Who sais that model railroading is not dangerous.

[sledgehammer]

Thanks everyone for the concern and the humor. my wife bought me a dcc to play with thouhgt it would be safer.

[jjbmish]

Ouch!!
Hope you didn't teach your daughter any new words. Even being careful, things will happen. Hope the rest of the New Year goes by without any more injuries.

John

[Anonymous]

If there's one thing I've learned about saws (other than how to use them) it's this: When they say use a pushblock, they mean it. I lost the ends of 3 fingers, down to the bone in a jointer the day after my 16th birthday.

Greg

[1train1]

After reading all these posts ...I'm gonna hafta stop running with the scissors !!

[Anonymous]

ouch!!!

[Anonymous]

Sorry about your accident Sledghammer, but I expect you were more upset over the five hour wait in the ER than the cut. Be sure and watch for infection. Remember the phrase blood, stweat and tears is not to be taken literally. Phil

[BRAKIE]

Guys,Come on now..Bumping your head and back is part of the ritual of model railroading.[;)]

[fievel]

QUOTE: Originally posted by mlehman

Safety First! is an old railroad motto for good reason. Looks like it should apply to model railroading, too.

Nothing too serious here, except....

I'm bald on top, so there's no "early warning radar" like most of y'all have. Of course, when doing anything under the layout, you've got to knock your head on _something_, although I have grown more cautious over the years. Fortunately, only a few bumps on the head have actually drawn blood, although there have been some choice words.

My safety tip:

If there's anything you're likely to smack your head on underneath your benchwork, round it off when you build it, because you'll eventually be doing so later.
Mike Lehman
Urbana, IL

Now THERE'S a safety tip I found out the hard way ![:(][B)][;)]
Now I attach half inch thick childrens playmat material under areas I have to
access. It's a lot easier on the 'ole noggin should I bump anything.

Sorry about your accident, Sledgehammer. Sometimes circumstances
get the best of us all. Maybe you can read some old issues of RR mags
while recuperating.

[rtstasiak]

I have akways been very careful around cars, trucks, and 1-to-1 scale trains, mostly because it was for pay. One day I got a little sloppy with the scale stuff and ended up with a major corneal abrasion and ulcer on the right eye. As I explained to the doctor, "I didn't think that some hand sanding and eyeballing could get me into trouble." Guess what?

I had three pairs of safety glasses, to which I have now added a face shield and actually wear religiously. Safery first with all pointy things, all powders, all chemicals just like on the real thing!

[JohnT14808]

Well, I've had the front wheel of my bike come off the front fork when "jumping" the bike off the curb...back when I was 8 or 9....I don't remember much about that one....

Hope it mends ok. Looks like you should do some painting while that heals.....leave the benchwork for next week.

[mlehman]

Safety First! is an old railroad motto for good reason. Looks like it should apply to model railroading, too.

Nothing too serious here, except....

I'm bald on top, so there's no "early warning radar" like most of y'all have. Of course, when doing anything under the layout, you've got to knock your head on _something_, although I have grown more cautious over the years. Fortunately, only a few bumps on the head have actually drawn blood, although there have been some choice words.

My safety tip:

If there's anything you're likely to smack your head on underneath your benchwork, round it off when you build it, because you'll eventually be doing so later.
Mike Lehman
Urbana, IL

[Anonymous]

Ouch is correct,Major!
Allan.

[DALCruiser]

Sledgehammer

OW!! Take can of that thing not to get it infected. Working around all of the fine particles of strange material we use in model railroading might contain some bad stuff.

Chip

It sounds like you shouldn't try carpentry for a living - much to dangerious.


After a run-in with a RPG rocket in Viet Nam and the loss of a leg, I had a mishap with a router bit (boy can they kick if you don't hold on tight enough), a minor slip with a wood chissel (only a little gouge- 4 stitches), the tip of an index finger in a power plane and 8 stitches in the forhead from flying wood from the table saw - I now have a large sign in my shop saying "SAFETY FIRST - There's Enough Time To Do It Without Injury".

Dave

[Tracklayer]

Most of my injuries were to my fingers caused by not being careful with hobby knives. After about the 200th time and a lot of Bandaids, I finally started watching what I was doing...

Sorry you got hurt sledgehammer. Hope it heals quickly.

Tracklayer

[Anonymous]

That kinda goes right along with your monikker.

[Anonymous]

Well I got bit by a pig, 38 stiches, bit by a dog 9 stiches, had a boil lanced 4 stiches, and carpal tunnel operation 28 stiches, 29 other stiches from work and hobbies over the years. all on the same hand. And it still works some what.

