L5W
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| posted on 31/7/11 at 05:09 PM |
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Doh! injured myself
Had my first test drive of the car yesterday so currently feeling very positive about the build. I was making good progress today too fitting the
passenger seat and was then modifying my silencer mount bracket when I had a disagreement with the hacksaw, the saw finished cutting but in my
enthusiasm my hand kept going.
really pee'd off with myself now as I can't do much on the car for the next seven days when the steri-strips can come off, although on the
bright side it gets me out of doing the washing up.
must be more careful.....
Lee
http://l5w-mk-indy-zetec.blogspot.com/
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norfolkluego
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| posted on 31/7/11 at 05:17 PM |
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Were you just holding the hacksaw blade?
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L5W
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| posted on 31/7/11 at 05:22 PM |
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was moving the saw forward and crashed my hand into the work piece just as it cut through.
http://l5w-mk-indy-zetec.blogspot.com/
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norfolkluego
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| posted on 31/7/11 at 06:14 PM |
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Ouch. N&N job or sort it yourself
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L5W
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| posted on 31/7/11 at 06:38 PM |
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I went to the walk in centre in castle mall, was impressed how quickly I got seen. was back at home within an hour.
Lee
http://l5w-mk-indy-zetec.blogspot.com/
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David Jenkins
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| posted on 31/7/11 at 06:48 PM |
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Oooh - nasty!
After you've done that a few times you learn to easy off the pressure as you get to the end of the cut... saying that, I still get caught now
and again (but not as viciously as that!).
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pewe
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| posted on 31/7/11 at 08:00 PM |
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Bit late to say it but ALWAYS wear work gloves (preferably split leather or similar) when sawing, filing, grinding, nut tightening, nut loosening etc.
etc. etc.
Gloves are cheap - your skin, digits, limbs aren't.
And don't get me started on ear and eye protection....
Hope it heals soon.
Cheers, Pew.
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rusty nuts
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| posted on 31/7/11 at 08:07 PM |
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Commonly known as an "Idiot rash"
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David Jenkins
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| posted on 31/7/11 at 08:49 PM |
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What usually gets me is when I try to pick up the off-cut *after* I've finished - no matter how many times I've done it, I *always* seem
to forget that the metal will be too hot to handle for a while...
Pewe - gloves for hacksawing seems a bit OTT - all you have to do is ease off the speed and pressure when the cut's nearly finished.
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