/4" into the nail ....get better and please carry on mike ........bob

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[agingcrossbower]

Thanks everyone for your concern. As I get older I seem to focus to much on the work at hand and forget to be carefull. Good thing I am on painkillers already. Got a definite pounding going on in that thumb. There is life there so all is well. I KNEW that swirling meat machine would get me. I should have taken precautions right away but did not. Live and learn and carry on. Once the pounding subsides I will carry on. Mike

PS. That bit is still the best way I've found to remove wood I a hurry. Its a keeper.

[strum]

dang that looks rough...thats why they say ..".Blood sweat and tears"
I feel for you man..

[j.krug]

Ouch! Sorry bout your thumb Mike. Many of my home projects get christened with a little blood more often than not.

[agingcrossbower]

Ya know, I usually put a little blood on each and every project, But not a river!!!

[agingcrossbower]

Here is a pic of the finished thumb. Twelve stitches and really sore but what a ladies thumb. Hear of the movie Scarface, well you never know, watch for Scarthumb the build along. Catchy title,NO. Actually I was lucky that it missed my thumb nail and tendons. Plenty of feeling there thats for sure. Getting better by the hour. Enjoy!

[Cryon]

Wow!
12 stitches thats quite the gash and looks plenty sore.

I hope it heals well this thread is a daily check for me just to see the great work.

Now Bugs you really truly have a one of a kind stock got a little agingcrossbower DNA imbedded in there somewhere.

Get Well Soon Aging!

[strum]

Hey mike thats some nice looking stich work ..I would give the doc who did that a Two Thumbs up rating

[sumner4991]

From the looks of that blood, it's not a fatal hit . . .just saying . . .

That looks nasty, bet it changed your vocabulary.

Be careful!!