CRAIGR Posted July 8, 2013 Share Posted July 8, 2013 OUCH !!!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Norman Verona Posted July 8, 2013 Author Share Posted July 8, 2013 Yes it does. A lot. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Eastwood (Gadgetman) - Club Chairman Posted July 8, 2013 Share Posted July 8, 2013 Oh Norman Any story that starts "I was using the chainsaw" isn't going to end well, thank goodness you'd at least put that down and swapped it for the trimmer. Good luck tomorrow with the op. No wonder you get on so well with the local doc! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tolf Posted July 8, 2013 Share Posted July 8, 2013 Norm You plonker!! Hope the surgery goes well Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peterg Posted July 8, 2013 Share Posted July 8, 2013 I'm surprised you have any digits left...... You remind me of Kenny Everett's character Reg Prescott Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alexander72 Posted July 8, 2013 Share Posted July 8, 2013 Norm, You have my sympathy mate as hedge trimmers are lethal and dont have a chain brake to lock the cutter mechanism meaning they run on and can catch your finger (dont really need to tell you that do I). Hope the operation goes well tomorrow and can soon be back on the chainsaw best wishes James Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Norman Verona Posted July 8, 2013 Author Share Posted July 8, 2013 Thanks chaps, appreciate the kind words, even calling me Rodney is nice. The mistake I made, apart from picking up the tools in the first place, was not standing on a step ladder to reach the branch. I was going to to reach the higher level. I suppose as you get older the concentration gets harder to maintain. I think had I not looked round to see what the noise (HM walking along the gravel) was I would have been OK. Looking round allowed my hand to slide up the trimmers handle and the index finger into the blade grille. I tried to do it again later, with the motor not running, of course and it's not easy. However if I held the cutter up the hand slides up the handle and .... so not so difficult really. To finish it in about 10 days time I'll get on the step ladder. The hardest job now is the remove all the stuff I've cut away. I'm planning to pull it away with a rope tied to the tractor. I'm hoping it'll be usable in 2 weeks time. I need to get the tiling finished before August. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jak Posted July 8, 2013 Share Posted July 8, 2013 We need to come back, no accidents whilst we were there! Hope the surgery goes well, Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Norman Verona Posted July 8, 2013 Author Share Posted July 8, 2013 I'll drink to that, John. I day trip to Paris is just what I need now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Young Pretender Posted July 8, 2013 Share Posted July 8, 2013 Best of luck tomorrow for the op Norm, you're in good hands (no pun intended) General anaesthetic for a finger surprised me? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
7sRWild Posted July 8, 2013 Share Posted July 8, 2013 Norman!!!!!! Step away from the tools......being handy is one thing, but, you need Hands to do that. Sooooooo sorry to hear all this,I do hope the op goes well, get well soon. Let some one else do the power tool thing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Norman Verona Posted July 9, 2013 Author Share Posted July 9, 2013 I've used dangerous tools for years and never had an accident. I suspect it's a lack of concentration as you get older that the underlying reason for this one. The feeding the thumb into the chain saw was a pure accident caused by catching a length of wood that was falling off the table saw and my hand slipping off, as I pushed it up and forward, into the spinning blade. One thing I'm "pleased" about is that the finger hurts - a lot. The thumb didn't. I suspect the difference is the nerves were/are severed in the thumb but the finger nerves are OK. The surgeon has prescribed prescription only paracetamol, 1000 mg every 6 hours for 8 days. He knows it's going to hurt for a week! I took some at midnight and slept until 06:00 this morning. Seeing as I'm normally awake by 04:00 I guess that's good. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Man On The Clapham Omnibus Posted July 9, 2013 Share Posted July 9, 2013 Sorry to hear about it Norman. I've done a few 'daft' things with tools and occasionally even had a sort of premonition about it. Naturally, being sceptical about these things, I ignored it! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Norman Verona Posted July 9, 2013 Author Share Posted July 9, 2013 Having done it once I was trying to be careful. But I, like you, have always been cavalier with stuff. I once stood on a four poster ramp to fix the 3 phase cable which had come lose in the junction box 15 feet up the workshop wall. The shock threw me off the ramp. I just got up, shaking my hand and carried on. Or the time I went up a ladder to replace an halogen tube in a spot light mounted 17 foot up. When I got to the top the ladder started to slip away on the very shiny concrete floor. I just held on as the ladder slowly descended and landed on my feet, legs spread either side of the ladder. Or the time I put a ladder up against a telegraph pole at a friends house to tie the fairy light to the pole for that nights party. I fell of as the ladder twisted round and I landed between the fence and our Disco parked in the lane. I did roll so wasn't hurt. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alexander72 Posted July 9, 2013 Share Posted July 9, 2013 Norm, It's not an age thing at all mate, as a trainer in use of stihl tools (chainsaw, brush cutter and hedge trimmer) you've correctly identified the reason for the mishap in taking your hand off the working handle. Its a natural reaction sometimes to "catch" bits of wood so dont beat your self up... could have been far worse. I've investigated more accidents caused by one handed cutting in under 25's than I have accidents on over 55's.... I hope the injury recovers quickly and you can get back on the tools ASAP. With very best wishes, James Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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