Yesterday I was installing a rooftop TV antenna and needed to enlarge the holes in the base mount to accommodate the square shoulders of the carriage bolts I was using. I chucked the mount into a vise and used a 1/8" carbide bit in a Dremel tool to square out the holes. It was only later that I discovered that the bit had ejected tiny steel slivers, like near-microscopic darts, into my fingers and hands. They're so small even my Uncle Bill's tweezers have a hard time gripping them. I got most of them, but there are some that'll just have to fester their way out. In the mean time it feels like I've been installing fiberglass insulation.
Next time: gloves!
> even my Uncle Bill's tweezers have a hard time gripping them.
Did you try a magnet?
I was certain you were going to say "next time Aunt Jean's tweezers".;-)
I can relate. When I was about 12 years old I was chasing a cow in a pasture full of sizeable limestone 'floater' rocks and prickly pear cactus. Stubbed my toe on a rock and did a belly flop right into a large area of the cactus. It took a couple months before all the teeny, tiny little spikes finally disappeared. At least it got me out of handmilking our milk cow for quite awhile. Pulling off my jeans that day was like ripping off a huge bandaid.
Uncle Bills Tweezers
I'm a big fan of Uncle Bills Tweezers. They work 10 times better for pulling slivers than anything I ever tried before.
I Agree! OUCH!!!
Jim,
dunk your hand in some diesel fuel. sounds ridiculous, but works when you get some of those little shards of steel cable.
geezer;-)
We took our St. Bernard / Malamute mix with us on vacation years ago, and he really enjoyed country living at our friends farm. Now, dogs are supposed to chase almost anything, but they're never supposed to catch a porcupine. Ouch, one quill at a time...
Did the pliers for days pulling quills from hounds. Weeks later, still find them popping out. Amazing no matter how much it hurts them, they know we are helping so they just yowl and bear it.
