Well, I was on a roll yesterday turning. Got about 2 dozen turned and was working on a BIG canal special when "IT" happened.

I still don't know what happened. I just set the 2x2 in the lathe, masked up, turned on the lathe and next thing I know, Mu right ring finger is caught between the stock and the tool rest. Can you say OUCH!!! I said that and a few other choice words. Worst pain I ever felt.

Iced it down for about an hour and decided it was off to the ER. 2 hrs later, the tip of my finger is black, there's blood under the nail and it's fractured. Thankfully, I still have my finger!! Now I'm on Percs for the first time ever and I'm not so sure I like them!!

Let's see....chimney sweep came yesterday to clean. Told me time to re-line at $1,400.00 Then the "Finger Incident" When I got home, I just went to bed. Figured bad things come in threes and I was NOT going to find out what the "third" was going to be!!

Be careful out there.....you just never know when it will happen!!!

Ouch ouch ouch ouch ouch :smash: :smash: :splat:

Note to self , don't do that!!!! :biglaugh: Seriously, hope you get better quickly the seasons about to start!

youch ! that sux, hope it heals quick. And yes, percs suck ! :smokin:

Wow, glad your alright. It could have been a lot worse.

Nothing worse than crushing something. A cut hurts a lot less. Crushed and fractured my fingers many times in my line of work. Last time it was a 70 lb. lathe chuck that I forgot to pull my finger out from under as I set on a steel bench. The best thing for relief of the pain is to drill a small hole thru the finger nail to let out the blood and pressure underneath. The swelling can not go anywhere because of the nail and that is where most of the pain is from. Once the hole is there the blood can get out and the pain is much less. Do not use a hand drill :D just use your fingers to twist the drill in gently. The nail is very soft and drills easy. Sounds sick but it does work. Paul

Very true Paul, done it a half dozen times myself when I worked in Rebar :smokin:

I agree with P.M. when I was younger, got my finger caught under the pivot of my friends trolling motor...hurt real bad....when I got home my old man took me over to the work bench and proceeded to drill my finger with his hand drill......still have chills thinking of that.....but it did work.

Take a lighter an heat up a pin an stick it in the nail kinda melts an the hot pin goes in pretty easily.