I'm feeling a lot better and have started working on projects again. I'll try to take some pictures soon. I spent one day building a couple of cabinets and was surprised I had that kind of energy and that I could take the heat in the garage all day. That evening, I decided to take it easy and just do a little cleanup. One thing I wanted to do was hang the brooms behind the garage door. Easy enough, just put a couple of nails in the wall siding. But no, that T1-11 siding is hard! I hammered two or three times, stubbornly thinking I could drive a nail through 3/8 inch plywood without drilling a pilot hole. One more good whack and I'd have it in, I thought. The hammer glanced off the nail and onto my thumb, tearing out the skin on the side.
After I stopped the bleeding, I held my thumb up, half expecting to see it visibly pulsing like some big, red, cartoon thumb. It wasn't. It did put me out of action for a few days though.
Lesson learned. Drill pilot holes in T1-11!
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Yikes on the thumb, but I'm glad it wasn't worse than it was. You got lucky. Yes drill that pilot hole.
ReplyDeleteHave a fabulous day and long weekend. ♥
I did get lucky. I could have hit my thumb dead center and lost the thumbnail. It's healing up nicely now.
DeleteOh ouch!!! Hope your thumb is healing up well and you can get back to stitching soon.
ReplyDeleteIt's healing up nicely, but I'm not back to stitching. Hubby has that area messed up building a wall and support over the garage doors. Hopefully, he will be finished soon; I've got some Christmas presents to make.
DeleteOUCH! I read the very bottom line first, and I was afraid you had made the "pilot" hole in your thumb. Now that is something I could do, but I know you are much more adept with tools!
ReplyDeleteOh that hurts to even think about. It makes hammering sound like a walk in the park.
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