Little reminder about why I like turning

Re: Little reminder about why I like turning

Marc Phillips

>I've done that Mike.... so I know how bad that hurts... and how shocked I was that I did it!

Scary stuff....

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Marc Phillips

Warner Robins GA

Re: Little reminder about why I like turning

Chuck Ludwigsen

>Oh MAN!!!! Glad you are okay. Hope it don't slow your turning time down.

And I hope it doesn't keep you from thumbing through the latest American Woodturner ;-)

Chuck

Last time I got shot like that...

Bob Hackett

>We were nailing the decking to a barge rafter from underneath on some,less than safe and made by the boss,wood scaffolding.I had a wide crown stapler in my hand and my thumb was depressing the trigger as I worked overhead.(can you see it coming?)

My partner"Easy Ed"and I were almost to the peak when the scaffolding started giving way.Ed was using both hands to pull the rafter into position so he was left hanging as I plunged to the rocky shores below(actually it was a pile of sawhorses and lumber the boss kindly put there to break my fall).After Ed went hand over hand to the eave and dropped to the ground he came over to pull me from the wreckage and help me with my now broken arm.Seems I had forgotten to heave the stapler on the way down and had even been kind enough to tuck it into my side to protect it.(don`t get ahead of me now)It repaid this kindness by stapling my vest to my rib with a rosin coated,wide crown,slightly corroded gift.

No problem for the quick thinking Ed.He whips out his trusty Vice-Grips(tm)and placing a foot on my side extracts the offending staple while breaking another rib in his enthusiasm.Seeing as how the arm is already broken he yanks it straight so he can get my vest off quicker and I pass out before I can repay his kindness with a staple of he can call his own.

I regain conciousness in time to be loaded(by the broken arm)into the back of the boss`s truck and sped to the hospital.

So ended my career at Leyman(more commonly known as Lame-man)framing.

Ed came to visit me while I was still in the hospital.They didn`t let him past the desk,so we parted as friends.

Mainely,Bob

Re: Little reminder about why I like turning

Charlie Anderson

>You seem to have lost sight of the fact that you can't collect money for injuring yourself! You need to spend more time on the road and less in the shop.

Re: Little reminder about why I like turning

Michael Rubes

>Hi Mike,

Ouch! Sorry to hear about it, but glad it wasn't any worse than that. Between that and the BS injury, can you still turn or does this force you into "downtime"?

Thanks for the heads up, good to keep us on our toes.

Mike

Hoping to see my shop tomorrow in Apex, NC

Re: Last time I got shot like that...

Michael Rubes

>Bob,

Ouch! What a day! I'm glad it appears that you can look back on those events with a bit of humor. I can only imagine that at the time, that was much more difficult.

That's got to be someone's definition of a tough day at work.

Mike

Hoping to spin some tomorrow in Apex, NC

Downtime? Me? HA!

Mike Schwing from Maryland

>Its times like this when I repeat the phrase "I AM AN IRONMAN" (multiple time Ironman triathlon finisher)

The day I cut my finger on the bandsaw I wanted to finish what I was doing, but Mrs. Schwingding threatened to really finish the job for me if I was nuts enough to go back to the shop that day.

The nailgun thing doesn't hurt a bit today. Really weird as it went through a good 3/4" of flesh and out through the fingernail. Weird.

That bandsaw injury finger really healed up well. Probably 95% of the sensation has already returned to my fingertip, too.