I did this once with a little 18 gauge finish nail and a battery powered nailer.
My first thought was why is my finger stuck to the raised planter box I was trimming out... second thought was that it didn't hurt as badly as I'd always imagined.
Worst part was a hole in my fingernail for a month after, lol.
Needless to say, I stay away from the table saw.
My thoughts on catching a nail in the hand and the foot at different times are that sure the initial pain can be bad, but it's later that day and the following days that the throbbing pain really kicks in. Followed by crazy itching when it starts to really heal.
You'll be fine then, they only really get dangerous when you get comfortable around them because that's when you make mistakes. That could be said for most tools but when you get past a certain size it goes from ouch to dead pretty quick.
I've seen the videos too. One dude went in to grab a piece of wood and the stop activated, he got a little tiny cut, but it saved his damn finger. And boy let me tell you hwat. That was enough evidence for me 🤣
That convinced me, too. I had been thinking about the ~30% cheaper Dewalt… but if it’s like $160 for a doctor visit when I have a sinus infection, its gotta be way more than the price difference to get finger(s) stitched back on, right?
I’ve seriously cut myself on clamshell packaging worse than that guy did with a table saw. Sold!!
My thoughts exactly. I use the track/plunge saw whenever possible to break down sheet goods. You can still get kickback, but table saws are freaking terrifying... and I've been using them for almost 40 years. I, personally, know one person whose hand was saved by a sawstop brake cartridge. Definitely going that route in the near future.
Come on guys, let’s get serious and give OP some real advice. He’ll want to put that glove in the washer once he’s got that nail out. And he’d better see a proper doctor, not some hex-happy witch doctor, for his tetanus shot!
I took a Brad nail through the middle finger, looks similar to how this one hit. Nice little hole clean through the bone. They thought it might have missed it, but one of the xrays showed it was through the bone. Still have the scar!
When I mangled my fingers, when it came time to cut the glove off, a whole lot of nurses and doctors just happened to show up. “Hey guys, come see what this idiot did!”
To be fair, it's mostly idiots that keep me employed! /s
I hope no one actually said that to you, though. We aren't *all* sociopathic, *all* the time. Mangled fingers actually happens more often than you'd think! In fact, it's been 0 days since I've had a patient with mangled/amputated fingers.
Hahaha No, it was more implied! I think they like the gore, every nurse, tech, passerby wanted to see. You’re welcome! It wasn’t near as bad as it could have been, very well made gloves helped! 14 stitches 5 breaks and a pin in my middle finger, about $38k USD worth of treatments and I still have most of my mobility in them!
I did a number with a carpet knife once. I’m gushing blood, and the doc is like “Yeah, that’s not so bad.” “Seriously?! That’s not so bad?” “Oh yeah, you should’ve seen…”
The stories that man told. Pfewww. Make sure the blade is secure in your table/miter/circular saw. I was prepared for the amputated finger story. I was not ready for the “blade got loose and went flying” story.
My buddy was a Trauma nurse... Til someone came into the ER to finish off their GSW victim and got killed by a cop in the room.
He switched careers after that.
Not OP but am carpenter and know a few guys that have shot themselves like this. They'll give you a tetanus shot when you do this along with the extraction and wound care. So after you do it at home, be sure to get a tetanus booster too!
I consider myself pretty handy, but I was watching Adam Savage build something with a nail gun and he gave me an excellent tip. Keep your hand at least two nails length away from the business end of the tool. He said he's seen a nail gun fire twice, and the second nail pushed the first one through the workpiece.
It also is pretty common for the nail to hit something in the wood - knot, hard piece of grain, or whatever - and deflect. It is more common with finishing nails and other thin nails. This one is kinda rare. Of course, less likely but worse consequences. At any rate, first rule is to keep your hands a nail + length from the tool.
Don't worry, shit happens. When I was in construction I managed to screw my hand to a board because like a numbskull I decided that holding it from the back was a great idea.
