So I thought I would test this little thread. Have any bad injuries from carving/turning.
Most of the shop teachers out there are missing fingers if I remember correctly from school.
I was carving a figure out of a piece of cedar a few months back and became impatient and started using my pocket knife to dig out some material. Not the locking type which I normally use.
Wouldnt you know as I closed the knife on the far side of my hand. Severed all the nerves down to my pinky finger. I didnt have health insurance at the time, I do now, so when my wife took me to the hospital I asked the nurse how bad she thought it was. Her reaction was that I should have about four internal stiches and a dozen external ones. So I asked her how much it might cost, and she said over $1000.00 easy. After I told her I just got married and couldnt afford health care, she told me to go wait in the waiting room where there wasnt a camera. She came out with some dermabond and a bunch of sterile wipes, gauze, tape, etc. And told me to clean it out really good, glue it up and keep it clean.
So after a few weeks of glue my hand is doing much better, although I think I learned my lesson in getting the proper tools for the job. It really sucked climbing trees for a few weeks while it healed internally. I got lucky but damn did it hurt.
Cheers
Themadd1
Most of the shop teachers out there are missing fingers if I remember correctly from school.
I was carving a figure out of a piece of cedar a few months back and became impatient and started using my pocket knife to dig out some material. Not the locking type which I normally use.
Wouldnt you know as I closed the knife on the far side of my hand. Severed all the nerves down to my pinky finger. I didnt have health insurance at the time, I do now, so when my wife took me to the hospital I asked the nurse how bad she thought it was. Her reaction was that I should have about four internal stiches and a dozen external ones. So I asked her how much it might cost, and she said over $1000.00 easy. After I told her I just got married and couldnt afford health care, she told me to go wait in the waiting room where there wasnt a camera. She came out with some dermabond and a bunch of sterile wipes, gauze, tape, etc. And told me to clean it out really good, glue it up and keep it clean.
So after a few weeks of glue my hand is doing much better, although I think I learned my lesson in getting the proper tools for the job. It really sucked climbing trees for a few weeks while it healed internally. I got lucky but damn did it hurt.
Cheers
Themadd1
