![]() The CPSC says table saws result in about $4B in damage annually. Almost a societal economic structure question. The fundamental question came down to economics. ![]() The whole interview is worth a read - like this bit about why big tool companies were not interested in licensing this feature: because they aren’t liable for the injuries caused by their products: Thankfully it worked!Īnd because what the saw is detecting is “the capacitance of the human body”, you have to be holding the hot dog in order for the demo to work. So before the first trade show I had to test it with my actual finger. You can imagine, we could do this demo at trade shows with a hot dog, but there’s always a smart-ass that says they don’t care about hot dogs, and wanted to see it with a finger. There was a point where we had to know a hotdog was a good surrogate for a finger. ![]() Once we started spinning the blade, I wasn’t too eager to do that test with my finger, so we just thought ‘what do we have that’s sort of finger like with similar electrical properties’ - hot dogs are similar, and I had one in the fridge, so I grabbed one and ran it into the blade. What was the first thing? It was probably a stationary blade with me just touching it with my finger. Where did this demo idea come from? From the interview: The minuscule amount of damage to the hot dog is mind-blowing. Before we get to that, you’ve probably seen the company’s hot dog demo but if you haven’t, check out these super slow-motion clips of the SawStop blades stopping in a matter of milliseconds after making contact: Steve Gass, the inventor of the SawStop, the table saw that automatically stops cutting when it detects human skin (therefore saving fingers and hands from being cut off). They probably won’t be able to do much for you anyway.In a recent issue of the MachinePix newsletter, Kane Hsieh interviewed Dr. Unless you continue to experience pain or feel significantly diminished after the wounds heal completely, I wouldn’t throw any money at hand specialists or neurosurgeons. The rest will be a minor annoyance for a while, then you won’t even notice it. Everything above, below and outside of that knuckle is as normal as it ever was.īasically, if your fingers are all still attached and move when and how you want them to without pain, you’ll be fine. ![]() On my right hand, I can barely feel any sensation from the fleshy part of the inside the middle knuckle. If I rub my thumbs against the insides (fleshy part) of my ring fingers on both hands, I can feel both digits on my left hand. The best way I can describe is like this. Mostly they just quit tingling, which was a mild annoyance for a pretty long time. The nerves did recover very slowly for a few years, but never completely. It doesn’t cause any discomfort anymore, but I have no doubt that it’s never going to be right again. I also jacked up the pinky and FU finger on that hand, but not to the bone like the ring finger. I jacked my fingers up 20+ years ago, with electric hedge clippers to the bone on my right ring finger. ![]() No feeling on the inside side of my little finer and ring finger and reduced feeling in the last 2 joints all the way to the tip, some loss of feeling in middle finger and index finger feels pretty normal. So… has anyone had similar cuts/wounds/incisions that seemed to affect a nerve? Did it eventually get better? On the other hand, I know lots of people have gotten cuts or surgical incisions, and it seems that if they all had lasting nerve damage I’d have heard about something about it. I’m a little concerned, because I know nerves supposedly don’t regenerate. Two, if I accidentally put a lot of pressure or weight on that part of my finger- like, if I pick up a full gallon container of milk with my left hand, or pick up one of my kids under their arms- I feel a jolt of pain going down the injured finger. If I rub it lightly, it feels tingly, sort like it’s about halfway back from anaesthetization. One, I’m feeling nerve weirdness along what I presume to be one specific nerve pathway, basically along the side of my finger. They were taken out after a week and the cut seems to be healing up just fine, but I still have two issues. I went to a minor emergency center and got three stitches. I’m just looking for personal experiences.Ī few weeks ago a knife slipped and I cut- well, stabbed, really- the base of my left index finger. I have a primary care physician plus a referral to a hand specialist from the facility that treated me after my incident, so I’ll go to one of them for actual advice. I’m specifically NOT looking for medical advice. ![]()
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