(still don't want to see the photos) ok, no hijack here, there is another thread for that. Thanks for this mike bayerl , I for one will be more vigilant because of it.
This is definetly NOT the way to get out of school or work! Dangerous business, firewood is. Running chain saws, hydrolic systems pushing a sharp wedge at 25 tons, 4000lb trees, a wall full of stacked splits, etc. it's all dangerous. A good wake up call for everyone. Glad it wasnt worse.
wow and ouch! mend well mike bayerl, thanks for sharing with us. Its a good reminder for all of us to be careful.
Get well brother. I've had close calls on the splitter so I now use two pickeroons to move wood around on the splitter. Keeps from havi g to bed over to pick up rounds too. My next forging project is going to be a pickeroon head out of a railroad spike and I'm gonna put a 16" handle on it so it's easy to use on the splitter
Ouch...... Glad to hear it wasn't no worse, but dang, thats bad enough just like it is. Hope it all goes well in the healing process, just keep it clean and keep those bandages changed.
Dang mike that's a good one! Glad it wasn't worse and they were able to savethe fingertip. Accidents happen in an instant.
Sorry to hear about your accident, Mike. Maybe a new tractor will help with the healing process! Get well soon.
Wow that's a tough break, glad it wasn't worse for you. Good job to the doctor for putting it all back together. I've come close doing that on a gnarly split that jumped in the splitter. That's a good reminder of how a splitter can catch you off guard at times.
Holy cow Mike! That sucks. Get well soon. On another note ,I hope you got health insurance to help pay for that surgery. Good luck.
Kind of lol. I'm gonna make it look like the peavey and put a small axe blade on the back to cut the stringy stuff. Axeroon
Wow! Glad it wasn't worse! My dad did the same thing but further down on the pointer finger. After his surgery he had a permanent pointer finger because it couldn't bend at the knuckle. I get nervous around splitters because it seems to me that's where a lot of the mishaps occur. Don't have a splitter myself. The tool I worry about is my pickeroon. Stabbed myself in the foot with it so I limped around for about two weeks. Bout quit using it. Get well soon!!!!!
