Friday, October 22, 2010

OUCH!

Well, I screwed up.  Working after dark on the new shop, I was moving the last of the 200+ pound rocks for the retaining wall I'm building.  In an effort to carry the large stone and place it in the wall, I misjudged the clearance I had to the rock next to it when I dropped it in place...


The end of my finger squished like a zit, with blood and tissue pushing out the end, the nail split in half vertically.  Can't tell if the bone is broken due to the swelling, we'll see.  Regardless, this morning with it wrapped like a mummy, I was able to weld up a few bars and shoot the final clear on Mikes fork.  I lost a bit of dexterity and ended up with a tiny run under the tear drop stress tab, but I think I can blend it out sufficiently before shipping.

I'll keep the after hours work to lighted areas from hence forth :)

cheers,

rody

6 comments:

dicky said...

Unnnhhh... yeah.


All you need is thumbs.

Kovach said...

Just in time for Halloween. You can go as crazy, smashed, zombie, finger guy!!! :-)

Kovach said...

Just in time for Halloween. You can go as crazy, smashed, bike-manufacturer, zombie guy!!! :-)

rmb said...

Ouch! Hope it's not broken.

steve garro said...

mmmmmmmmm - near de-gloving. had a few of those in my rockwork days {hence "the claw" on one of my fingers} that's gonna be nice'n'ripe for halloween. you should make it a car-wreck victim finger puppet costume! - Garro.

ChzSoda said...

As a landscaper, I sympathize with your pain. Also, I would like to award you +5 Man Points for tigging with the bum digit.