DIY disastersI just can't do power tools. They always fly out of control and end up embedded somewhere they shouldn't. I've no idea how I've still got all the appendages I was born with.
Add to that the fact that nothing ends up square, able to support weight or free of sticking-out sharp bits and you can see why I try to avoid DIY.
Tell us of your own DIY disasters.
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chthonic, Thu 3 Apr 2008, 17:19)
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This could go on for a whileMy dad's a carpenter, he has been for longer than I've been alive and so I've encountered my fair share of injuries... not just mine.
Let's get my (embarrassing) tale of woe out the way first. I was drilling multiple holes in a brick wall, think the perforations on a stamp and you'll be on the right lines. If any of you have used a pneumatic drill you'll know they have a bit of a kick to them. I was happily drilling away while my dad was doing sod all but talk to my mum when the mighty drill bit caught on some inconspicuous bit of brick deep within the wall, pressing harder on the drill did bugger all but gradually move my head closer for the final kick. The drill slipped from my grasp and, with no electric braking to stop it, continued on its rotational trajectory until it struck an object to stop it. Unfortunately for me this object was the underside of my jaw. The impact split my chin open in a Y shape deep enough for it to be glued shut. To add insult to injury I had to lay down with my head upside down to let the nurse drip the glue into the wound all the while ignoring the intense ringing in my ears that hadn't dissipated on the ride to the hospital. I've still got the scar.
My father has had worse injuries in his days. In his time he has managed to slice his middle finger to the bone with an angle cutter (luckily he was using a grinding wheel because he couldn't find the cutting wheel, if he had found it he could've sliced his finger right off). The injury itself wasn't the funny part here, it was the recovery period which involved him wearing an elbow length plastic cast with a piece of metal extending out and over the hand with a mini sling to rest the injured finger in. As it was the middle finger plenty of people were feigning mock offence at my dad's constant rudeness.
Another time he managed to cut the tip off one finger, after getting that sorted out he sliced the tip off another one and then again once more. All of this happened within a week.
We may have had some injuries but there's never been a problem with the goods themselves, we just need to make sure we're intact afterwards.
(, Fri 4 Apr 2008, 2:59, Reply)
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