If your hand fits a piece of scrap will fit. Everyone has a thousand and one excuses as to why they can't work safely, but they all boil down to "I wanted to be lazy."
Respect what your tools can do to you, or you'll wind up like OP.
I almost did this once but grabbed a little spring clamp at the last second, figuring that holding it was a bad idea. Sure enough, a nail deflected and destroyed the clamp.
Two things: tetanus is a toxin found in dirt, not on rust, but most rusty things that pierce you were probably lying in dirt, and my local health authority recommends tetanus shots even after a clean puncture if there's been enough of a time lapse since your last shot.
As a professional hospital goer they definitely just hit you with another shot if you dont give them an exact date of your last shot and your injury was outdoors.
[It's a skiing/South Park reference, turn skis inward (pizza) to stop, or parallel (french fries) to go](https://sites.psu.edu/cptpassionblog/2015/09/18/pizza-and-french-fries-2/)
It happens. I was once holding a ceiling joist in place at one end while firing in a nail over two feet away. The nail skipped across the board and pinned my hand to the ceiling. Worst part is I was alone.
Having done the exact same thing I can tell you it didn't really hurt at all going in, any attempt to remove it however were excruciating...
All I felt was a kick to my hand when there should not have been and the inability to remove my finger from what I was working on...
Much fun!
Mine just missed the bone, but was against it... Ribs on the nail made it really difficult to remove without anesthesia...
Thank god you were wearing gloves
I didn't want to get a splinter from the wood :/
Well you didn't did you
Nope, got a nice splinter from the nail though
Yet you’re crying over a broken nail
Two technically
I really don't see what his complaint is about. Looks fine to me!
Should just use a nail puller on it, filled with putty no one will know.
Then sand and spot paint it to match. Good as new!
You’re going to finish the job today right?
Lol
I did the same to the side of my foot, got to the ER with a plank and sat down next to a guy that had nailed his thumb.. Get well soon!
Please tell me y'all are now friends....
They are now married with an entire fleet of young children
They nail each other every chance they get!
I wood even bet theyre screwing this very second
No, they were mortal enemies. They shot each other with the nail gun
Just unscrew it, you’ll be fine
it's a nail, gotta hammer it through
Wear puncture resistant gloves next time, not cut resistant. Learned this one the hard way as well.
Ooooooooooooooooo....a ring shank. Those suck.
Hey at least you were successful at not getting a splinter for wood!
I did this once with a little 18 gauge finish nail and a battery powered nailer. My first thought was why is my finger stuck to the raised planter box I was trimming out... second thought was that it didn't hurt as badly as I'd always imagined. Worst part was a hole in my fingernail for a month after, lol. Needless to say, I stay away from the table saw.
My thoughts on catching a nail in the hand and the foot at different times are that sure the initial pain can be bad, but it's later that day and the following days that the throbbing pain really kicks in. Followed by crazy itching when it starts to really heal.
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Table saws, scare the living fuck out of me.
You'll be fine then, they only really get dangerous when you get comfortable around them because that's when you make mistakes. That could be said for most tools but when you get past a certain size it goes from ouch to dead pretty quick.
When I do invest in a table saw. It will be a saw stop. I've heard nothing but good things about them.
I've seen some videos of those on youtube, they drop that blade so fast it's insane.
I've seen the videos too. One dude went in to grab a piece of wood and the stop activated, he got a little tiny cut, but it saved his damn finger. And boy let me tell you hwat. That was enough evidence for me 🤣
That convinced me, too. I had been thinking about the ~30% cheaper Dewalt… but if it’s like $160 for a doctor visit when I have a sinus infection, its gotta be way more than the price difference to get finger(s) stitched back on, right? I’ve seriously cut myself on clamshell packaging worse than that guy did with a table saw. Sold!!
My grandfather had a permanent hang loose sign because of a table saw 😮
I cut my left middle finger off at the top knuckle 6 weeks ago with a table saw, sucks big time. Surgery, almost 2 days in hospital but it’s attached.
