build injuries

[sneepity]

Heh, I cut my palm, then cut my pinkie (almost to the bone :0) on sheet metal while building my ramp for GV. Be careful with sheet metal lol.

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indeed!

[terence.tan]

cut my pinky on sheet metal and got 4 stitches at the ER.
Gravity vehicle is dangerous

[MadCow2357]

Used a ton of SteelStik epoxy putty for Buggy last year, which is apparently carcinogenic. I hope I never get cancer but I guess it's now plausible enough rip.

PSA: please use gloves for that stuff, best not to take the risk however small (though it was said to be carcinogenic by California which says everything causes cancer lmao)

[shrewdPanther46]

builderguy135 has a great story to tell from the hovercraft days

[imaditi]

accidentally after supergluing the battery buggy, I decided to pinch my fingers together, luckily it wasn't too much super glue but that was a horrible 5 minutes

[builderguy135]

builderguy135 has a great story to tell from the hovercraft days

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[TheChiScientist]

builderguy135 has a great story to tell from the hovercraft days

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[jaspattack]

The first time I did Wright Stuff I instantly glued my index finger and thumb together as soon as I started to put the kit together. Needless to say there's a reason I placed 13th at state. (The reason being that the plane ran into a soccer goal they left in the gym. I firmly believe that I would have placed had it not done that.)

[builderguy135]

builderguy135 has a great story to tell from the hovercraft days

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I stuck my finger into a hovercraft fan that was turned off but was still spinning really fast because I'm an idiot. Ended up bleeding a lot for almost half a day because I punctured a vein or two. Couldn't play violin for ~3 weeks because I had a finger splint. Still have a pretty large scar to this day lol

Then there was the time I pushed down on a razor blade really hard while building some plane but I couldn't figure out why it wasn't cutting anything Turns out it was upside down lmao

Also, wood dust+glue+accelerator=1st degree burn.

[SilverBreeze]

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I stuck my finger into a hovercraft fan that was turned off but was still spinning really fast because I'm an idiot. Ended up bleeding a lot for almost half a day because I punctured a vein or two. Couldn't play violin for ~3 weeks because I had a finger splint. Still have a pretty large scar to this day lol

Then there was the time I pushed down on a razor blade really hard while building some plane but I couldn't figure out why it wasn't cutting anything Turns out it was upside down lmao

Also, wood dust+glue+accelerator=1st degree burn.

Regarding the razor blade... I was making little hinges out of small pieces of scrap balsa I had lying around(don't ask) and had cut all the way through a piece while wondering why it was taking so long and making squeaking noises. I realized the blade had been upside down the entire time. The hinges were decorated with some red smears.
I also did the exact same thing with a fruit knife while peeling an apple once.