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Any other dummies out there besides me?

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Posted by kasskaboose on Thursday, December 24, 2015 11:41 PM

Ah, glad I'm not the only klutz here!  Misery loves company when it comes to cuts, burns, etc.

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Posted by rrebell on Friday, December 25, 2015 12:41 AM

Been pretty lucky but I have had some close calls in the 1-1 world. As far as modeling, the worst was a bad finger cut from trying to catch a falling exato knife (reflex action).

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Posted by ricktrains4824 on Friday, December 25, 2015 10:39 AM

rrebell

Been pretty lucky but I have had some close calls in the 1-1 world. As far as modeling, the worst was a bad finger cut from trying to catch a falling exato knife (reflex action).

Yep. I've done that. 

And, burned my hand by catching a falling soldering iron. (Reflex- I thought if I melted the linoleum in the kitchen, the family will kill me... Never thought that the cord would stop it short of the floor..... Whistling)

Worst one though, caught a falling item at work... Oh yeah, it weighed 75-80 pounds.... Pulled every muscle in my back.... I really need to stop trying to catch things...

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Posted by rambo1 on Friday, December 25, 2015 10:54 AM
i am surprised the stores don't sell a glove or something to put on your fingers
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Posted by tstage on Friday, December 25, 2015 12:54 PM

RR_Mel
Any other dummies out there besides me?

Does the B-unit count, Mel? Clown

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Posted by RR_Mel on Friday, December 25, 2015 1:32 PM

tstage

 

 
RR_Mel
Any other dummies out there besides me?

 

Does the B-unit count, Mel? Clown

Tom

 

They could count if that’s what you were working on when you dinged yourself.
 
I was working on a E7A not a B, I was replacing the number boards when I X-ACTOED my thumb.
 
All my Bs are powered, no dummies there.
 
 
The Model Power E7 shell was an eBay for parts only buy, the previous owner had removed the number boards and I put them back . . . . does that make him partially responsible for my X-ACTOED thumb? Confused I sliced my thumb holding that number board.
 
The number boards came out pretty good, even with a dinged thumb I finished installing the number boards and did a bit of airbrushing.  
 
 
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Posted by Geared Steam on Friday, December 25, 2015 2:44 PM

Lets not forget why they call "hot glue" hot glue, it burns while it sticks. :) 

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Posted by bedrock on Friday, December 25, 2015 9:19 PM

Thanks David. I got it now

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Posted by Medina1128 on Saturday, December 26, 2015 8:15 AM

CGW121

Well it is unrelated to model railroading, but I learned the hard way NOT to get between 2 squirrels whenthey are arguing.

 

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Posted by BRAKIE on Saturday, December 26, 2015 6:57 PM

Four out of five times I change a blade its finger slicing time.Bang Head

 

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Posted by JAMES MOON on Saturday, December 26, 2015 7:31 PM

Mel, you certainly are not alone in the self surgery department.  YGW, those power nailers are scary.  I never nailed myself but have had a couple punctures from the wires from coil nails.

Never cut myself with an x-acto blade but have stitches in my thigh from a utility blade cut and sutures in left index finge frame a razor blade while trying to open an epoxy mix tube set.  Both cuts were careless uses of a sharp blade.  It sure happens fast and makes you feel really dumb after the fact.

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Posted by FRRYKid on Wednesday, December 30, 2015 1:16 PM

I will admit that I have cut every finger on my left hand at least once with a hobby knife. Usually that happens when it slips. I even have a good size scar on my left index finger from when I was kitbashing a building when the knife slipped. I still have that building to this day. It is one of the bigger buildings on my layout. (Three kitbashed DPM Laube Linen Mills.)

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Posted by Doug from Michigan on Thursday, December 31, 2015 9:22 AM

I yelled at myself the other day about being 53 yrs old and still not learning that Xacto's are sharp.

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Posted by dinwitty on Thursday, December 31, 2015 9:52 AM
I was wiring my module and I am usually very careful, but somehow holding the iron in the right hand I grabbed the hot base with my left middle finger..WOOPSOUCH.. but my skin on my finger is thick...left a minor burn, that was it. But last nite working on my modules pulling one out I left a connection on underneath and yanked it out. GRRR... its making me change how I do undermodule connections....I won't have any anymore. Edge Panel hookups that can take a beating.
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Posted by bing&kathy on Friday, January 1, 2016 1:02 AM

   I too am a member of the Dummy Club. Fingers cut, wrong end of soldering iron, pull a wire, fingers slip until the bend at the end catches your finger like a fish hook, finding out that that was a 110 volt circuit, not 12 volt and numerous other ways to injure yourself. Of course there's always CA gluing your fingers to the latest project, tool other fingers or a tabletop. This is fun isn't it? Isn't it?

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