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[DickyD]

Man after my own heart. Been there, done that.

Don't smell nice either.

[tubby tomo]

i had a bad fall it was on a saterday night geting my boat ready for sunday it was one of my biggest boats big tug abuot 35lbs i left a 12ft roll of carpet on the floor as i headed for the door i forgot about the xxxxxxx carpet i was still holding the boat when i hit floor hit a chair on the way down smashed my finger and my ribs could not move my finger for weeks the good news is the boat was ok 

[Tug-Kenny RIP]

I know this doesn't rate as 'Injuries' but I was supergluing all day today and now I don't have any fingerprints.

The ends of my fingers are caked in the stuff. I don't have any remover so I guess I'll have to wear if off.   ::)

Cheers...Ken

[Colin Bishop]

The ends of my fingers are caked in the stuff. I don't have any remover so I guess I'll have to wear if off.

You could try nibbling at it Ken, but don't expect to wake up in the morning...

[Stavros]

Soak your fingers in hot water and gently peel off the glue

stavros

[Tug-Kenny RIP]

Thanks guys.  I was picking at it while watching TV and realised the skin was coming up with it ....


Cheers...Ken

[The long Build]

When I first started building model planes I had a serious brain to hand communication problem and proceded to cut a piece of 1/4 inch balsa I was holding in my hand , slicing through it with a very sharp new Stanley blade and cutting deeply into my finger tip on the other side of the balsa, quickly rushing to the bathroom to run cold water over it (seems to work for most things) I then had to hold the tip of my finger with my thump pusihng the cut bit back to stop the bleeding then having to cut a piece of fabric plaster and put it on said finger.

Hasten to add I have never cut another piece of balsa using that technique again..

[Bryan Young]

Thats my kind of mayhem - you forgot the water fights using syringes! 

Difficult without fingers!

[Abuelo3]

Hello from Veracruz, México
Thats the best idea I have ever read in 30 years of medicine reading, thats a real Hospital in order to  bring health to the patients, with a therapeutic dosis of rum at 6 of the afternoon, with a lake, CLEAN water, special divaces to avoid back injuries, without public making stupid questions, etc.
And of course with pretty nurses , beauty is always therapeutic :angel:
Best wishes

[sinbad]

AAAAAGH !!!!!!!! I can't read anymore.
Sinbad.

[terence]

Masking tape and kitchen roll are good for stopping bleeding. I have often had to sandpaper blood stains from a model boat before painting.I once picked up my soldering iron by the wrong end,that made me hop about a bit.

[Mr Andy]

Walloped a small chisel between my thumb and forefinger, thought it might have been a hospital job, thankfully not.

Andy.

[catengineman]

Knocked over the large bottle of super glue (had removed top as spout blocked) then put han in spill and why is it an instant stick when you dont want it to ?

Took several painfull pulls to remove hand from desk and then lots of cream to soften skin.

[HS93 (RIP)]

I once set up a I C engine to bench run it, forgot and left the coupling on one of them with a neoprene disk between two disks, and when it started it revved up to about 40,000 rpm and the end flue off , and hit my glasses a glancing blow and shoved them in to my eye brow 15 stitches later , was I glad that I always had safety glass in all my glasses. wont do that again

Peter

[Martin13]

Being quite warm here this time of year, I find it essential to have a can of beer at hand to help prevent dehydration. Seeing that I also smoke, using an empty can as an ashtray can be detrimental to one's health -

especially when you attempt to drink from the wrong can

Martin Doon Under

[Mr Andy]

Very entertaining reading this thread, one more it has been mentioned on page one, I had been busy one day grinding a piece of metal for welding, lost ny balance on the way up and placed hand on very hot metal, not been into this modeling long so you can have that story instead. :)

Andy

[Prophet]

worst injury i ever occured moddling apart from the normal slips with the stanly knife was working with sheet aluminum 0.5mm thick cut it up  and whoops the sheers jammed the metal twisted, my little finger on my right hand got caught and well sliced clearly into my finger right to the bone, blood gushing everywhere eventually  leaving a nice 1 inch scar across the top of my finger

hopfully u can just see the scar the little faint line ( sorry i only have a digital camara in my phone so image is best it can)

[RyanB]

I was drilling a hole in a mast for the lights with a dremal but I dropped it straight onto my lap and into my leg, however, it did not stall so I had to reach for the plug and then pull it out. only half an inch but god dam it hurt. Got a nice scar on my leg now...

[Bryan Young]

Personally I leave all the dangerous stuff to SWMBO. I've learned a lot. For instance, a domesric sewing machine will break a needle if asked to stitch 2 fingers together. Similarly, there are easier ways to tell if a hot plate is hot enough than touching it with a dry finger.
And I've also been tought that the motor in a vacuum cleaner should be switched off before changing a broken drive belt. These little hints and tips have protected me from the dangers endemic to model making. BY.

[mickyrubble]

dont think i have ever comlpeated  a model without some of my DNA (blood) onit somewhere
 

[essex2visuvesi]

Being quite warm here this time of year, I find it essential to have a can of beer at hand to help prevent dehydration. Seeing that I also smoke, using an empty can as an ashtray can be detrimental to one's health -

especially when you attempt to drink from the wrong can

Martin Doon Under

Yep.... been there done that.

My best one was the other day

Was spray painting a gate from a rattle can and was having issues with the nozzle top so swapped it for a one off an empty can.

Of course i made sure the nozzle was facing away from me..... 

I think my other half still has the pic on her phone lol

[Watchleader]

Recently, when I was making the mast for "Lady Daphne", I was turning the bottom section from 20mm square ash.
Very successfully, I thought! 
Because it was 24" long, I had done the chuck up pretty tightly. 
Then I could not release the chuck easily with the two C spanners. 
So I wedged the one spanner on the rest, positioned the other to give it a fairly hefty wollop with a rubber mallet in order to loosen it:-

Result:
I can still see it in slow motion!    .... spanner left the chuck, rotated twice in mid air, before hitting front tooth via lip. ,broken front crown, bloody split lip, visit to dentist to remove sharp edges and pieces of tooth/crown from very swolloen lip and a bill for replacement of £177.  (That's NHS price)

[Abuelo3]

I have tell this, safety first, so a grab a piece of brass with cloth pin nailed to the special table to do the solder jobs, wearing the gloves, the face mask etc. etc. safety first, OK... the clothe pin losses, the piece of brass was shut up, rigth to the center of my (big) belly, so I have a new battle scar in the belly with the shape of a tug ruder.

[Dueller]

Whoops, although not a modelling accident.



On the X-ray they noticed a notch cut out of the bone. The bone saved my tendons.





Note the dried blood inside the blade sheild.

[DickyD]

worst injury i ever occured moddling apart from the normal slips with the stanly knife was working with sheet aluminum 0.5mm thick cut it up  and whoops the sheers jammed the metal twisted, my little finger on my right hand got caught and well sliced clearly into my finger right to the bone, blood gushing everywhere eventually  leaving a nice 1 inch scar across the top of my finger

hopfully u can just see the scar the little faint line ( sorry i only have a digital camara in my phone so image is best it can)

Some prophet, didn't see that coming then