craftgrrl | Beware fellow crafters: (Reply)

Tonight, I was using a very small drill bit and a hand held drill to make holes in some beads I was making for jewelry pieces. I was having a particularly hard time with this star bead, so I used my left hand to hold the sucker down while I pushed down with the drillbit tip into the star, just hoping it would get a grip. Not having the drill going at all, the bead slipped, the drill bit went into the pad of my finger, and came out by the NAIL BED! AAAAAAAAAAACK. It didn't hurt that bad, but in the split second it took me to realize that the drillbit snapped in half, and the other half was no where to be found, I freaked out!

So I was rushed to the ER, blood spurting out of my finger (both ends).
Luckily, the drill bit was nowhere to be found in my severly damaged finger.
But I did scrape the bone. OUCH!!!

THE MORAL FELLOW CRAFTERS:
Don't be stupid like me. Even if the drill isn't going, you can still cause yourself serious harm if you don't take the proper precautions in handling drills/knives/other pointy instruments capable of going through your finger.

Peace
Noël