Don't mean to gross anyone out but pictures are a great training aid!!!!
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Don't mean to gross anyone out but pictures are a great training aid!!!!
Skinny
I was going to take a picture, but did not get the chance before they knocked me out for surgery.I'll get pics when i go to the Doc for follow up.
Originally Posted by shootinfox2
YUK!!! my imagination is all i need for that picture....!!!!!!
Solvang Shootist
SASS 60905-Life
Frontier Cartridge Black Powder Shooter
No need for the dual activation switch. I'll probably get the ballisticast mark X and a Mark V for Christmas. As soon as the Mark X comes in I will sell the Master Caster?????
Hydrocodone is wonderfull stuff!!!!
Thanks for the kind words.
Fox
Did sort of the same thing with a sizing die but not near as bad as you. Put a hole in my mail and finger but much smaller. It was sore for quite a while.
USN 86-92
USAR 96-2013 Retired.
CW3 USAR - 919A "Maintenance is our Passion"
Sorry about your finger! I nearly got it in a single stage press fooling with extra long cases & sizing dies threaded way out.
There is a reason OSHA made it mandatory for two palm button press controls. Even so, there were always operators who wanted to get their quota out early..& taped one button down. I remember back in the late 70's, at the start of 2nd. shift..die makers were told to remove persons hand & clean up mess in lower die from just such a practice.
Did the same thing years ago with a MEC 600 jr. Believe me, after you heal up. Caution is one word you will completely understand. Get well soon.
Did a similar thing maybe 30 odd years ago when loading 38 specials with my son sitting on my knee helping Dad load. He pulled the handle down while my finger was still over the case. Still have a 38 size scar on that finger!
Ian
Billy Blacksmith
SASS #84869
New Zealand
maybe i need to look into a two handed activator for you and your automated star....
heal fast and well my friend....
wyman
I feel for you and wish you a fast recovery.
No need to shy away from progress. The machine can always be made to work more efficiently.
Wyman,
Maybe some safety controls need to be designed into the system.
Safety Controls like ,Don't look away froma machine in operation.
Don't put fingers ina place that may trap them, Etc...
Don't work with machinery when you are tired.
All good rules, but ifmyou let one slide, then bad things can happen.
I am staying with the star for now, but I am getting the collater. This should keep hands away from any danger area.
I got tired and should have stopped , but did not.
+1 Fox....
hope you are well on your way in mending that trigger finger....
over the weekend i lubed/sized about 2000 Magma 130gr RNFP from about 70 fill tubes (filled from a Hornady LnL bullet collator, BTW)....
yup, gotta keep your wits about ya and important parts "out the way"....
wyman
Solvang Shootist
SASS 60905-Life
Frontier Cartridge Black Powder Shooter
OUCHIE! Hope that heals right and fast.
I crushed a fingertip in a pneumatic cabinet door press one time, reached for the rubber mallet and stepped on the foot treadle by accident. First door out of about 100 for that job, hadn't got "in the rhythm" yet. There are hazards at both ends of the "tired" spectrum when doing production work with dangerous tools. Just recently I decapped a finger while decapping several thousand .45 ACP range pickups, somehow my arm got out of time with the one operating the press handle and didn't pull my hand back out of the way after placing a case in the shellholder. We can find ways to hurt ourselves with just about anything when not paying attention, there aren't enough safety shields, PPE, or warning stickers in the universe to protect us from that occasional mind wander. Sooner or later, we humans are bound to have accidents.
Gear
Familarity breeds contempt. You would not believe the number of shop teachers missing digits.
Crabo
Do not argue with idiots. They will drag you down to their level and beat you with experience.
Yes I would. And yet these same teachers always had a student do the same thing. Of course they have eliminated all shop classes in middle and high schools because of the law suite happy society
Not in Texas!
Crabo
Do not argue with idiots. They will drag you down to their level and beat you with experience.
It's good to hear they haven't been eliminated in Texas. They have in Oregon and Washington.
The stiches came out this AM. Doc said the finger looks good. I lost about half the tip.Still have half the nail left. SASS SW Regionals are in two weeks. Got some rehab to do.
The collater shipped this am from Magma.
Fox
Pictures?
I have to download it from my phone and post it on the site.
No good pictures. My phone has a crappy camera. Sorry those that wanted a
photo. Good for those who didn't.
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