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Dec 16, 2012 | 05:19 PM

#16

motorcharge

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From: Richmond, VA

Model: Cherokee

Man up, stick a paper towel and some electrical tape on it and move on. I don't think I've ever wrenched on anything without cutting my knuckles or hands open. Hell I burned myself twice yesterday welding and tagged the side of my hand with a grinder, just glad I had a sanding disk on there instead of a cutting one.

Dec 16, 2012 | 05:21 PM

#17

motorcharge

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From: Richmond, VA

Model: Cherokee

Quote:

Originally Posted by xjfirefighter

Don't forget to protect your eyes. You don't want to get a piece of metal in them. I had a piece deep in my eye they had to "de-bur" which is technical speek for drilling. There's nothing like smelling your own eye burning

That's one thing I won't screw around with anymore. Seen too many guys get pieces of metal in their eyes and I don't want any part of that. If I'm cutting or grinding anything anymore I've got safety glasses on, and more often than not my welding helmet as well.

Dec 16, 2012 | 05:50 PM

#18

xjfirefighter

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From: Rochester

Year: 2001

Model: Cherokee

Engine: 4.0

Quote:

Originally Posted by motorcharge

I had glasses on, now I wear a full.face shield also . I never want to re-live that

Dec 16, 2012 | 09:25 PM

#19

XJ=mistress

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From: Vancouver BC

Year: 1998

Engine: 4.0

Quote:

Originally Posted by jbsjunk

Try having a spinning cut off wheel in your hand get stuck and when you free it, it spins across your palm. Cut and cauterized in one pass. Getting cut like that is a rite of passage. Been cut like that or worse, almost losing fingers from being smashed, etc.

Welcome to the club, we have jackets.

I know all too well how that feels had the zip disk slice into my left wrist two weeks ago severing my medial nerve ( the one that controls the power fingers) now I'm out of working on my jeep for 8 months with absolutely no use or feeling in my left hand ( that's a hard lesson )