Important safety notice..

mickbench · 10-23-2005, 04:53 PM

Important safety warning, as I’m sure we all forget, I did… Model building is fun, but remember hobby knifes are dangerous and hazardous to your fingers, and thumbs..

The picture below is not red paint, it is in fact a small sample of the blood I’ve just lost. I’ve gone and done what I’ve said I would do all along and slashed my thumb open trying to open the vents on a C5-R. The good news is that what I was doing was working out fine, and the vents on the hood for the C5-R are becoming open, sadly so is my thumb.

This hobby is for fun, but a slip of the knife could result in a trip to casualty.. I was lucky. I do not need stitches by the look of it, but it was close, and I’ve got a nice long cut along my thumb now..

Think I’ll quit model building for tonight..!!! All of you, take note… And take care all of you..

Fkouch · 10-23-2005, 05:06 PM

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Originally Posted by mickbench

Important safety warning, as I’m sure we all forget, I did… Model building is fun, but remember hobby knifes are dangerous and hazardous to your fingers, and thumbs..
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Think I’ll quit model building for tonight..!!! All of you, take note… And take care all of you..

What he said!

Uncannily similiar to mine and on the same car, doing the same thing!! Only thing was that I sliced the tip off the top of my finger (surgical scalpels are evil!). Amazingly it grew back, although my finger tip was flat for a few weeks.

Cheers

Farrokh

exhaust smoke · 10-23-2005, 05:24 PM

I second that. A couple of years ago using the same style knife and blade as you, I cut myself open also. However, it was pretty bad, and a trip to Accident and Emergency later, I had to have 6 stiches.

DON'T GET CARRIED AWAY! BE SAFE AND CUT AWAY FROM YOURSELF.

exhaust smoke · 10-23-2005, 05:31 PM

Here is a picture of the damage...was not a pretty sight!!

I apologise in advance to the squeemish amongst us!

Vric · 10-23-2005, 05:40 PM

haha true. Everytime I work on a model, I have all kind of small cut on my fingers.

mike@af · 10-23-2005, 06:09 PM

Been there done that...daily almost. Each battle wound represents a phase of a model. I've cut my finger tips so often they are callused.

blubaja · 10-23-2005, 09:10 PM

AHHK!!! Is this the post pics of your model inflicted damage to your person thread? heh..I took a deep gash to my left index finger right above the fingernail taking the front ends off a silvia and 180sx. Sooo much blooood! But it was all cool. Never finished the model. Should have gotten stiches..I still dont have feeling in that one spot.

Murray Kish · 10-23-2005, 09:49 PM

Yikes! Go easy!

A safer way to cut those vents is to drill them with a pin-vise first. Drill along the cut-line, then follow later with the blade. Then you're only cutting the spots that didn't get drilled out.

Or, if you're just removin the whole vent part itself, a dremel is quicker/safer. Then just clean-up later with the blade....

Speedy recovery..... You're build has sparked a bit of interest..... maybe I'll return to my C5-R build too soon???

Murray

WasteGas · 10-23-2005, 10:39 PM

Dang! Yup, my hobby knife rolled off the table once and almost landed on my foot blade first, I was able to dodge away from it at the last second. I'm really careful now.

D_LaMz · 10-23-2005, 10:40 PM

Whumbachumba · 10-23-2005, 10:41 PM

I've managed to come away unharmed from my blade. I get more scratches from the sprues and wheel well corners.

SupaMan89T · 10-23-2005, 10:54 PM

i slashed my pointer finger from the top of the nail till the middle of my finger about 3 months ago i have a scar now it sucked ass.

Jaymes · 10-23-2005, 11:55 PM

I don't think I can be beat...haha.

previous summer I was scratchbuilding sideskirts for the fujimi sileighty and I cut myself 3 times in a row on the same day.

I had 3 band-aids total on both hands and it sucked whenever I had to wash my hands.

Bobble83 · 10-24-2005, 05:12 PM

I had a good one back last year. Put the hobby knife down on the table, picked up the glue, didn't notice the knife rolling of the edge.........WAHHHHHHHH! Straight in my foot like a F***ing dart!
Trip to A+E (for the 4th time that year!)

Lesson learned. The hard way

2.2 Straight six · 10-24-2005, 06:08 PM

electric saw. 3 days in hospital + operation. i've been to A+E for slicing my knuckle open with a hobby knife, i too have dropped a hobby knife right into my foot.

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