Eye safety - watch out!

sprice50 · 08-11-2007, 03:27 AM

Hi guys,

Speaking of safety, 3 different friends of mine have almost lost their eyes in the past week while working on their planes at home. I can't believe it, what are the chances. That said there must be a lot of guys with similar stories.

All of them have turned their heads sideways into a stationary prop when working next to the fuselage. All received gashes within 1/4in of their eyes! One even temporarily pushed the skin on his upper eyelid back into the socket a little as the prop slipped in between the side of his head and his glasses! He promptly taped foam to the tips of his prop while working on it! He had also been warned 2 hrs before by his buddy who just did the same thing!

Watch out guys!

buttface · 08-11-2007, 09:39 AM

I did the same thing a week ago!

Matchless · 08-11-2007, 11:33 AM

When I was a kid.... CA had just come out. I was working with a bottle of thin and the tip got plugged.

I grabbed the bottle and chewed the glue off the end and in doing so, I released the glue. Since I was inadvertently squeezing the bottle at the time, I sprayed myself right between the eyes with glue. The glue deflected off my nose and into my eyes gluing them shut with my contacts in.......

That was a really interesting trip to the doctor that day......

3ddd · 08-11-2007, 11:56 AM

one time i went to sleep after a fight with my wife and when i woke up my ---- was ca'd to my belly

klhoard · 08-11-2007, 11:57 AM

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You'll shoot your eye out!!!
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sprice50 · 08-11-2007, 02:46 PM

How many other guys have almost lost an eye with a stationary prop?

klhoard · 08-11-2007, 03:35 PM

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Got real close once. . . That's when I started putting foam blocks over the tips. . .
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GremlinX · 08-11-2007, 06:39 PM

RALPHIE!

Shoe · 08-11-2007, 07:46 PM

"I heard they spotted Grizzly Bears down by Polanski's store today....."

pitviper51 · 08-11-2007, 11:57 PM

iv almost done this, usully my forearm gets the slice , dang those APCs are sharp!, a dude in my club CA his one eye shut,, it was red for 4-5 weeks after , this being the same guy that held his gashes from the prop bite using CA as fluid stich hahah
mike

cventer · 08-12-2007, 01:31 AM

Thats how CA was actually developed. For use in dressing field wounds in Vietnam war. My ice hockey team use CA all the time to close cuts. Works like a champ!

sprice50 · 08-12-2007, 02:05 AM

You have to wonder though about getting CA in the blood stream...

08-11-2007, 03:27 AM	#1 (permalink)
sprice50 Shaun Price Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Victoria, BC, Canada Posts: 1,603	Eye safety - watch out! Hi guys, Speaking of safety, 3 different friends of mine have almost lost their eyes in the past week while working on their planes at home. I can't believe it, what are the chances. That said there must be a lot of guys with similar stories. All of them have turned their heads sideways into a stationary prop when working next to the fuselage. All received gashes within 1/4in of their eyes! One even temporarily pushed the skin on his upper eyelid back into the socket a little as the prop slipped in between the side of his head and his glasses! He promptly taped foam to the tips of his prop while working on it! He had also been warned 2 hrs before by his buddy who just did the same thing! Watch out guys! __________________ Shaun Click for video - Aeroworks 35% 260, DA85, KS1090 pipe T-Rex 600CF, TP5000s, Futaba 611 gyro Loyal to: Aero-Works.net FUTABA-rc.com DesertAircraft.com ThunderPowerRC.com CastleCreations.com Greathobbies.com

08-11-2007, 09:39 AM	#2 (permalink)
buttface You want me to do what?! Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: WV Posts: 1,051	Re: Eye safety - watch out! I did the same thing a week ago! __________________ Now I will victoriously wipe my mouth with toilet paper . Thank you for your cooperation FG Mods...I will just be stepping my way out of here now .Have a nice day. lol

