This one hurt.
I had been building coils all day today, and so, I had a small scraps and used wick bowl for pieces of scrap kanthal, excess cotton and used wicks.
My pv was sitting next to this bowl, on a small stool next to my couch. I moved a blanket, knocked over my pv, which in turn perfectly hit the bowl which upended on the floor next to the base of my couch.
Ok, mess to clean up, w/e, pause Star Trek, start picking everything up. Got all the pieces I could see, and started to lightly run my hand over the floor to see if I could find some of the smaller pieces I had missed, BIG MISTAKE. A small piece of 28 gauge kanthal pierced my index finger and only stopped because it hit my bone and bent against the floor.
Pulling it out, it was only about a half inch long, and 3/4 of it was imbedded in my finger. Applied pressure after a thorough hand washing stopped the bleeding quickly with no need for a bandage. Still feels weird though.
Anyway, just thought I'd share. Don't do what I did.
I had been building coils all day today, and so, I had a small scraps and used wick bowl for pieces of scrap kanthal, excess cotton and used wicks.
My pv was sitting next to this bowl, on a small stool next to my couch. I moved a blanket, knocked over my pv, which in turn perfectly hit the bowl which upended on the floor next to the base of my couch.
Ok, mess to clean up, w/e, pause Star Trek, start picking everything up. Got all the pieces I could see, and started to lightly run my hand over the floor to see if I could find some of the smaller pieces I had missed, BIG MISTAKE. A small piece of 28 gauge kanthal pierced my index finger and only stopped because it hit my bone and bent against the floor.
Pulling it out, it was only about a half inch long, and 3/4 of it was imbedded in my finger. Applied pressure after a thorough hand washing stopped the bleeding quickly with no need for a bandage. Still feels weird though.
Anyway, just thought I'd share. Don't do what I did.
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