I am curious to see if I am the only one who (Nearly) am in need of stitches? Seems the last two days working on my RR that I have found out how sharp new razor blades can really be! Two fingers later, and nearly going to the ER, I have found a new respect for the sharp boogers, while cutting foam, they do slip real fast.
Being that I am a Paramedic, taking patients in to the ER a lot for cuts, etc-sutures, it is going to be real funny, when I go in and my medical director (The MD who lets me work under his license), asks me, “So, how did that happen?”, and I will reply, “Well, working on my model railroad”! (Laughing), I am sure that will go over well, and I will probobly never live it down! LOL,
Anyway, didn’t know if anyone has the same or worse problem while building their dream railroad!?!
Well, there’s always Superglue. It’s good at bonding fingers together, I bet it would work for sides of a finger too. Just get yourself dunk enough not to notice the burning sensation. [swg]
Seriously, Everyone here has prbably done it, cept me who hasn’t gotten the the foam stage yet. But it goes here as it does for theater. “It’s not a stage until you’ve bled on it”. Get yourself wrapped up, get the layout to a presentable stage, and bring them over. As long as it’s good, and I don;t knwo why it wouldn’t be, They’ll see it, jaws drop, they shut up and probably talk about something else.
Sounds good, and when I do my car crash scene beside my RR, I already have some (blood), on the area, just have to do good scenery around it to make it real looking! Oh, luckily bandaids are all I am needing (This), time! LOL
I feel your pain. After clipping a nice slice off the end of my left “trigger finger” on the table saw while building bench work I reported to the ER. THe ER doc asked how I did it and when I told I was building a model railroad he replied “in the future maybe you should just run in traffic”. So much for bedside manner.
My problem is impalements caused by trying to slide tight joiners along. I wish someone would invent a tool to do this. On another note I did slice my arm open a while back out clearing bush. I thought that was a good reason to retire to the train room. I wasn’t in there very long until my wife who is a Veterinary Surgeon came in and took one look and insisted I get to the Doctor for stitches. I told her it would save valuable train time if she would just do it at home. She refused being the ethical person she is, she told me she doesn’t do people. Somehow I new that would be her answer. While I was getting stitched up the subject of MRR came up and this 52 year old left the Doctors office with a Thomas the Tank Engine bandage. Much to the delight of my 7 year old daughter.
When it came time to take out the suitchers I said I was going up to the bathroom to take them out and once again my wife told me to go to the doctor to get them out. I told her I wasn’t using more taxpayers money for a simple little procedure like taking out a few stitches. She followed me up to the bathroom and when I asked her why she was following me, she said she was at least going to make sure I did it right. [(-D]
We are shooting for authenticity. I think you are well on the way with your crash scene. I look forward to seeing the finished product with a posted pic.
Ah-ha! That explains why my fingers/hands have scars from an Xacto knife. Too many times has a part needed to be trimmed just a little slip of blade hmm…I didn’t paint these parts red, and when did I spill paint on the blade, oh wait! I’m bleeding! Yeah, I’m with Brakie, me and hobby/modeling knives, not always a wise decision.
reminds me of the comic Emo Phillips - he said he had a nephew with 6 fingers on his left hand. One year he made a mistake and bought him a baseball glove for his birthday. OOPs! He solved the problem by getting him a pocket knife for Christmas… I know, sick, sick, sick… Sorry
reminds me of the comic Emo Phillips - he said he had a nephew with 6 fingers on his left hand. One year he made a mistake and bought him a baseball glove for his birthday. OOPs! He solved
reminds me of the comic Emo Phillips - he said he had a nephew with 6 fingers on his left hand. One year he made a mistake and bought him a baseball glove for his birthday. OOPs! He solved
reminds me of the comic Emo Phillips - he said he had a nephew with 6 fingers on his left hand. One year he made a mistake and bought him a baseball glove for his birthday. OOPs! He solved
Does not everyone of us leave a few drops of blood on our layouts? And you don´t need sharp tools for that - a cute little rail joiner rammed into the tip of your finger will leave a lake of it on your layout.
I’m ok with knives, dremel tools, saws etc, but have a new found respect for the evil hot glue gun. Nothing like have hot lava on your fingers, hands and arms, you can’t just quickly wipe it off either, because its glued to your skin. Just stand there and wait for it to cool enough that you can peel it off, along with 2 layers of your skin. [swg] The wound will usually heal in about 2 weeks.
Ever got hot glue under your fingernail? That’s the worst!
I’ve got some injuries from sharp objects, but not too many. I was once cutting track when the small section of rail flew at my face, giving me a inch-long gash on my face… I was wearing safety goggles at the time, and have made a point of wearing them ever since, even when cutting plastic.
On the subject of non-model railroad injuries with sharp objects and heat, I was working with stained glass and I managed to cut myself on glass, irritate the wound with the edge of copper foil (applied to the edges of the glass so they can be soldered), spill flux (a strong acid that cleans the metal before soldering) into it, then drip hot solder onto it! [xx(]
Rairoadinmedic, I’m going to jinx myself for sure now…but it’s been awhile since I’ve had to put myself on the injured list.[:-^] The “best” one in the past year was courtesy of an X-Acto #17 blade. I was shaving off molded on grab irons, when the dang thing slipped and yep…right into the anterior portion of my left thumb (knife in right, left holding the shell). Bled real good… Just a hair deeper, and it probably would’ve needed a stitch or two.
I’m a former paramedic, who worked in occupational health. I got pretty good at making the “tape it vs. call the doc for stitches” decision.
On a related note, suture removal kits are GREAT for working with decals. You get a great pair of scissors to cut them out, and tweezers to dip 'em/apply them. The gauze pads? Well…I hang onto them for the occasional injury… Never know when a 2x2 will come in handy to control bleeding…