JUst a quick little poll to try and figure out the percentage of machinists out there that have a persistant Band-Aid on their hands.

I can't seem to work without little cuts on my fingertips and forearms...

Good idea to keep the band-aids in the box- then I'd still have some electrical tape left! (Works good, but it really pulls out the hairs - ouch)

Fingers?

Minor cuts, slivers, and burns from hot chips are part of the job. After thirty years I still have all ten fingers. (knock on wood) When I was a kid in Tool & Die School both my instructors had digits missing. :eek:

Gary :D

I just got one....but was at work trying to finish to get back to my CNC machine at home. ....was using a power screw driver to secure deck joists with square head screws. the bit sliped out (as often happens) but this time my finger caught the full brunt of the square bit with motor spinning and "drilled/ripped" a hole into my index finger. Searched rapidly in my truck for duck tape, but had to settle for extra wrappings of masking tape.

note....some of those screws have extra coating in the socket which impedes full seating of the bit....

Interesting poll!
It's now 15 years since i first started out as an artisan. Untill now i have been lucky (still have all 10 fingers).

Klox

I think I got a paper cut 2 months ago, but it didn't need a bandage.. ;)

4-Fingers, One Thumb, each hand! Scars on all, but all in tact.

Plenty of minor cuts and splinters but thank goodness I have all my digits. (I'm a carpenter).

Just a bit of gangrene from a bit too much nose picking.

Nothing what a Band aid cant fix.

Can you please pass the Pizza over to me?

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how did that happen?, excuse the vomit on my keyboard...

Just a bit of gangrene from a bit too much nose picking.

Nothing what a Band aid cant fix.

Can you please pass the Pizza over to me?

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"Throw the fire-cracker, NOT the matches!"

how did that happen?, excuse the vomit on my keyboard...

The web site I found it on said that it was a fire cracker. Juicy hey ?

The web site I found it on said that it was a fire cracker. Juicy hey ?

Heh.

Good guess, eh?

Ah, Benny... That's just nasty...

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Ah, Benny... That's just nasty...

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I was trying to keep within the spirit of the poll.

I tell you what though, while I did a google search on sore hands, I saw a lot of bad pictures of injuries. Just to bring a note of seriousness to the thread, it only takes a split second of loss of concentration while working on some of our CNC machines that could result in life changing wounds.
It made me re examine my approach to machining.

My dad always said you haven't done a good job unless you bleed on it a little. LOL. I've had some close calls while building my CNC. But I'm an ultra-paranoid so nothing more than a few scratches and one burn (picked up some metal right after a long cut...ouch! Can we say "Solarcain"! ).

My dad always said you haven't done a good job unless you bleed on it a little. LOL. ...

LoL. I've watched my dad, (without saying anything, I saw it coming.. ; ) ) drill thru something and into his thumb with a hand-drill. Not only once, but 3 times over the course of 5 or 6 years! :D

'Rekd teh learn from other's mistakes

I rarely cutmyself making parts, but when the lacquer is on and it's wet sanding time, I usually end up going through at least two fingers. Those suckers are hard to stop flowing too.

I nver voted till today becuase I cut my finger on a endmill.So sense I have a bandage on I should vote..

...but when the lacquer is on.

When I got out of HS, I worked for a sign company in Corona. I started in the sheet metal shop, and had massive amounts of cuts on the webs of my fingers that just would NOT heal. I spent a short time in the paint department, and with the lacquer my hands were exposed to, they healed within 2 days. :D

Check this site out for some good finger stories

http://www.woodworking2.org/AccidentSurvey/search.htm

JUST WHY - did my wife have A Band-Aid in her purse when we went to pick up some lumber today? She shoulda had 2!

dont cut myself too much, its the metal slivers, those SUCK.




btw, I like how if I click vote on the front page(where this poll displays) it takes me right to paypal:o

The mechanics gloves that seem to be everywhere nowadays are wonderful. Well worth the money. I kept cutting myself while I was changing the rod bearings on my car, and realized that 99% of the work could easily be done with gloves on. They really don't interfere much at all with the fingers.

And when it comes right down to it, who puts bandaids on cuts unless it's making a mess? I know I'm not the only one who is too stubborn to stop working, I see the machinists I work with doing that all the time.

I used to make circuit boards, and one time I drilled through the board into my thumb. I felt pretty stupid, but it didn't bleed.

It's good for the healing to bleed. That will flush out any nasties coming in with whatever made the cut. Put on a bandaid and it will keep it in there. So it's a fair assumption a wound will heal better if let bleeding. Your built-in doctor will shut it off when enough. Just watch the flow rate. But if that's a problem a bandaid would'nt solve it anyway.
If it does not bleed, I even may help it a bit doing that if I work with things I know can be full of nasty stuff.

Sometimes you just need a band aid because some stuff won't quit bleeding. I get cut by wire comming off the lathe all the time and some of those won't quit bleeding. Need to start a pole of who all has got a chip in the eye or in my case had a chip fuse itself to my eyelid.

Yes I was wearing glasses but didn't have the greatest side protectors

Sounds fishy.

Its not so much the Band-aide as the stuff a band-aide won't fix. When I first started out as an apprentice, one of the guys lost his ring finger when his wedding band got caught on a drill chuck. Imagine that, a lousy drill chuck! That was back in the early Seventies before they had micro surgeons to re-attach fingers. He was off work for six weeks and had to go through psych. assistance to overcome the loss. I remember it really screwed up everyone, we had to have a sit down with our program manager and shop master.

I guess the worst personal injury was stringy shavings shredded my thumb on my left hand when they got caught on a chuck and spun. Sucked in the guards and everything. Now I use chip hooks to clear machines. I still get cuts while deburring but have learned to use Mechanix gloves as well. Also use latex gloves when handling Aluminum.
I am paranoid about coolants and watch them carefully for bacteria build up, that crap can make you very ill.
Maybe I should get Mike Rowe from Dirty Jobs to come and clean sumps on the machines - Ha he would puke at seeing the muck and slime, even with the tramp oil skimmer running.

A bad cut is the first thing that happens after a weeks Vacation. Other than that not too often.:rolleyes:

3m masking tape works better than bandage i think the 3m stands for mend medicat mask or something like that

3m masking tape works better than bandage i think the 3m stands for mend medicat mask or something like that

Electrical Tape, a quick staple, or Duct Tape:D They hold better;)

My thoughts are.....if it is dripping,it will stop.If it is spirting....Damn...got to stop working and go get some stitches.By the way,electrical tape can keep the blood off the machine until the dripping stops and is relatively coolant proof