Projects You Guys Cut Yourself as Much as I do ????

Man,
Almost every time I have been working on my Biscayne project lately I wind up cutting myself....geesh...
*Last week....New chrome battery tray....edges sharp...cut my fingers putting it in..
*Today, putting the boot and chrome trim on my floor shift...chrome sharp...yep blood again.
* A couple days ago working on starter hook up (from top)...wondered what that red stuff was on top of fender....yep cut my arm....
*and on and on .....
The chrome **** you buy today is terrible (at least the stuff I get)
What ever happened to quality ???
How 'bout you guys ????
Cheers,
Bob

 

Wouldn't be a project of mine without frequent bloodshed!

 

Used to work installing heating systems; my co worker and I always said "If you're not bleeding you're not working hard enough". Then I worked 32 years for a steel rule die company, handling razor sharp cutting dies every day..never had a s***ch in 32 years, some guys couldn't go a month without a trip to the E.R....

 

Every single day I cut, poke, filet, scratch, or rub skin off. If there is a razor blade even remotely near me, it is certain that I will be bleeding soon. When I was a kid, my mom said I had "One-A-Days", where I'd get hurt once a day doing stupid stuff. I've had my One-A-Days for over 32 years now.


This one needed s***ches, but I didn't get any...

 

Yes , and the best bandages you can buy are COVERLET. They will conform and stick better than any other. I have had them on for days sometimes. Accept no other brand. If you can't find them in the store buy them on line.

 

What are band-aids? A blue shop towel wrapped in masking tape works for me.

 

I lost some blood typing this reply...

 

I'm on blood thinners. I don't bleed I squirt. Just bumping a piece of metal will create a Niagria Falls of the red stuff. I keep a ton of paper towels where ever I am working to sop it up. The one good thing is it stops fast. It don't keep me from turning wrenches 'tho.

 

just returned from the er with a few s***ches. gettin crazy with the sawzall!

 

i am constantly stopping what i'm doing to see where i'm bleeding. i usually dont even feel it , i just see blood dripped or smeared on something.

once during a long wait at the dentist's office i got bored and started counting the scars on my hands .....i counted over a hundred with more to go before i finally got called for my appointment.

 

haha!

 

If I was an emo...I'd cut myself all the time.

 

I hate wearing gloves

 

i only cut myself when im sad and need to feel alive.

 

You forgot weld splatter burns,grinder bites,welder flash ,forgot breathing mask induced coughing,if can possibly happen to mankind,it`s happened to me. THANK`S for reminding me. I`ll probably have a band aid on me when I take my dirt nap.

 

My dad always said "if ya ain't bleedin, you ain't doin it right"

 

I'm on the thinners too. Try to use gloves when possible.

 

just nicked my hand with a grinder welding Braces in on my frame for a model a. 5 stiches later I'm back to woking on the car. Just today i went to take the headers off my car and I hit my figer on the bottom of the valve cover and sliced open my finger. The blue shop towel and masking Tape worked great

 

Thinners are a way of life here as well. Sometimes it works out good. I spilled a little behind this seat in the build process........kind of hope it is still there

 

I have to budget a hospital bill into every project I do.

 

my hands/arms are a road-map of all the projects i've done.
if you have a wife that is a little over worried about you, try the liquid bandaid stuff... works wonders and keeps things a little cleaner/protected on the sore spots.

 

I think I've had more shop towel and tape band-aids then I care to remember!

 

It's not a Hot Rod if it does'nt have some of your DNA splashed around on it somewhere.

 

"You ain't workin if you ain't bleedin!" my shop partner would say.

 

shop rag and electrical tape works wonders

 

YES!!!!!!

We keep a full first aid kit out there now. Seems like every time I turn around there is a bloodletting happening.

 

Duck tape

 

yeah i dont think im gunna be a hand model anytime soon

 

hey

luckly i was the one whit the grinder bite.i know it was my own mistake working on a susuki samurai well its more like a death whis on wheels grinding the inner fender,grinder get,s stuck not in the metal but in my right hand.to the e.r.cleaning s***ching.

greeting from the netherlands

 

When I was married, my wife used to hide the X-acto knives from me. I have finally started using latex gloves and it helps some.