Have you ever cut yourself with a rotary cutter??
08-13-2011, 01:40 PM
#32
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I've never seen the guards for rulers that have been mentioned -how do they attach to the ruler? I guess I better get one-is there an online site I can order from? And to you poor ladies that have really done a number on your fingers-what an icky tale to tell!
08-13-2011, 01:44 PM
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Yes! Last weekend of May, my rotary cutter slipped and I cut off about 1/3 of my index finger. I opted to not go to the hospital to have it sewn back on. A doctor lives next door and he came over. When he unwrapped the towels I had around it, I hit the floor. Fortunately, a wound care nurse lives on the opposite side of me. She told me to clean it once or twice with peroxide. After that, keep it clean with antibiotic ointment on it and wrapped.
It has grown back and you can never tell. I don't have exact feeling on the tip of that finger. It may or may not have feeling again.
Believe it or not, it never hurt. The nurse said it didn't because I had cut off the nerve endings. I made a makeshift splint so that I wouldn't hit it on anything out of a papertowel core.
I have since bought a shield that attaches to the 6x24 ruler and that works great. Also someone gave me a Klutz glove to use.
It has grown back and you can never tell. I don't have exact feeling on the tip of that finger. It may or may not have feeling again.
Believe it or not, it never hurt. The nurse said it didn't because I had cut off the nerve endings. I made a makeshift splint so that I wouldn't hit it on anything out of a papertowel core.
I have since bought a shield that attaches to the 6x24 ruler and that works great. Also someone gave me a Klutz glove to use.
08-13-2011, 01:48 PM
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Oh yes, just last night while sewing dropped the rotary cutter and of course the blade was engaged. It bounced off the leg of my work table and hit my heel on right foot as I was bare footed. At first didn't think it had cut, but then looked again and blood was all over the place. Normally I close it when I am finished, this time just forgot. It happens.
08-13-2011, 02:13 PM
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At my LQS the story is that more than one person has cut themself there....one had to be rushed to hospital for stitches.
I've been on coumadin (sp?) and have been very careful when using the rotary cutter......just shaving my legs has become a big deal for nicks !
I've been on coumadin (sp?) and have been very careful when using the rotary cutter......just shaving my legs has become a big deal for nicks !
08-13-2011, 03:32 PM
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Yep. I was using my rotary cutter really late at night, and the phone rang and it startled me so much that the cutter jumped the ruler and cut a slice off my index finger. It didn't hurt, but I bled like crazy. And, it was a wrong number.
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