Comments on: MAKE Asks: Incidents and Accidents

By: Nick Normal

Nick Normal — Wed, 13 Feb 2013 14:58:32 +0000

I was playing the game of “hot glue skin pickup” and managed to drop a dollop of glue on my right hand’s index knuckle: http://flic.kr/p/dUz5Eq – good times!

By: MAKE | Your Comments

MAKE | Your Comments — Mon, 27 Aug 2012 18:02:09 +0000

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By: woodshopcowboy

woodshopcowboy — Sat, 25 Aug 2012 13:06:06 +0000

I’m a woodworker and I generally use hand tools for much of my work. Most of my injuries have been small cuts and bruises, nothing to write home about.

But I did recently buy a table saw. I spent half a week putting the safety features together, building jigs, etc. And then, inspiration struck and I had to get a 19″ x 20″ piece of plywood cut NOW. Screw the safety equipment.

I crosscut that bad boy without a sled. Big mistake. Midway through the cut, the plywood stalled, caught the blade and kicked back. Luckily, my hands were well away from the blade and I was standing to the left of the fence. The plywood struck the fence and broke the 1/8″ iron wings, breaking the fence in two. An incredible show of power and stupidity. In the words of Guy Clark, “I won’t be doin’ that again.”

I’ve been quite respectful ever since.

By: imt.lmzamora

imt.lmzamora — Thu, 23 Aug 2012 03:37:33 +0000

ouch!!! that hurts!! >.<

By: GoodHart

GoodHart — Thu, 23 Aug 2012 00:02:53 +0000

I remember when MUCH younger (aprox. 35 years ago) that being eccectic can have a price. Anxious to pop open an old air ciruculation pump from the under belly of an old IBM 305 type HDD, I grabbed the nearest “tool”, a flat head screw driver.
Within minutes the now greasy blade of the screw driver was imbedded at a sharp angle nearly 2 inches into the palm of my hand, just below the thumb.
I kept my cool though, and grabbed some rubbing alcohol we used for cleaning tape drive heads, and an old tooth brush, and cleaned all the grease out of the wound…..because it was a puncture wound though, I had to FORCE it to bleed to make sure it was fully cleaned out. I rarely pry with an old screwdriver anymore

By: Ray Alderman (@whamodyne)

Ray Alderman (@whamodyne) — Wed, 22 Aug 2012 20:12:23 +0000

I came within a half inch of losing my left eye once.

Cutting a piece of polycarbonate on a miter saw, I was being a bit too casual (just a small cut!) and not wearing safety glasses. Ha. The plastic caught a tooth and rode up into the saw body. I had pieces flying everywhere, three teeth! on the saw broke off and flew around and had major bleeding from a cut on my face. A little bit over and I’m sure I would have lost the eye. Ever since then I’ve been paranoid about wearing safety goggles – it’s why I have three sets in the house, each at a spot I work in.

By: Mr. Shiv

Mr. Shiv — Wed, 22 Aug 2012 15:44:14 +0000

Caught the end of my longish beard in a drill bit. No real harm done, but my wife immediately posted about it on Facebook, and now everyone makes fun of me.

By: jamesbx

jamesbx — Wed, 22 Aug 2012 15:39:49 +0000

I’m just running a benchtop Harbor Freight 3-in-1, but I spray painted my lathe chuck key bright yellow so I can see it hanging out of the chuck.

By: Steve

Steve — Wed, 22 Aug 2012 11:14:52 +0000

I’ve started to MIG weld recently, and keep having to learn: “Just because it’s stopped glowing, doesn’t mean it’s cool enough to pick up”. Hopefully someday soon the lesson will stick.

By: Karl

Karl — Wed, 22 Aug 2012 09:01:25 +0000

My “best” near miss experience involved a power supply from a 286 ibm clone. What big capacitors you have, though I. One slip of a screwdriver later (more or less) and a shower of sparks and the cloud of smoke and ozone told me that I was lucky to be alive. The lesson learned was signs or stickers that say “high voltage do not touch” should not be ignored!