08-11-2007, 11:33 AM	#3 (permalink)
Matchless GiantStyle Yapoleno Hucker! Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Cordova, TN USA Posts: 1,130 Blog Entries: 38	Re: Eye safety - watch out! When I was a kid.... CA had just come out. I was working with a bottle of thin and the tip got plugged. I grabbed the bottle and chewed the glue off the end and in doing so, I released the glue. Since I was inadvertently squeezing the bottle at the time, I sprayed myself right between the eyes with glue. The glue deflected off my nose and into my eyes gluing them shut with my contacts in....... That was a really interesting trip to the doctor that day...... __________________ Beware the rumbling diaper..... Fancy Foam Models *2DogRC* Castle Creations Hobby Lobby International E-Cubed RC *www.ChinnAero.com*

08-11-2007, 11:56 AM	#4 (permalink)
3ddd Bad-ass Super Contributer! Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: pyote,texas Age: 55 Posts: 1,744 Blog Entries: 1	Re: Eye safety - watch out! one time i went to sleep after a fight with my wife and when i woke up my ---- was ca'd to my belly __________________ Life's journey is not to arrive at the grave >safely and in a well preserved body,but rather to skid in > sideways,totally screwed up,worn out,shouting,"oh damn what a fine ride! AMA 98634 > LOOKS LIKE SINGLE LIFE IS A COMIN > Futaba, FROMECO:a good way to get a charge out of life My avitar says it all.3w all the time

08-11-2007, 02:46 PM	#6 (permalink)
sprice50 Shaun Price Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Victoria, BC, Canada Posts: 1,603	Re: Eye safety - watch out! How many other guys have almost lost an eye with a stationary prop? __________________ Shaun Click for video - Aeroworks 35% 260, DA85, KS1090 pipe T-Rex 600CF, TP5000s, Futaba 611 gyro Loyal to: Aero-Works.net FUTABA-rc.com DesertAircraft.com ThunderPowerRC.com CastleCreations.com Greathobbies.com


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08-11-2007, 03:35 PM	#7 (permalink)
klhoard Bad-ass Super Contributer! Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Collierville, TN Age: 42 Posts: 322	Re: Eye safety - watch out! . . Got real close once. . . That's when I started putting foam blocks over the tips. . . . . __________________ Keith Hoard Collierville, TN Evil will always triumph over Good. . . Because Good is Dumb - Dark Helmet

08-11-2007, 06:39 PM	#8 (permalink)
GremlinX Father of the Scale Furum Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Chapel Hill, TN Age: 31 Posts: 4,467	Re: Eye safety - watch out! RALPHIE! __________________ "I'll have the roast duck with the mango salsa" Kit builders check out.... http://bobflies.com/ 2.4 GHz is for your home telephone... 14MZ and 72 MHz for huckin' baby!!

08-11-2007, 07:46 PM	#9 (permalink)
Shoe Lower! Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Boyertown, PA, USA Age: 59 Posts: 338	Re: Eye safety - watch out! "I heard they spotted Grizzly Bears down by Polanski's store today....." __________________ "Shoe".....aka........Scott's dad

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pitviper51 XFC 2009 Here We Go Again! Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Kentucky Age: 23 Posts: 5,514 Blog Entries: 2 Awards Showcase Total Awards: 3	Re: Eye safety - watch out! iv almost done this, usully my forearm gets the slice , dang those APCs are sharp!, a dude in my club CA his one eye shut,, it was red for 4-5 weeks after , this being the same guy that held his gashes from the prop bite using CA as fluid stich hahah mike __________________ www.hcrcm.org (my flying club......) http://www.outdoorventuresschwinn.com/ WORK http://www.mbphotos.exposuremanager.com/ my photo galleries (other work) Why fly Heli's when airplanes hover just as good!

08-12-2007, 01:31 AM	#11 (permalink)
cventer Super Contributer Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Melbourne, Australia Posts: 136	Re: Eye safety - watch out! Thats how CA was actually developed. For use in dressing field wounds in Vietnam war. My ice hockey team use CA all the time to close cuts. Works like a champ!

08-12-2007, 02:05 AM	#12 (permalink)
sprice50 Shaun Price Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Victoria, BC, Canada Posts: 1,603	Re: Eye safety - watch out! You have to wonder though about getting CA in the blood stream... __________________ Shaun Click for video - Aeroworks 35% 260, DA85, KS1090 pipe T-Rex 600CF, TP5000s, Futaba 611 gyro Loyal to: Aero-Works.net FUTABA-rc.com DesertAircraft.com ThunderPowerRC.com CastleCreations.com Greathobbies.com

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