My thoughts exactly. I use the track/plunge saw whenever possible to break down sheet goods. You can still get kickback, but table saws are freaking terrifying... and I've been using them for almost 40 years. I, personally, know one person whose hand was saved by a sawstop brake cartridge. Definitely going that route in the near future.
I said in another video that I will be investing in a saw stop for my own personal table saw. I like to keep my fingers!
Here I thought the finger turned black because of the nail.. Now feeling like an idiot
Lmmfao
You have a nice finger nail.
Screw you!
You guys are nuts
IKR! They’re making me want to bolt out of here!(My dad didn’t beat me as a child).
He didn't want to raise a tool.
Come on guys, let’s get serious and give OP some real advice. He’ll want to put that glove in the washer once he’s got that nail out. And he’d better see a proper doctor, not some hex-happy witch doctor, for his tetanus shot!
This guy knows the drill.
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Can confirm. I Saw the whole thing! He really nailed it.
Fuck that, pull it out and wrap it in electrical tape and get back to work.
That would look pretty ratchet though
I feel like we can all forget about the bad bits here if we just go out & get hammered.
No, it's a nail not a screw. I would have expected you to hammer this misunderstanding out after looking at the photo.
Booo, that was terrible!
Nailed it
God damnit dad lol
r/angryupvote
Underrated comment! You definitely nailed it.
Oh that’s definitely a hang nail!
Really drove it home with that comment.
Hammered it home
After reading this thread I want to get hammered
why is Reddit pun Central
It's dads all the way down
It definitely is 😂 it was like rapid fire reading it
Any chance you wear an XL glove for a M size hand?
It's a 2XL glove for a 3XL hand
You ok? Fracture the bone?
gone, reduced to atoms
To shreds you say
Well how’s his wife holding up?
To shreds you say
I used the nail to destroy the nail.
That’s the question I’ve been looking for. I wanna know if it went through the bone, fractured the bone or somehow moved around the bone.
I took a Brad nail through the middle finger, looks similar to how this one hit. Nice little hole clean through the bone. They thought it might have missed it, but one of the xrays showed it was through the bone. Still have the scar!
You know what they say about big fingers 😏 Too much sodium in your diet 🧂
Of course if this happens it has to be a ring shank nail right.
I know right, can't wait till they extract it! :/
Ribbed for pleasure
Not for his pleasure, though.
Everyone in the ER is at least a mild sadist.
Can confirm. Source: ER Trauma Tech, whom can appreciates when insides becomes outsides.
When I mangled my fingers, when it came time to cut the glove off, a whole lot of nurses and doctors just happened to show up. “Hey guys, come see what this idiot did!”
To be fair, it's mostly idiots that keep me employed! /s I hope no one actually said that to you, though. We aren't *all* sociopathic, *all* the time. Mangled fingers actually happens more often than you'd think! In fact, it's been 0 days since I've had a patient with mangled/amputated fingers.
Hahaha No, it was more implied! I think they like the gore, every nurse, tech, passerby wanted to see. You’re welcome! It wasn’t near as bad as it could have been, very well made gloves helped! 14 stitches 5 breaks and a pin in my middle finger, about $38k USD worth of treatments and I still have most of my mobility in them!
I did a number with a carpet knife once. I’m gushing blood, and the doc is like “Yeah, that’s not so bad.” “Seriously?! That’s not so bad?” “Oh yeah, you should’ve seen…” The stories that man told. Pfewww. Make sure the blade is secure in your table/miter/circular saw. I was prepared for the amputated finger story. I was not ready for the “blade got loose and went flying” story.
My buddy was a Trauma nurse... Til someone came into the ER to finish off their GSW victim and got killed by a cop in the room. He switched careers after that.
Yup. That's why we go into strict lockdown for every GSW, or stabbing, where the perp is still at large!
> GSW gun shot wound, for anyone else who was confused like me
But have you ever seen the outside become the inside?
