Im a bit accident prone, but have usually got away with it.

But today was way too close a miss for me.

Whilst at work, go to my van and get out an adjustible hole cutter, basically has a drill as the centre and a metal arm that can be moved to cut a perfect hole in wood, plaster etc. as i put the cutter in the chuck of my cordless drill, just tightening up the safety guard, the drill slips onto the tool box,

A MILLION to one chance, the button you press to run the drill, hits the top of a screwdriver and WALLOP, the drill kicks into full speed and decides to have a go at my thumb too. I grab hold of my thumb and say words like, ouch and dash that hurt. As inspect to see how bad it is, i open up the cut and see my thumb bone. NOT GOOD STUPOT,

Off to hopsital, and 5 stiches later and a tetnus. My fooking thumb looks like something out of atom and jerry cartoon.

 

Nurse said if it was 10mm further, it would be bye bye thumb. And its on my left hand....................

:hurl:

niiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiice!

ouch!!!!!!!

ouchie

Ouch!!!!

 

I always thought you could go blind playing with your tool. No one ever said you could lose your thumb.

OUCH any pics LOL

oohhh that was close,i took the blade guard off my sthil wizzer once to get a deeper cut into a corner and that was also a bad move :smw: yours is the reason why there making switch guards on power tools now (need to press a button before main switch) our wives dont reliese us construction guys are on the front line every day but they still keep demanding more money come friday :rofl: :rofl:

Pics??? lol, will send you the top half of my thumb if you really want it....

I am glad you didnt do any permanent damage Stu. But sorry I did have a little chuckle as I read it mate. Especially at the choice of words. I bet a pound on a penny that wasn't a true account of what you acctually said....was it? ;)

oohhh that was close,i took the blade guard off my sthil wizzer once to get a deeper cut into a corner and that was also a bad move :smw: yours is the reason why there making switch guards on power tools now (need to press a button before main switch) our wives dont reliese us construction guys are on the front line every day but they still keep demanding more money come friday :rofl: :rofl:

 

 

But the chances of the start button hitting the top of a screwdriver and starting........I think i will buy a lottery ticket now, or start watching final destination films, its coming to get me. lol

I am glad you didnt do any permanent damage Stu. But sorry I did have a little chuckle as I read it mate. Especially at the choice of words. I bet a pound on a penny that wasn't a true account of what you acctually said....was it? ;)

 

 

Cant repeat the real words on here, as the mods would get involved, but lets just say it was a bit worse than ouch. lol

pics!

Yeah, come on! Lets see some GORE!!!!!

:rofl: :rofl: see we have a few closset Dr lecters in the house

well if your going to tell us all how youve injured yourself, you at least got to show off the battle scars!

 

Alan........... ;)

bunch o' sickos......................

my boss once was talking to his bro while copping wood on the chop saw and without looking his hand was under the blade (still talking) he started to bring the saw down and i swithed the socket off just in time :shock:

 

The blade was only about an inch away. That would of been a bloody mess

Once he realized he went white as a sheet lol!!

 

Good for me as we finished an 1hr early and i got free pints all night :nana2:

 

 

seen a few nasty things on the sites :hurl: