careful with tools, kids.
So I guess this is as good as time as any to post my first blog post.
A warning on the dangers of robotery.
Don't get so into your work that you forget about safety.
I was shaving off some plastic from a wheel to use it as a homemade pulley for moving a motor for Mr. Tea, when the exacto knife slipped and sliced into my finger.
I didn't think it was too bad until blood came gushing out, turning my sink a lovely shade.
My husband was yelling at me to not move my finger while I flexed it, checking to make sure I didn't sever any tendons.
Luckily, I didn't make it that far, but my husband is now watching over my shoulder while I work to make sure I play it safe.
No more fun stuff *sigh*
The blood hides it, I couldn't take the towel off of it fast enough to get a clear picture.
Play it safe everyone!
@ Thu, 2008-11-20 21:02
did a similar thing as you,
@ Tue, 2008-11-18 07:29
Cruising for a bruising!
Check out this industrial accident in the making! Looks like fun!
@ Thu, 2008-11-20 23:39
A safe(r) version
@ Thu, 2008-11-20 23:12
Holy cow! I wanna ride that!
@ Thu, 2008-11-20 08:41
HAH !Nice one OddBot, I
HAH !
Nice one OddBot, I remember seeing that before, but very apropos.
Well Zanthess, Good advice... Fortunately, I don't think anyone here has topped Mark Pauline of SRL for severity ...
Damn rocket engines ! Good thing we all carry around spare fingers in the form of toes :P
@ Thu, 2008-11-20 23:14
He HIT it with a hammer?
@ Mon, 2008-11-17 08:49
Hurting yourself, a second to achieve, a lifetime to master!
I think we've all done that at one time or another, I've sliced my leg open while stripping a sheath off of a cable, took a couple of stitches.
But when it comes to robots, the best I've seen was an engineer who disabled the safeties on a hydrolic crimping machine. This machine takes lengths of aluminium tube used for treads on a ladder and crushes the end so that it ballons out. He was rushed to hospital after crimping his hand. It balloned out too! He was lucky he didn't loose it.
@ Mon, 2008-11-17 08:08
Ouch. Looks fun. When I was
Ouch. Looks fun. When I was like 12 I was trying to change a tire on by bike, and I couldn't get it off the rim so I decided to cut it off with an Xacto knife. I was cutting along the length of it, towards me, and of course the blade slipped out of the rubber, and cut a nice gash in the top of my left thumb. Four stitches, and I've still got a nice scar. What sucks is that, in hindsight, I realize that cutting around the length of the tire wouldn't have done anything to help me get it off the wheel anyway :)
Then a few years later I was trying to cut a piece of wood I was holding in my hand, and the Xacto knife slipped again, and cut a matching gash in the inside of that same thumb. No stitches, but another scar.
Lesson learned. I'm apparently not smart enough to use Xacto knives :)
Hope yours heals quickly and doesn't require a visit to the ER.
Dan