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Re: watch those fingers
Hi Cabbott,
I'm really sorry to hear this. I have a personal dread
of power tools, not to the point of totally avoiding them but my
warning lights are on every second I'm using them. I hope you feel
better soon and wish you well.
Sincerely,
Malcolm
> Original Poster: Cabbott Sanders <cabbott-at-cyberis-dot-net>
>
> i got so much done on my 15 kw tesla coil tonight!!! i built the entire
> base cabinet, base/coil junction, and wired 100' of 4 awg to my breaker
> box.. all was going well... until about 11 pm when i decided (against my
> conscience) to go ahead and start on my primary coil mounts. as i just
> finished the last cut of plexi, my left hand got sucked into the blade!!!
> (low light conditions, foggy safety glasses) . i lost my left pinki finger
> (half of it) and lasserated my ring man pretty bad. after it was cut off i
> scrambled to find the cut off piece of finger, and there it lay atop of a
> 2x4, three feet off the ground. (rather a forboding sequence of events). i
> just got back from the hospital they tried to re-attach the stump but it was
> too ground up. :-( Now i am on pain killers but when i heal i cant wait to
> fire my big bruiser coil up! (no pun intended!!)
>
> Losing limbs in the name of tesla,
> --
> Cabbott Sanders
> Salem Oregon
> Website: http://members.aol-dot-com/cabbotttt
> Phone 503-390-8992
> Cel 503-930-9173
>
> "And things were going so good too!"