check out my body damage

[brian72]

my wife has a saying for me now..."if you aren't bleeding, you're probably not done yet" ;D

That made me laugh out loud. And all my office workers are looking at me. That is just funny. My wife doesn't really come running anymore when I come in holding my hand or arm. She just sits there and says, " what did you do now...you ok"
-brian

 

[Smokeater11]

This is all of the plates and screws that they took out of my arm. Pretty cool huh!!

 

[DozerDoug]

You should be able to use those to mount something in yer bronco now. Speaker boxes etc...

 

[DocLewis]

My son-in-law tried welding while sitting on the floor in shorts. "How'd that work?", you ask. Not too well. Didn't take long for several sparks to light up the hairs on his leg. Just absolutely toooooo funny! I didn't know he could dance so well with welding helmet and gloves flying everywhere. Doc

 

[JWMcCrary]

I did this to myself this weekend. I rebuilt my D20 output with Wildhorses extreme output shaft, had it back together and was about to bolt the driveshaft to the Tcase yoke. I had the driveshaft in place but my bolts were just out of my reach. I let loose of the shaft and it was steady, I slid over to get the bolts and just when I was back under it, the shaft fell with the constant velocity joint hitting me square on the face. I was very lucky, I expected to be headed for stitches but was only skinned and bruised. That was an idiot move that could have been costly, everybody be careful.

 

[Tom Dummer]

Thanks guys, for bashing the crap out of yourselves and reaching for the camera just for our benefit.

 

[D ROCK]

Like the theme song from JACKASS says " If your gonna be dumb, ya better be tough."

 

[mountainlivin]

This is a great thread. I didn't mention before that I am an auto mechanic. It was fun trying to keep my injury clean today. It does look like a nasty burn. I don't see any infection climbing up my arm yet. I still hurts like a mofo especially when I wash it. Oh well it could be worse. I could have smokeater's elbow. JWMcCrary - did you get a black eye? You all be carefull out there

 

[JWMcCrary]

JWMcCrary - did you get a black eye?

No black eye, but the cheek bone right under my eye is very sore. You take care of that arm, I can imagine trying to keep that clean as you work each day.

 

[sstlaure]

This is a great thread. I didn't mention before that I am an auto mechanic. It was fun trying to keep my injury clean today. It does look like a nasty burn. I don't see any infection climbing up my arm yet. I still hurts like a mofo especially when I wash it. Oh well it could be worse. I could have smokeater's elbow. JWMcCrary - did you get a black eye? You all be carefull out there

look at your local pharmacy for "Advanced Care" bandages. They are a large patch that you can place over the wound. You leave it on for 7 days then replace. They are waterproof and very durable. Makes keeping big wounds clean very easy. You can shingle multiple patches down the wound to cover the whole thing.

They are expensive (4/pack and the pack is $6.00), but the ease of healing is well worth it.

Other thing is that as you wear it, the patch creates a cushioning layer between the wound and the bandage (bandage swells up) so that if you accidentally hit it on something, it doesn't hurt that bad.

Healing is very quick with these things.

 

[Tito]

I was welding in my new rear floors and of course like any other time I work on the Bronco I dont tend to change my clothes first and was in shorts and a T. Everything was going fine, I was on my knees doing my welds and got a bit of spatter cause I needed to be closer, well I shifted my right knee and put it straight on top of a HOT clump of spatter with all my weight. Needless to say it burned/coterized a nice hole in my knee that took forever to stop hurting.

 

[raleigh_bronco]

I did this to myself this weekend. I rebuilt my D20 output with Wildhorses extreme output shaft, had it back together and was about to bolt the driveshaft to the Tcase yoke. I had the driveshaft in place but my bolts were just out of my reach. I let loose of the shaft and it was steady, I slid over to get the bolts and just when I was back under it, the shaft fell with the constant velocity joint hitting me square on the face. I was very lucky, I expected to be headed for stitches but was only skinned and bruised. That was an idiot move that could have been costly, everybody be careful.

Yeah ditto, except for the fact that I received 6 stitches in my left eyebrow when that driveshaft and cv joint dropped from the t-case.

Nothing teaches you a lesson like actual hands on experience and I have the scar to prove it! I'm glad you weren't injured more extensively. We were both lucky not to lose an eye.