[MickEnright]

I was building soffits around some ductwork in my future layout room. I was concerned about a particular piece of 2X2 splitting, so I figured I'd drive a 1-1/4" screw into it for good measure. I reached up overhead and held the back of the 2-by, and inserted a (I thought) 1-1/4" screw into the gun. It was actually a 2-1/2 incher, and I drove that SOB through the wood, through my finger, right out the top of my fingernail. Impaled and stupid, I reversed the screw gun, but the screwhead had sunk in so deep that the bit wouldn't grab it to reverse it out. So I dropped the gun, made a fist with my free hand, and hit the palm of the stuck one. My finger popped off of the screw, and up until that point I thought driving the screw IN really hurt. For the record, "Popping" it off was worse. That bugger took a long time to heal, but except for an odd bump on my finger, all is well.
Imagine that first operating session when a crew is instructed to double "Blood On The Tracks" hill!


Mick

[BRAKIE]

I suppose over the years I paid my hobby dues in blood from all kinds of cuts,smash fingers,electrical shocks,pinch skin,burns and getting small debris in my eyes such as dust,saw dust,ground foam and etc.[;)]

[Anonymous]

QUOTE: Originally posted by sledgehammer

the first thing out of my 3 year old girls mouth after i dun it was " Daddy you making a mess on the floor"

Sorry i shouldnt laff, but your daughter is too funny.
at least you didnt do anything really permanant.
in the carpentry shop at skool, i was using my thumb to support a saw blade as i cut a peice of wood. i was thinking the whole time, "i know im going to cut my self" 5 seconds later, "DAM im good!" right into my thumb. it wasnt big, but sawdust got in it. that wasnt fun. Stapling my thumbs together , that was funny tho.
Happy(er) Moder RRing
GEARHEAD426
[8]
BTW, i dont use bandaids, i use that shiney black electrical tape and a tissue. band aids make me faint.

[Anonymous]

I had a craft knife slip while trimming mould tabs off some kit parts a while ago. Sliced the side of my thumb open for about 1cm, no stitches but did have to go to A&E to have it properly bandaged. The problem was that I couldn't drive with a sliced-up thumb and bleeding everywhere - had to phone a friend and get them to drive me to the hospital! Still have a slight scar there which should probably be filed under "distinguishing marks".

[canazar]

Ah, that's nothin but a flesh wound!

The really part fun is when you get to work and have to tell them what happened....

"Well, see I had this saw and I was working on my model rairoad and..."
will be done by 830 AM.

By 3 o'clcok it it will be, "My neighboors 24"chainsaw took off toward these children and I had to stop so I grabbed it and....."

[:D]

[SpaceMouse]

QUOTE: Allright now who else has scars to share!?!

I had a Skil worm drive back up my thigh when working on a roof. I shot a finish nail through my finger. I got my hand stuck in a belt sander--still really smooth in that spot. Had a 4 x 4 piece of 3/4 plywood with an 8d nail sticking out of it fall in my calf. I couldn't move and had to have someone bring me a hammer to beat it off.

But these are nothing for someone in the construction business. I'm one of the lucky ones.

[twcenterprises]

QUOTE: Youch! Glad you're okay. I'm constantly bleeding around the layout. I tell my kids that I'm "weathing" the rolling stock.

They don't seem to buy it.

No, you're "weathering" yourself!!!![B)][(-D]

Brad

[PennsyHoosier]

Youch! Glad you're okay. I'm constantly bleeding around the layout. I tell my kids that I'm "weathing" the rolling stock.

They don't seem to buy it.

[selector]

That's gotta hurt! So what happened. In a hurry? Too much pressure on the saw? Not using straight strokes? How did this happen?

[cwclark]

ouch!....that looks like it really hurt!....yes this can be a dangerous hobby at times...there are days i go back to work with 4 or 5 bandaids on my fingers and thumbs after a weekend session with a hobby knife...still haven't glued my lips together yet with CA glue but have had some close calls with it....oh by the way..if you want to stop bleeding fast...put some CA glue on the wound....[:D]...chuck

[howmus]

Ouch! That hurts just to look at it! I once had an accident while using a chainsaw while up in a huge Oak tree. Luckily I didn't get nailed by the chainsaw but impailed myself on a snapped sapling as I fell out of the tree I was cutting. Had a nasty gouge out of my right thigh on the outside. At the emergency room the nurse who first looked at it said, "Hmm, what did you do, try to cut off the wrong limb?" (My late wife who worked in the Emergency Room thought that was hillarious! I wasn't impressed at the time.) Looks like the same comment could be used here...... [:o)] Hope it heals well and is the worst you will have while MRing (or any other time as well)!

[Anonymous]

Nice one! That is going to leave an impressive scar, better than any one that I have.

I picked up a table saw from my parents today and my Mom kept saying, "Be careful, your not good with saws." I really don't know what she was talking about. None of my scars are from saws. Knives, hammers, barbed wire, cats, truck axles, but not saws.

Keep it clean & dry & if it starts to throb prop it up higher than your head.

[DrummingTrainfan]

QUOTE: Originally posted by CraigN
I've heard that Super glue works better than Duct tape for some cuts.

Nah, super glue is too risky, you could end up gluing some fingers together.