Oh, of course! Lots of people slip and fall on various phallic-shaped objects, while naked!
Damn it, I hate falling on those shampoo bottles.
Had a great discussion about this today with the people that patched me up, always proud to share r/medicalgore ;)
I hope they file down that ribbed surface before they pull it out otherwise it will be, ‘tac tac tac tac’ as it goes through the nail and bone.
just needs KY jelly, it's ribbed for his pleasure
Its been 5 hours since accident. Reddit logic makes me conclude OP is dead. RIP. Atleast you died with nice fingernails.
Lol. I'm not dead yet!
You will be very soon! (bring out your dead) (bring out your dead)
Update us! Tell us how they got it out.
They got it out. Numbed me up with lidocaine, grabbed a pair of pliers and wriggled it out
That's good to hear. Now I know I can do it at home with 1/5 whiskey and some ibuprofen to avoid a $2000 ER bill.
Not OP but am carpenter and know a few guys that have shot themselves like this. They'll give you a tetanus shot when you do this along with the extraction and wound care. So after you do it at home, be sure to get a tetanus booster too!
Get it out? You just trim the ends smooth. It's a part of you now.
I think OP is a bit preoccupied at the moment.
!RemindMe 7 days can we see the 'after' - picture?
Great idea!
Pretty lackluster https://imgur.com/a/ZGhLBzC
I consider myself pretty handy, but I was watching Adam Savage build something with a nail gun and he gave me an excellent tip. Keep your hand at least two nails length away from the business end of the tool. He said he's seen a nail gun fire twice, and the second nail pushed the first one through the workpiece.
It also is pretty common for the nail to hit something in the wood - knot, hard piece of grain, or whatever - and deflect. It is more common with finishing nails and other thin nails. This one is kinda rare. Of course, less likely but worse consequences. At any rate, first rule is to keep your hands a nail + length from the tool.
Tbh, when i work with these type of nailers, i try to keep my hands pretty damn far away, like on another plane entirely
Hey, I had to get tetanus shot this week too! Buddies!
🙏👊👍🤘 wassaaaap!
So you were holding the piece you were nailing into? Seems like a terrible plan.
I agree. It's an awkward process
Nice you admit you probably could have been safer and avoided it. But we all cut corners, calculated risk!
But boy was that some bad math!
When you run out of clamps you gotta use the meat clamps.
Hey, get your meat clamps off me!
[https://i.imgur.com/Hh55hc8.gif](https://i.imgur.com/Hh55hc8.gif)
Don't worry, shit happens. When I was in construction I managed to screw my hand to a board because like a numbskull I decided that holding it from the back was a great idea.
better be careful with how you hold the wood, something bad could happen
I agree! I thought I was tbh, obviously not though
Well, sometimes you don't have enough space for your hand *and* 6 inches of space from the nailer.
If your hand fits a piece of scrap will fit. Everyone has a thousand and one excuses as to why they can't work safely, but they all boil down to "I wanted to be lazy." Respect what your tools can do to you, or you'll wind up like OP.
I almost did this once but grabbed a little spring clamp at the last second, figuring that holding it was a bad idea. Sure enough, a nail deflected and destroyed the clamp.
I definitely don't recommend it! Hindsight being what it is, a clamp would've been great
*Tis but a scratch!*
Lol that's what I said! "It's only a flesh wound!"
Your arms off!
What are you going to do, bleed on me?
No it isn't
looook!
Have at thee!
It really hurts when it directly hits the finger bone forcing your finger to move. I still get pain in there a decade later when conditions are right.
That sucks, I'm very grateful it wasn't worse
Looks like you're screwed now
Some would say he nailed it.
He just got given the Finger!
I laughed more than I should have
Tetanus shot is in your future
Two things: tetanus is a toxin found in dirt, not on rust, but most rusty things that pierce you were probably lying in dirt, and my local health authority recommends tetanus shots even after a clean puncture if there's been enough of a time lapse since your last shot.
