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tom windsor

01-20-2007 18:20:27

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I have learned today that thumbs do not grow back!!!!

I was workng in the shop sawing a board on the table saw. It jerked back and slammed the tip of my thumb into a brand new blade. Blood and pieces flew everywhere. I am already on blood thinner and it took quote a while to get it stopped. AND, I am Mr. Shop safety personified.

I guess this all goes to show, that the one that gets you comes whether you are on guard or not...

Thankfully, I just got a lot of meat and no bone and will not lose the thumb on my left hand. I have now just learned that I do not use my thumb to type...but to tie my shoes, fasten by belt. get my bill fold...oh boy, was not aware how much I used that one thing....

Be double careful...these things do not grow back.

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El Toro

01-21-2007 08:07:37

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Re: crying time in reply to tom windsor, 01-20-2007 18:20:27

Hope your thumb has a speedy healing recovery. Another tool that's handy and is used by a lot of us is the chain saw. They can cause serious injury too. Hal

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RustyFarmall

01-21-2007 07:01:28

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Re: crying time in reply to tom windsor, 01-20-2007 18:20:27

OUCH!!! Table saws scare the be-jeezers out of me. I own 3 of them, and I use them regularly, but I am still scared of them. I always have a push stick handy, and if possible, I use a feather board to keep the work from kicking back.

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Duane NC OH

01-21-2007 05:01:30

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Re: crying time in reply to tom windsor, 01-20-2007 18:20:27

if you ask me thumbs or fingers are overated! :-)
i am missing most of my fingers on my right hand
from a birth defect. which i would rather have it that way than to go through an accident. its also a good thing i turned out to be left handed.
glad to hear it wasn't any worse.

Duane

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leon

01-21-2007 04:12:13

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Re: crying time in reply to tom windsor, 01-20-2007 18:20:27

I did the same dumb thing a couple of years ago. It wasn't a kick back, but initially felt like it, or so I thought 'till i saw blood all over the place. I had to sit on the shop floor to keep from passing out, which would have been a bad thing as I was alone. After while I got my legs back under myself and drove to the ER to get sewed up. Luckily it didn't get bone either, but to this day, there is very little feeling in the end of my left thumb. Sure makes starting a nut, driving a nail, picking up something small, etc. difficult.

Glad you weren't hurt worse. I took it as a warning and now watch where both thumbs are!

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Hurdy in Aussie

01-21-2007 01:39:23

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Re: crying time in reply to tom windsor, 01-20-2007 18:20:27

G'Day Tom.
Sorry to hear about your thumb Tom, hope you heal very quick. Those trees in the picture are some type of pine which as you saw get very big and are used for wind breaks. Cheers Hurdy

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Hayfarmer

01-20-2007 20:55:00

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Re: crying time in reply to tom windsor, 01-20-2007 18:20:27

You will find all the things you need that thumb for shortly. I had surgery on the bottom of my thumb a year and a half ago and didn't realize how much I used my left thumb. I had to change the wallet to the right pocket, couldn't hold a nut to start a bolt with the right hand, all those little things. Finally got strength back into it but frustrating while it lasted. good luck with your recovery.

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Randy as in Randy-IA

01-20-2007 19:42:32

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Re: crying time in reply to tom windsor, 01-20-2007 18:20:27

Tom , I don't know if this'll make you feel any better but a number of years ago while doing an addition to a wastewater plant we had a concrete contractor doing the form work for us . The owner of the company was in his thirties and was what I thought a good common sense kind of guy until the day he was cutting grade stakes with a worm style skil saw . He was cutting them freehand and without thinking laid one on his thigh . He missed the femoral artery by a 1/8th inch according to the Doc's . He healed Ok and a year later lost his business and his wife . He had a brother that was his foreman and one day they were short on help so he hired a 16 year old on summer vacation . OSHA rules as I understand them say that no one under the age of 18 can use power equipment on a jobsite . I came out of the building and this kid was cutting 2x's unsupervised - sitting crosslegged on the ground cutting them in his lap with the same worm drive saw . He didn't get hurt . I told the brother to take the kid home and don't let him come back on the site . He was a drunk and started being beligerant with me and we got into a fight . But there I go off on a different subject ! Hope you heal up well ! ...Randy

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LarryIa

01-20-2007 19:29:32

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Re: crying time in reply to tom windsor, 01-20-2007 18:20:27

I use push sticks,Tom. Try them and you'll be fine. One to hold the stock down and one to push, gently. Let the blade do it's work.

