MichaelRapp
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While working on a rocket I managed to really cut myself with an X-Acto blade.
I wasn't even cutting a rocket part. I was trying to change the blade in the knife. I got confused by the chuck (do I turn it left or right to tighten, from the perspective of the blade or the knife shaft?) and grabbed the blade and twisted it. Well, I slipped and did a nice clean slice through the top of the tip of my right thumb.
Thankfully the bleeding stopped and I have it nice and bandaged up. It could have been far, far worse. I could have cut the tip of my thumb off. I'm somewhere between being exceptionally angry with myself for being careless with such a sharp knife -- and choosing to use the cheap-o Hobby Lobby shaft which I knew had a tendency to get loose, but it was cheaper than the X-Acto brand -- and being so thankful the cut wasn't far worse than it is.
What a way to start the holidays. Looks like I won't be launching any rockets tomorrow as I had planned.
I wasn't even cutting a rocket part. I was trying to change the blade in the knife. I got confused by the chuck (do I turn it left or right to tighten, from the perspective of the blade or the knife shaft?) and grabbed the blade and twisted it. Well, I slipped and did a nice clean slice through the top of the tip of my right thumb.
Thankfully the bleeding stopped and I have it nice and bandaged up. It could have been far, far worse. I could have cut the tip of my thumb off. I'm somewhere between being exceptionally angry with myself for being careless with such a sharp knife -- and choosing to use the cheap-o Hobby Lobby shaft which I knew had a tendency to get loose, but it was cheaper than the X-Acto brand -- and being so thankful the cut wasn't far worse than it is.
What a way to start the holidays. Looks like I won't be launching any rockets tomorrow as I had planned.