GaryMB
New member
I don't think it's that bad, but it's definately a new one for me. So I finally got around to hacking into the fenders on my cj with a sawzal, and as I was holding the fender right next to where I was cutting it to keep it from shaking and the sawzal was bouncing back and forth furiously...JK, the sawzal part went fine. Afterwards, though, I took a grinder to it to even up the fenders. I was using the grinder to cut off a small (maybe 1") piece of metal and, being the genius that I am, tried to grab the glowing-red fragment to pull it completely off. To my surprise it sunk (burned/cut) right through the glove and into my finger. Well, there was no blood coming out of the glove, so I kept on grinding. A couple minutes later it started to feel sort of burned, so I took off the glove (it's denim coated with some sort of rubber), and, behold, found a gaping hole in my finger. I think what happened was the 'hot knife through butter' kinda thing, where the metal burned a cut into my finger about 1/4" deep and 3/4" accross...and then scooped under and kept going for another 1/2". The neat thing is though it was cauterized (which explains the lack of blood), and the melted rubber from the glove sealed it shut. I would have to say that this injury worked out nicely!
