Rotary blades are sharp

ow! I managed to nick my foot slightly with a rotary cutter not long ago!

Anne

: PAT in Virginia : PS: The typing is messy because of the band-aids on two : fingers of my left hand.

Does this mean we need to post warnings at least once a day for some of us who have rotary cutter incompatible days??? LOL

Sowwy to hear you gots a owies. Cyber kisses to make it better. Now learn to us the other hand !!!

~KK in BC~

aka: ApplesSauce

You really ought to try holding it with your hand, instead of your foot. You get better accuracy that way. ;-)

Wendy

Anne Rogers wrote:

Ouch! Hope you heal soonest. . In message , Pat in Virginia writes

Ouch! Don't even want to think about it. But I will tell you that scissors are sharp too and if you drop them and they fall just right, they will stick into one of your little toes. This, of course, is something I read from a book one time and not a t hing that happened to me last summer when I was barefoot and caused great laughter and mirth on the part of my rude, rude sons.

BTW -- if you use Neosporin on the cuts on your f ingers they will heal faster and you won't get an infection.

Sunny

I am reminded of my mother who managed to sew a stitch in her index finger with a Singer treadle machine, when I was a young lad. I never knew my mother new those words until that time.

John

Pat, do we dare ask when you last had a tetanus shot and if you know where your rotary blade has been? Pollly

And I managed to cut off a few inches of hair leaning over the fabric a few years back.

PATCHogue, NY

Ouch! You didn't get blood on the fabric, did you? Or worse, on the chocolate???

Wendy (want me to kiss that boo-boo for you?)

Pat > Well, DUH!! This is a public service announcement. When you are handling

Now you be careful! (whoops -- I guess I'm too late reminding you!)

kate in mi

So sorry about the injury! I will be extra careful in the future, thanks to your sterling example.

Gentle cyber-kisses for your wounded fingers. As others have mentioned, cleaning, scrubbing and dishes are a no-no for a little while. Another warning: make sure that there's NOTHING but the fabric you're cutting on the mat - just messed up a new blade by running into a "hiding" pin! Daggone, we all need reminders to be careful!... ME-Judy

hoping fingers better real soon. i might have possible solution for everyone. i'm one of those ppl who cuts the absolutely wrong way, towards myself. this of course causes everyone to go nuts, esp when i'm teaching a class. NOT GOOD!!! anyway, my s-i-l works in the automotive industry, and he gave me a pair of kevlar gloves, the kind that he uses when he's doing all sorts of engine work. they work great!!! can run a brand new blade over whole hand and the blade does not cut thru, altho silk pins do poke thru. now when i teach, i wear at least one on my left hand, and no more worries. life is good