That really hurt !!!

[strask]

I know I have seen a couple of threads similar to this but thought if I got someone else to tell there painful oops it might make me feel less stupid :grin:

I was final fitting my lock and I was having some trouble with the sear contacting the stock. In the process of checking what was binding I was cocking the hammer and releasing it with a screw driver from underneath. Well being the very focused individual I am I thought I released the hammer when I removed the lock from the stock, but I guess I hadn't. When I was filing the end of the sear about the fifth time I went forwrd with the file it released and the hammer came down and the open jaw for the flint pinned my ring finger down on the pan. The cool part was the jaws were at the exact width to come down on either side of the finger nail and slam into the nice tender meat on both sides. :shocked2: Man that hurt like @#$%.

Anyone else care to share something silly that they have done :redface:

 

[pipascus]

Didn't tighten the sinch right on a saddle and rolled off, face first to the ground, at a full gallop. Thank God it was into sugar sand, but my mouth went right into my fist and thus I gave myself a fat lip. The horse (Cherokee) stopped immediately like in a cartoon and looked back with a clear expression of "What a dumb-A$$!" :redface:

 

[mbw907]

I've done so many stupid mistakes it is hard to find a beginning point for a story. My latest had to be when I had a barrel in the vise and I was aligning the breechplug. Just one more quarter turn and I would be done. The barrel wanted to turn a little because of the pressure I had on the breechplug. That's when I heard a "snap" and saw that I had caught my rear sights on the corner of the wooden vise liners. But too late... I broke the bolt that was holding it on the barrel. Sheared it off level and had fun getting it out. But I did not hurt the sights. God watches out for us idiots. Glad of it. As long as there are projects there will be an occasional goof-up. I look and think before a project more than I used to.But it does not eliminate all of the mistakes.(oops- did not mean to mention a non- forum topic here- to those who may be offended)

 

[bioprof]

My latest goof was just last week when I was trying to enlarge the hole for the lock bolt on my pistol. I was using my dad's cordless drill, and the bit was just a little larger than the hole. I must of underestimated the power of my dad's drill and it grabbed into the hole and went right through into my hand on the other side of the stock. :nono: Felt like it went half way through my hand. Fortunately, it just tore a little skin and didn't do any permanent damage. What an idiot. :youcrazy: The important thing is that it didn't hurt the stock.

 

[TANSTAAFL]

Been there done that, good thing is skin grows back, wood doesn't. :v

 

[bob1961]

thats ok....my left hand hates me....between auto mechanics and carpentry....and it still works....i learned to watch myself around sharp stuff :rotf: .................bob

 

Bioprof said "The important thing is that it didn't hurt the stock" Speaking of such things, does anyone have a good way of getting blood out of curly ash (my current project) It's Zonie's fault, he kept saying sharpen them chisels. No stitches were required, but I think I altered the fingerprints on my left hand. :rotf: Bill

 

[Black Hand]

Just wait until you do this with a flint in the lock. Bleeds like crazy.....

 

[jdixon]

My rule is a gun or a pick-up truck is not properly broken in until you get blood on them. Blood from a nice buck is preferred but, your own counts for a close second. Seems to me you are just trying to break you new gun in early!

 

[Hitman]

It ain't really yours till you bleed on it. :grin:

 

[pipascus]

I just remembered this:
While working as a range officer at a shooting range I saw a guy right in front of me who was shooting a semi-auto, single action pistol (I think it was a Llama 9mm or .380). Between shots, finger ON the trigger, hammer back, he would point the gun at his face and look down the barrel!!! :shocked2: :youcrazy: I kicked him out.

We had one guy walk out sideways to change a target in the middle of everyone shootin. Said it was so he wouldn't get shot. :shocked2: Kicked out too.

Another popped out from the bushes pulling up his pants when the shooting started: he didn't want to go to the restroom so he went in the bushes after checking his target. Gone!

Another idiot decided to stay behind his target at the 100 yard point. He was wearing tan and behind a target even after we announced over the PA that the line was about to be hot. The ok was given to start shooting and he pops up waving his arms in a panick. He said he was looking through the bullet holes to check alignment with his bench (?!!?) :shocked2: Out!

Just goes to show you: some of us make mistakes, but some folks are just plain stupid.

 

[Samuel]

I was doing about the same thing you were and my finger was in the pan But I had a sharp flint :nono: in the jaws, It cut the index finger at the 1st joint real deep :shocked2: I am real carefull now when I am working on the lock.

 

[flashpanner]

Might try hydrogen peroxide. I use it on clothing to remove blood stains. Try it on s acrap piece of wood first.

 

Flashpanner said "Try it on a scrap piece of wood first"

Does that mean I gotta cut myself again and bleed on the scrap wood to see if it works? :rotf: :winking: :haha: Bill

 

[John Taylor]

Now that's funny.
I learned a long time ago not to grab those long curly things comming off the lathe. They can cut and carterize at the same time

 

[shmrck1]

Although a bad experience for yourself....
A great tip for newbie and eperienced builders
alike.
snake-eyes :hmm:

 

[defib_wizard]

hydrogen peroxide should work. Its what we used to use to get blood out of the edges of the old wooden backboards. It may however slightly lighten the wood

 

[Geoff Jones]

OK, here's a really stupid one...and it just happened yesterday. For years all I've ever used is 3/32 finish nails for the pins through the barrel lug...but Jim Chambers was nice enough to provide these really nice lengths if 1/16 stock with my latest smooth rifle kit. So I figure, what the hell, I may as well use it!

Drilled the first three lugs...hit em' perfectly...went to drill the 4th and heard a "snap" about half way through...

Bottom line, I've got about a half inch of broken drill bit, an eighth of an inch or so below the surface of the wood, essentially a permanent pin, (temporarily) through the lug...blind, with no exit hole on the other side to tap it out...
AAAARRRRGGGGHHH!!!!!

RATIONALIZATION: My mistakes make me a better builder because it forces innovative solutions....
geoff

 

[Zonie]

I'm trying to picture exactly what you ended up with.
You didn't say the drill had pinned the barrel to the stock, so I will assume that isn't the problem.
If the drill is broken off below the surface of the wood, you can still redrill for the pin maybe 1/16 of an inch forward or aft of the existing hole.

I've had problems finding a good compound to fill false cuts or holes like your broken bit has made.
That said, have you considered installing an inlay yet?
Inlays do a great job of covering up the whole area so no one will be the wiser.

If the broken drill actually pinned the barrel inot the stock, the only fix I can come up with is to remove the wood around the end of the bit and use needle nose plyers to try to back it out.
That would mess up an area so big that IMO, an inlay would be the only good way of covering the damage.

Zonie

 

[Geoff Jones]

Zonie...Yup, the piece of the bit had the barrel pinned in...couldn't have been more perfectly done if you had intended it to be THE pin.

I measured MANY times and determined where I thought the pin would have come through the other side of the stock...then drilled with hopes of hitting the broken bit.

All I can say is I must have been saying the right prayer at the right time because it worked! (I was shocked, actually)

I figured I might as well try, I'd be putting an inlay on both sides anyway! Now I don't have to...

Whew!!!!
Thanks for the suggestions,
Geoff Jones