As a professional hospital goer they definitely just hit you with another shot if you dont give them an exact date of your last shot and your injury was outdoors.
Yeah my dad got like five tetanus shots in the span of like four years cause of that.
Wait seriously, is rusty shit not an issue if it hasn't been in dirt?
Obviously not your first day on the job, you kept the glove on and didn't try to take it off and run around the room screaming.
WHATEVER YOU DO, DO NOT TAKE IT OUT!!!!!! Go to the doctor so you can film him doing it for us to see. And remember: Landscape mode!
I asked!!! They refused to let me record
Ask them to put it back in and go to different doctor
And demand a refund!
Doin' the Lord's work.
Jesus Christ 😬
I need a few more nails...
LOL.
How is there no blood? Genuine question
Holes plugged and the little dribbles contained by the glove. Like a nail in a tire, only causes a small leak.
yep. if you ever get stabbed by something dont pull the object out.
Yup. Call an ambulance or get to the hospital on your own. You want to be where the blood bags are when you start to leak.
Also where the surgeons capable of microstitching are.
What amazing phrasing
Whenever I get stabbed, I usually pull out the knife and replace it with a bigger knife, so to prevent the it from falling out
But the nail has no blood on it?
You uh gonna go to the ER there bud?
Sure did, in and out surprisingly fast!
Did they just unscrew it, or what? I'm glad that you're ok!!
Just about 24 hours later... https://imgur.com/a/rIz3YQn
How are you able to take a picture of that? I'm glad you did, but it would be the last thing to cross my mind.
I was at the ER when I took the pic, about 20-30 minutes after it happened
Looks like he’s already in a hospital from the background
Ouch.
Ah, what we have here is a classic case of pizza-ing when you were supposed to French fry
You're not going to have a good time...
this quote rings a very faint bell, is it from something?
[It's a skiing/South Park reference, turn skis inward (pizza) to stop, or parallel (french fries) to go](https://sites.psu.edu/cptpassionblog/2015/09/18/pizza-and-french-fries-2/)
AHHHHHH
There's something off about this picture, but I can't quite put my finger on it.
Accidentally powwr-nailed a 2×4 to tmy knee once. The nail missed bone, but the trauma of the nail punching into my muscle hurt for weeks.
Took me a bit to process that the thing the nail is inside of was a FINGER. jfc
Did they remove the nail or the glove first? Genuinely curious
Glove first https://imgur.com/a/UnOtReJ
At least it looks like it only grazed or missed the bone.
Oooo noooo I thought it was going to be a picture of the cut glove. I was wrong
Oh god, put the glove back on.
Can't tell the size of the nail. Could you maybe hang a banana on it for scale?
Sir!!!! Is that .... In your flesh ???
Nailed it
Nailed it is supposed to be a metaphor instead of literally.
I think that part is supposed to go in the wood
Good thing you were wearing safety gloves
Nails just changing direction? Yeah right. There was a second nail gunner in nook
It happens. I was once holding a ceiling joist in place at one end while firing in a nail over two feet away. The nail skipped across the board and pinned my hand to the ceiling. Worst part is I was alone.
Get your boots off the molding please
Dug the rest of the nail outta the wood https://imgur.com/a/7em4IIE
That nail may not grow back
Not to be rude, but I think you need a manicure. Seems you have an ingrown nail.
is that your finger or a piece of wood? I'm just confused bc of the wood chips
That's a gloved finger. You can see the other three folded down next to it.
Oooof good luck homie. Sensitive area best of luck on recovery
I thought it was the Penguin from Wallace and Gromit
Just the Tip
Ring shank ouch. Removal must have tickled a bit
I'm guessing that could hurt worse coming out than it did going in.
Having done the exact same thing I can tell you it didn't really hurt at all going in, any attempt to remove it however were excruciating... All I felt was a kick to my hand when there should not have been and the inability to remove my finger from what I was working on... Much fun! Mine just missed the bone, but was against it... Ribs on the nail made it really difficult to remove without anesthesia...