Thumb in the table saw. Warning - pictures

[k0ua]

Thanks Stanley.

How is your "grapple lid" healing up?

 

[GPintheMitten]

It's ok, no feeling yet but can't complain, given that I could have lost it altogether. Let's see if I can get a pic or two.

 

[TomSeller]

It's ok, no feeling yet but can't complain, given that I could have lost it altogether. Let's see if I can get a pic or two.

All in all they got it stitched back on pretty good.

 

[k0ua]

Give it another year, it should be in pretty good shape. The nail should be grown out by then too.

 

[GPintheMitten]

Yah, I think 8-12 months will make a big difference.

 

[Oldpath05]

This thread is a good reminder for sure and I prefer to learn from other peoples mistakes, no one's perfect so accident's do happen. I don't like reading or seeing stuff like this, but I need to so that when I use my table saw I can keep this in mind, thanks for posting.

I don't think anyone here has this kind of saw, this my son's shingle mill, and this past July he found out how sharp it is, part of his trigger finger is now gone, saw work is another one of those pay attention job's, for me Ill stay with welding.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gpd3ZOoI7kk

 

[scott_vt]

Good Morning GP,

Glad to see that it healed up well. You definitely have working mans hands now !
I was a toolmaker/modelmaker all my life and fortunately still have all fingers still intact. Also an amateur wood worker at home, and I have found that under powered table saws and rip fences that are improperly adjusted, are the causes of many accidents. Cant tell you how many times I have heard people say that pieces that they were ripping kicked back at them because the fence was slightly turned in on the back side of the blade, binding and then shooting back at the operator ! This gets magnified when the saw is low on HP or the blade is dull creating an accident.

Good Luck with your recovery !

 

[George2615]

Yah, I think 8-12 months will make a big difference.

It will be 6 months next week since I sliced my finger with a knife. Mine required 10 stitches and healed nicely with barely a scar. In the attached pic the arrows show where the cut was. Finger was just hanging by the skin. Still no feeling, nerves have not grown or attached yet. Doc said I may or may not get feeling back so don't get your hopes up to get feeling back.

 

[big bubba]

glad healing is going well!! at least this was not a chain saw injury. i'll bet you wear chaps too from now on when cutting firewood, etc i try to, since i work alone. best regards & season's greetings....

 

[k0ua]

It will be 6 months next week since I sliced my finger with a knife. Mine required 10 stitches and healed nicely with barely a scar. In the attached pic the arrows show where the cut was. Finger was just hanging by the skin. Still no feeling, nerves have not grown or attached yet. Doc said I may or may not get feeling back so don't get your hopes up to get feeling back.

Wow! that sure did heal up nicely. Now if you could get some nerve regeneration going.