 

[pdxbronco70]

Funny thing is I did the same thing on Sunday. Holding a part in one hand and the grinder with the wire wheel in the other. Just a little nick behind the thumbnail. It appears that I was the lucky dumba$$.

 

[mountainlivin]

look at your local pharmacy for "Advanced Care" bandages. They are a large patch that you can place over the wound. You leave it on for 7 days then replace. They are waterproof and very durable. Makes keeping big wounds clean very easy. You can shingle multiple patches down the wound to cover the whole thing.

They are expensive (4/pack and the pack is $6.00), but the ease of healing is well worth it.

Other thing is that as you wear it, the patch creates a cushioning layer between the wound and the bandage (bandage swells up) so that if you accidentally hit it on something, it doesn't hurt that bad.

Healing is very quick with these things.

thanks for the good advice
pdxbronco70 - Those wire wheels get away from you fast, huh. When I am too lazy (dumba$$) to go to the vise, I am going to just step on the part I am grinding from now on.

 

[broncow72]

thanks for the good advice
pdxbronco70 - Those wire wheels get away from you fast, huh. When I am too lazy (dumba$$) to go to the vise, I am going to just step on the part I am grinding from now on.

Remember to wear shoes;D

 

[mountainlivin]

Remember to wear shoes;D

More great advise ;D You know looking at all of the reply injuries I realize I need to be more careful. I have welded in pajama pants (sparks go through those REAL fast), stabbed myself in the face doing electrical repairs under a dash (stitches), gave myself a big black eye check timing on a car a few weeks ago (zinged the fan and yanked the light hard in the eye brow), busted my nose open a few months ago welding my cage in (don't hammer towards your face).... I better stop now before my self esteem starts dropping.

 

[evil69]

More great advise ;D You know looking at all of the reply injuries I realize I need to be more careful. I have welded in pajama pants (sparks go through those REAL fast), stabbed myself in the face doing electrical repairs under a dash (stitches), gave myself a big black eye check timing on a car a few weeks ago (zinged the fan and yanked the light hard in the eye brow), busted my nose open a few months ago welding my cage in (don't hammer towards your face).... I better stop now before my self esteem starts dropping.

Good God man, stop now. It is not worth killing yourself to work on cars. And the big painful stuff seems to happen with the Bronc. Yes, the foot will be much better;D . It takes way longer for the pain to travel all the way up the leg and back to brain.

 

[IPwizard]

I was using the bench grinder and like a dumba$$ I wasn’t wearing safety glasses. I got a small sliver of steel stuck in my eye; it actually left a rust ring. I had to have the steel removed, and the rust had to be scraped from my eye. Luckily there was no lasting affect on my vision.

Never EVER grind without safety glasses.

 

[Smokeater11]

I was using the bench grinder and like a dumba$$ I wasn’t wearing safety glasses. I got a small sliver of steel stuck in my eye; it actually left a rust ring. I had to have the steel removed, and the rust had to be scraped from my eye. Luckily there was no lasting affect on my vision.

Been there done that too. Rust ring and all. Only the dr that I went to used an IV needle to pick out the piece of metal and then the next day used a tiny little dremel type burr bit to remove the rust ring. Didn't hurt but sure was unsettling to have that high pitched dentist drill sound headed for your eye ball. Needless to say I own about 5 pairs of safety glasses now. No long term vision problems here either.

 

[ugly74]

Been there done that too. Rust ring and all. Only the dr that I went to used an IV needle to pick out the piece of metal and then the next day used a tiny little dremel type burr bit to remove the rust ring. Didn't hurt but sure was unsettling to have that high pitched dentist drill sound headed for your eye ball. Needless to say I own about 5 pairs of safety glasses now. No long term vision problems here either.

I've done that exact same thing. got mine prepping my interior for bedliner. had to patch up both eyes, cuz it was in the iris, and when my eyes adjusted to the light it really sucked. I'm fine now though.

speaking of stupid stuff...
I was just now welding a hardened surface onto the bottom of some plow skids, and a big ol' glob of magma landed on my left shoe (wearing Vans today%) ) and it burned through and gave me a nice warm feeling just above my toes. I'm glad I can pull these shoes off quick.