February 7, 201411 yr That's faith in your product! I've seen the hot dog thing a few years ago, but never a real finger. I wonder if something needs to be on the table, such as your free hand in order to 'complete' the circuit? His palm was down on it. but when ripping a piece, I usually have both hands on top of the wood... which is insulated from the table.. Cross cutting, usually have a hand on the miter guide.
February 7, 201411 yr My grandpa will be furious if he sees this. He chopped his fingers off a few years ago. I don't know why hes still remodeling houses at 80.
February 7, 201411 yr I managed to amputate part of my left thumb on a table saw. In the ER all they did was use novocain to numb it (that hurt worse that cutting it) clean the end up (it still had about a half inch of skin holding it) and flop it back on and put nine stiches in it. Yea, one of those would have saved my thumb...... That was about 12 years ago and it still has feeling problems (I have a hard time picking things up with it) and it gets cold real quick.
February 7, 201411 yr I managed to amputate part of my left thumb on a table saw. In the ER all they did was use novocain to numb it (that hurt worse that cutting it) clean the end up (it still had about a half inch of skin holding it) and flop it back on and put nine stiches in it. Yea, one of those would have saved my thumb...... That was about 12 years ago and it still has feeling problems (I have a hard time picking things up with it) and it gets cold real quick. I tried to do that with an electric miter box many years back. Didn't cut it off, just mitered the finger nail. One side of the nail had a beautiful 45 and the other like like hamburger meat with a smattering of blood. That one hurt like Hades. I have seen the table saw thing before and it does work. But I don't want to stick MY finger in there on purpose to test it.
February 8, 201411 yr I did a pretty good job on a finger (yeah, that finger) with a manual propeller shaft puller. Screw the shaft puller on where the propeller comes off. Shaft was 8 feet long & one stands over it & throws the weight down the shaft as hard as possible. The weight... about 10#... was larger than the stop so theoretically it should be impossible to get your fingers in the works. Notice I said "theoretically". The purpose of this tool is to get the damaged propeller shaft out of the press fit (when new) coupling on the back of the transmission. Picture a GIANT dent puller... I never felt any pain but the doctors said I was in shock by the time we drove to the ER just across the highway from our Marina. My brother looked as bad as I did on arrival & the docs were not sure which of us was the patient. Stupid ER nurse... told her what I did, that it was crushed/broke. Nope, had to xray. Xray comes back... it's broke. Duhh! ER doc suggests amputating the mangled mess. They can't reach the orthopedic Doc. My mother goes outside & gets the Orthopedic Doc who lives next door... could not hear his pager with his lawn mower running. The Ortho took a chunk of meat from my inner arm to graft on, bandaged up for 3 weeks. What took, took & the rest was gone. Actually it was still on the puller in the shop. No one else would go near it. Unwrapping the gauze was interesting with hydrogen peroxide & tweasers... I miss those days!! Working outside with my bro...
February 8, 201411 yr Wow! most of us in here are short a finger or two! When I get my fuel gel pics up, I'll post a pic of my short index finger.. (trigger finger) New thread?? " what is missing on you?"
February 8, 201411 yr A couple years ago my local high school purchased a table saw like that. Some of the more "intelligent" students liked to try it out on a regular basis because they were tough. The school got tired of buying the replacement stops and blades for the saw because so many people were sticking there fingers and hot dogs and everything else into it because it was so cool. They eventually sold the saw because the dumb kids wasted so many blades on it. Stupid kids.
February 8, 201411 yr Do you guys have trouble holding onto things now that you only have 9.5 fingers??!!
February 8, 201411 yr I have trouble holding on to things in that hand but not because of the missing length. Before the MS claimed the dexterity it was interesting trying to feel a nut or something. I knew it was there but really could not feel it.
February 9, 201411 yr I have trouble holding on to things in that hand but not because of the missing length. Before the MS claimed the dexterity it was interesting trying to feel a nut or something. I knew it was there but really could not feel it. That is the way nerve damage is. My left thumb is the same way.
February 9, 201411 yr That is the way nerve damage is. My left thumb is the same way. Use your right hand if you need to "grab a nut".
February 9, 201411 yr I never lost any of the digit, Just a little meat and the fingernail grew back funny. When ever I changed the bandage I used chase my kids(3 and 5 at the time)pointing that finger at them. They run away screaming bloody murder. If they had only known that all they had to do was touch that finger and i would have been laying in the floor in pain. Slightest tap on that thing and the pain was excruciating.
February 10, 201411 yr Use your right hand if you need to "grab a nut". You speaking from "experience"????
February 10, 201411 yr I almost took the tip of my index finger off about 15 years ago while folding a 4" schrade lock blade knife up not paying attention, cut half way through the end joint by the tip, was too stubborn to go to the doctor but it did heal itself after a month but I didn't get full feeling back into the tip for a couple of years later, I have touch feeling but it has since been insensitive to heat and cold.
February 12, 201411 yr I have Dad's old table saw... the kind that will fling an errant piece of wood clear out of the barn. Probably errant fingers too!
Check this out! This is unbelievable...