What a plonker !

[David Lovell]

Suffered a few nasties at work over the years ,the favorite quote being lets have a look is it going home bad. I hope it all heals up OK with no loss of normal use. The couple of times I suffered hand damage I found the biggest thing taken for granted was bum wiping ,being right handed it dont come naturally with your left. All the best for a speedy recovery Dave

[rtfoe]

Ooh Peter...sounds nasty with bone and flesh sawn off. Hope it mends and works even if its the tip. Narrower means you'll be able to hold tiny pieces and put into place without the tweezer. Get well.

Cheers,
Richard

[Ian M]

OUCH!
As the YouTube safety nannies would say "hope you had your safety glasses on"...
Hope it heals up well and every thing works afterwards!

A safety tip from me. When you drop an electric planer, just let it fall. DO NOT try to catch it! Ask me how I know this...

[Tim Marlow]

OUCH!
As the YouTube safety nannies would say "hope you had your safety glasses on"...
Hope it heals up well and every thing works afterwards!

A safety tip from me. When you drop an electric planer, just let it fall. DO NOT try to catch it! Ask me how I know this...

That works for a soldering iron as well Ian…..

[Mini Me]

Thank God you still have your thumb Peter.........I know from personal experience that after your thumb is healed that physical therapy will be a tremendous help in getting back flexibility and dexterity..........wishing you a speedy and successful recovery. Rick H.

[Gern]

Ouch! One of the reasons I shy away from power tools is how easy it is to do something like that. Hope you recover with no long term issues Peter.

[eddiesolo]

Hope all goes well Peter, doesn't take much to slip, or the blade grabs or, as you say, maybe a lapse and...well, you know the rest.

Take it easy and you will fighting fit in no time.

[Andy the Sheep]

Sorry for your mishap, Peter.
Reading what happened to your thumb a shiver run down my spine...
Best wishes for a painless, full and quick recovery.

Andrea

[wotan]

Peter

I hope it gets back together soon. I did exactly the same thing about 6 or 7 years ago although it sounds like yours is a bit worse than mine.

John

[Del640]

I won't mention the paper cut that savaged me this morning....

.....it really smarted though, it did.

[stillp]

That works for a soldering iron as well Ian…..

Or a hedge trimmer! One of my ex-bosses mangled three fingers.

A few years ago I was planing a 45 degree angle on some timber using a planing machine, with the fence set to the angle, I was holding the wood against the fence and feeding it past the blades. After a few passes I felt a strange vibration in my fingers, and then realised the wood was turning red... I'd taken the top off my middle finger and the vibration was the planer blades starting to cut the bone. Didn't hurt, at least for a few minutes!
Pete

[Tim Marlow]

Ow!

[stillp]

The funny thing was, I'd just been appointed to a BSI committee dealing with safety of machinery. I turned up for my first meeting with a large and somewhat bloodstained bandage on my left hand - the other committee members couldn't decide if I was the right man for the job! A couple of months later after my finger had healed, I had a piece of wood kick back on a spindle moulder and sprained the thumb on my right hand, the day before another meeting at BSI, so I turned up again with a bandaged hand. Being a nice sympathetic bunch, they talked about having a sweepstake on which limb I'd injure next!
Pete

[rtfoe]

Vomit!

[Tworrs]

All the best for a speedy recovery Peter.