Xacto got me
Michael Grey
wing. It went thru the rib, leading edge and finger. 4 hours later the
bleeding wouldn't stop so off to the hospital I went - 4 stiches. Now
the pain has set in - just wait till I get the emergency room bill.
How many others here have done the same thing?
Mike
Arizona Chuck
Oops is going to happen. I just punch a small hole in the back of
my hand. Picked up a pencil to mark something, it was the Xacto.
Michael Grey wrote in message <37F8C111...@gpsocket.com>...
John Goscinski
your foot. Thing was so sharp, it didn't hurt. Worked for five minutes
thinking it was just laying across my foot.
John
Michael Grey wrote in message <37F8C111...@gpsocket.com>...
>The Xacto finally got me while cutting a drop of glue off a rib on the
>wing. It went thru the rib, leading edge and finger. 4 hours later the
>bleeding wouldn't stop so off to the hospital I went - 4 stiches. Now
>the pain has set in - just wait till I get the emergency room bill.
>
RCpilot450
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Cregger
place is way out in the desert and there really wasn't much to do back in
December of 1965. Much to my surprise, there were several other modelers
residing in the barracks. We would all get together on Friday night with
tons of snacks and beverages and sit down to build our latest control line
models. The X-acto knife was the most sophisticated tool we had.
After way to many beverages, I was trimming the plywood doublers (external)
on a Ringmaster Jr. that I was building. One slip of the knife later it was
sticking out of the meat at the base of my thumb. It didn't really hurt that
much, so I just kept trying to get it to stop bleeding by sticking tissue
paper over the cut. It was deep and after a while it became apparent that I
was going to need some help stopping the bleeding.
The next thing I know I'm standing with my friends in the dark at a closed
Air Police/Medic's shack located on the flight line waiting for someone to
show up. I have applied pressure to the wound and the stack of tissues was
using were soaked with blood.
The Air Policeman arrives and insists on seeing the wound. I explained that
it would not be a good idea to look at it out in the dark, but, being a cop,
he insisted upon having it his way. He broke out his flashlight and began
looking at my hand. Every time I tried to explain to him not to stand in a
certain spot, he would "take charge" and reorient my hand so that the palm
was square with his face/chest.
My friends had enjoyed as much beverage as I and were laughing up a storm as
the AP tried to diagnose the situation. He kept looking at them as they
laughed hysterically, but then shook his head in consternation and got back
to the job "at hand", so to speak.
No matter what I did, he wouldn't get out of the line of fire. Every time I
tried to explain what was happening, he would interrupt and make me explain
how it happened again and again. I think he was trying to discover if the
wound had been caused by an act of mischief or violence. He simply would not
be diverted from doing his duty.
What I wanted to explain was that blood was squirting a good three to four
feet in the thinnest stream of blood that I have ever seen, before or since.
The thin stream of blood was painting him really good. The wind was blowing
like the dickens, so I guess he thought he was feeling sand hitting his face
every time the stream of blood would put another X across his face and all
over his shirt and open flight jacket.
He was really quite a sight by the time the medic arrived. All of us walked
into the shack after the medic turned the lights on and immediately broke
out laughing to the point of tears at the sight of the AP. The AP was really
getting perturbed with our behavior by this time and went into the lavatory
to see for himself what all the laughing was about. You should have heard
him yell and scream when he saw himself in the mirror. I got him good! <G>
Ed Cregger
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Michael Grey <mg...@gpsocket.com> wrote
Gord Schindler
>
>Michael Grey <mg...@gpsocket.com> wrote
>
>> The Xacto finally got me while cutting a drop of glue off a rib on the
>> wing. It went thru the rib, leading edge and finger. 4 hours later the
>> bleeding wouldn't stop so off to the hospital I went - 4 stiches. Now
>> the pain has set in - just wait till I get the emergency room bill.
>>
>> How many others here have done the same thing?
>>
>> Mike
>>
Too many yrs ago I was up early one Sunday AM and decided to work on my plane
a bit. I was using a drafting table as a work bench and was trying to cut through
a piece of dowel by rolling it underneath the 3/4" xacto chisel blade. I was putting
quite a lot of pressure on when the dowel went flying and the blade came off the
table right into my thigh. My housecoat had slipped open so there was nothing to
stop it as it went full depth into that nice meaty muscle. I looked at it in horror for
a bit before pulling it out with a great deal of difficulty...something about ones mind
that prevents arms etc from working properly when there is a lot of fear around.