Larry in Iowa 42 H!

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Steven@AZ

01-20-2007 19:21:19

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Re: crying time in reply to tom windsor, 01-20-2007 18:20:27

I hope that you learned from this terrible accident. I learned when I was 10 years old that a foot caught in a grain auger doesn't grow back either... and actually at that age I believed it would. Took me about 10 years to get over it...

Safety should always come first, even if the job takes an extra hour to do it safely! Keep all shields and guards in place and turn off the engine when working on something!

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old

01-20-2007 19:15:05

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Re: crying time in reply to tom windsor, 01-20-2007 18:20:27

To this day I WILL NOT use a table saw. Back when I was 16 or 17 I had gone to pick up my girl friend and I was watching her dad do some table saw work when he cut off 3 fingers. Need less to say my date that night didn't end up as planned. Ever since I haven't used a table saw and will never use one.

Hobby farm

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Tom Windsor

01-20-2007 19:19:43

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Re: Welcome Back Old in reply to old, 01-20-2007 19:15:05

I have been following your odessy with the bad weather. Glad you have your power back...hope you have been able to keep warm. We have a big storn around here once every 10 years or so. Thing about it, I have an electric heat pump at my place. Going to be bad here next time.

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CNKS

01-21-2007 11:34:06

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Re: Welcome Back Old in reply to Tom Windsor, 01-20-2007 19:19:43

We had a once in 35 year ice storm, Dec 29-Jan 1. Not near as bad as the later one that missed us and buried Old, only out of power for about 2 days. I say once in 35 years because that is how long I have lived here. We are going to build an all electric house. We now have a gas furnace, but the blower is electric, no better than what you have --EXCEPT, the blower fan can be run with a $700 generator, as long as it is wired in properly. Will take one heck of a generator for a heat pump -- but I know that before I build -- don't know if I'm going to change anything though.

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old

01-20-2007 19:34:18

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Re: Welcome Back Old in reply to Tom Windsor, 01-20-2007 19:19:43

Take a look in the stuck and trouble area and you will see my biggest problem. I have a stick that wanted to see what it looked like inside of my house. Guess it got tired of seeing the out side all the time.

Hobby farm

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Janicholson

01-20-2007 18:51:21

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Re: crying time in reply to tom windsor, 01-20-2007 18:20:27

The best piece of a person to loose is the conviction that they are invincable. Even those of us who believe they are safe are only as safe as the unforscene knot. I am way glad your sacrifice will not be terrible (after it heals up) JimN

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Al L. in Wisc.

01-21-2007 08:16:49

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Re: crying time in reply to Janicholson, 01-20-2007 18:51:21

Now that is a powerful first sentence. Thanks for those words. I don"t like tatoos, but that one should be put on most kids forhead in reverse text to read when they look in the mirror each morning until they turn 18 - then,...well...they are on their own. I said most kids-not true, but far too many of them could use that.

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LarryIa

01-20-2007 18:45:39

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Re: crying time in reply to tom windsor, 01-20-2007 18:20:27

That can happen when using a rip fence if the stock gets a little crooked.

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Tom Windsor

01-20-2007 19:16:05

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Re: crying time in reply to LarryIa, 01-20-2007 18:45:39

This is exactly what happened.

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City-Boy McCoy

01-20-2007 18:40:24

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Re: crying time in reply to tom windsor, 01-20-2007 18:20:27

OUCH! Be careful there, "Mr. Chips". mike

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LarryIa

01-20-2007 18:37:20

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Re: crying time in reply to tom windsor, 01-20-2007 18:20:27

Take care! What caused it to kick back?

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