ryannmphs
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Well, I've been wrestling with the descison to post this or not, but here it goes. I had a moment of stupidity in the shop on Tuesday night and now I am paying for it. There may be no turning, or even shop time, for me for the next couple of weeks.
My moment of stupidity came when turning a bowl (yeah, I know not a pen, but we know when accidents happen). From what I remember (amazing how the brain blocks memories), I had a small catch while turning turning the bottem inside of the bowl. While repositioning the gouge for another run at it and getting in too much of a hurry, I had another, major catch, that got my thumb between the gouge and the tool rest.[:0] I have fracture on the tip of my thumb and some major brusing, so all in all, not too bad, but enough to make stop and think.
If your the type that likes to look at photos of accidents here's a link to my photos (sorry for the quality, the camera was still on the macro setting)
Be safe,
Ryan
My moment of stupidity came when turning a bowl (yeah, I know not a pen, but we know when accidents happen). From what I remember (amazing how the brain blocks memories), I had a small catch while turning turning the bottem inside of the bowl. While repositioning the gouge for another run at it and getting in too much of a hurry, I had another, major catch, that got my thumb between the gouge and the tool rest.[:0] I have fracture on the tip of my thumb and some major brusing, so all in all, not too bad, but enough to make stop and think.
If your the type that likes to look at photos of accidents here's a link to my photos (sorry for the quality, the camera was still on the macro setting)
Be safe,
Ryan