Anyway, it did not bleed and I thought "boy am I lucky". It only took about 10 mins
for the muscle to relax and then, look out! Nothing would stop it. I took myself off
to emerg and once I convince the Doc that I had not been in a knife fight and he
did not have to call the cops, he had a good laugh about it. "Thought you could
get away without coming in here, did you?" 4 or 5 stiches later.......
Gord Schindler
MAAC 6694
Toronto, Ont.
Canada
TYJ71
Funny you should ask.Just last week I was rebuilding my plane,and while trying
to cut some glue away the dreaded X-acto got my hand in the web between my fore
finger and thumb exposing the thumb joint and tendon. But I got you beat I got
7internal and 7 external stiches a total of 14.
TERRY
Dan Wenz
> The Xacto finally got me while cutting a drop of glue off a rib on the
> wing. It went thru the rib, leading edge and finger. 4 hours later the
> bleeding wouldn't stop so off to the hospital I went - 4 stiches. Now
> the pain has set in - just wait till I get the emergency room bill.
>
> How many others here have done the same thing?
>
Artery and nerve in my thumb several years ago :-(
Dr1Driver
I've never cut myself that badly with a blade, but I did slice open my thumb
almost to the bone with that little 1" saw blade Dremel used to sell with their
moto-tools.
Dr.1 Driver
"There's a Hun in the sun!"
DUBOLIN
Bill
hole in the bench, blade up. I had just had the thing role off the bench a
few days prior, and stuck me in the toe, so I thought it would be a good
safety habit. Something, that thing that is always right, in the back of my
head though told me I was going to get bit by that dog. Well, forgot it was
there, reached for something, and opened up two inches of my arm down into
the fat. No tendons or nerves, but lots of blood and 10 sutures.
David
I had one roll off the bench and stick in the inside of my thigh (way to
close to the family jewels for comfort)but no stitches.
Charlie Hope
> How many others here have done the same thing?
Anyone who says they haven't is a bold faced liar and will probally say they
have sex every day. My wife is so used to taking me to emergency that she
says she will take my toys away if I do it again. It hurts far worse than
the cut, but CA works. Just scream into a pillow. The first lesson I learned
was not to atempt to catch a Xacto rolling off the table and get your feet
out of the way fast. Sometimes instinct wins over brains though. Get the CA
again! -- Charlie from Canada's Atlantic Coast "Takeoffs are optional but
landings are mandatory!"
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Slopemeno
off the bench by automatically,and without regard for sharpness and
pointiness,by snapping your thighs together?
Tim
For me, it was all those years of playing baseball. My body is preconditioned to
try to catch everything before it hits the ground without even thinking about it.
Tim
Lizard 19M
but I feel sick like I'm going to pass out. One time I was working on trimming
a spinner cone about 5 minutes before I was supposed to go to work. The knife
slipped and sliced a good gash in my thumb. 6 stitches. Another time, I was
working on my table, and my Xacto had rolled onto my chair and I sat on it and
it cut my ass. It wasn't bleeding TOO bad and I just put some gauze on it and
a big bandage. I probably should have gone to the hospital, but didn't feel
like explaining how I had cut my ass. I just had to sit on a pillow for a few
days. And I've cut myself other times but none were severe enough to go to the
hospital. CA glue was origionally invented for medical purposes and is still
used to stop bleeding. I don't recommend that you go for the flight box and
grab the CA every time you cut yourself, but I tried it once on a small cut I
got and it stopped the bleeding immeadetly. It burned a little bit, but it
worked. Probably wouldn't be too effective on a cut that is gushing blood.
Matt in New Jersey
AMA 631697
Bill Archibald
after reading these and all previous slice and dice stories, all I can say
is that Tim Taylor is lucky never to have gotten involved with model
aviation....well there was that one heli episode.
BTW, Creeger's bloodied AP story gotta be the best. Still ROFL.
-bill
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ISP = ultranet, end with .com )
Stu Jackson
my airplane ribs when I hit a section of balsa that had
been soaked by the CyA gods. Needless to say I just pushed
a little harder thinking that I could just power through
the hard wood. Well, I did, but I must have forgot that
the soft balsa was a lot easier to get the knife through.
My left thumb now has a really nice scar and the emergency
room got a real nice bonus for someone's stupidity.
I tried working with dull butter knife, but the results
just aren't as good.
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it. When I was about 12 I had a Cox control line PT-19. Well don't think
that an .049 engine wont cut ya cuz mine took the tip of my finger clean
off right through the nail. One stitch and the scar is still there 22
years later. Many years later my other hand got too close to a wood prop
at full throttle on a .40 size engine and nearly severed my left thumb.
I'm glad it wasn't a plastic prop. Gotta pay close attention when
adjusting those needle valves!
Now I work on real airplanes with 13 foot diameter props and 2000shp
engines. (Dehavilland Dash 8) I'm going to miss yall................
hehehe
Bill
Cregger
Just close the door quietly when you come back, y'hear?
Ed Cregger
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William McNeal <wmc...@ilnk.com> wrote
(snip)
Paul Burke
William McNeal wrote: Now I work on real airplanes with 13 foot diameter
props and 2000shp
> engines. (Dehavilland Dash 8) I'm going to miss yall................
> hehehe
>
> Bill
I'm sorry, but REAL airplanes don't use kerosene stoves to turn the
prop... they gots pistons, lots of pistons, in cylinders, BIG cylinders..
and many times two rows of them!
Those are REAL Airplanes!<g>
Lizard 19M
a jet engine with a prop on the front instead of a fan
aur...@iamerica.net
Sure do Matt, and if the Herc ain't a real airplane I'll eat my....never
mind, I don't wear hats.
Love the Herc 1971-72
Vince
Dno1939
>got and it stopped the bleeding immeadetly. It burned a little bit, but it
>worked. Probably wouldn't be too effective on a cut that is gushing blood.
>
It works fine. Just squeeze the cut shut and hit it with the thin CA. If that
doesn't stop it completely, do it again on the small crack that is left. Wood
carvers always carry CA in their tool box. Good Luck!!
Steve
I managed to bury a blade deep into my palm just below my thumb.
Just a little bleeding, but no stitches. However, I severed a nerve and
couldn't feel my thumb for about a year. Its since resolved itself.
Steve
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: And what is it with the human body that it attempts to catch objects
Red Scholefield
> Isn't that how Tom Sawyer's charade was exposed when he was dressed up
> like a girl?
Yes, I think you are right. It goes back to anchient history when men
wore pants, women skirts. Women tend to spread thighs to catch fallen
object while men clap them together. I wonder if this is still so with
changes in dress habits?
Try it with your young male/female kids, grand kids.
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sure!!! I think if someone came out with a better handle they would be
safer. Maybe something in a retractable that is not round and the grip by
nature would not promote turning it the wrong way. Wonder if CA would work
on cuts.
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JS <TSchu...@pd.jaring.my> wrote in message
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> Pressed the blade through some balsa with my thumb - but had the blade
> upside-down.
>
> No stiches - Puuuhh!!!
>
> Jens
>
> On Mon, 04 Oct 1999 10:00:33 -0500, Michael Grey <mg...@gpsocket.com>
wrote:
>
> >The Xacto finally got me while cutting a drop of glue off a rib on the
> >wing. It went thru the rib, leading edge and finger. 4 hours later the
> <snip>
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On Mon, 4 Oct 1999 16:56:23 -0000, "Bill" <dbt...@aol.com> wrote:
>Just last week, had the brilliant idea of sticking the knife handle into a
>hole in the bench, blade up. I had just had the thing role off the bench a
Ken Battersby
wrote:
>Yeah I had the last Xacto post... New found respect for the darn thing for
>sure!!! I think if someone came out with a better handle they would be
>safer. Maybe something in a retractable that is not round and the grip by
>nature would not promote turning it the wrong way. Wonder if CA would work
>on cuts.
>
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Yes, CA does work on cuts!!!!!
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at that revs you can run through the prop-circle at full throttle with no harm
;-)
Jens
<snip>
>Now I work on real airplanes with 13 foot diameter props and 2000shp
>engines. (Dehavilland Dash 8) I'm going to miss yall................
>hehehe
>
>Bill
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in hospitals after open heart surgery. It is less traumatic for the patient
and holds together better then staples/stitches. I use it on hang nails all
the time too.
Doug
Ken Battersby wrote in message <3801b969...@read.news.global.net.uk>...
Ken Battersby
wrote:
>CA works on cuts so well that a "Loctite" representative told me they use CA
>in hospitals after open heart surgery. It is less traumatic for the patient
>and holds together better then staples/stitches. I use it on hang nails all
>the time too.
>
>Doug
Hi Doug.
Some time ago, I was seeing my doctor about something or other and
happened to mention CA glue.
He said that CA glue is used to glue in artificial hips after hip
replacement surgery. He went on to say that it is exactly the same
glue that we use building model planes, the only difference being that
the medical glue is manufactured under sterile conditions.
Regards
Ken Battersby