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Magicman · January 27, 2011, 10:42:23 PM

I was sawing an ERC log with 6" limb stubs. The band sawed the 3" diameter stub off and it fell in front of the Debarker. Yup, knocked the wang out of me.

Jeff · January 27, 2011, 10:44:20 PM

Are you abusing yourself just to entertain us? ;)

Mooseherder · January 27, 2011, 10:52:48 PM

DanG Dat Hurt. :-[

Magicman · January 27, 2011, 11:00:16 PM

Jeff, sometimes I do feel like I'm using myself up, and I never showed what I did to my forehead last week. :-\

After that lick today, I had to stop the mill and get off. Bled like a stuck hog.

Jeff · January 27, 2011, 11:02:05 PM

Mebby you need to start wearing a hardhat and screen? I started to on my mill.

Woodwalker · January 27, 2011, 11:13:30 PM

Quote from: Jeff on January 27, 2011, 11:02:05 PM
Mebby you need to start wearing a hardhat and screen? I started to on my mill.

At least up the insurance. Didn't you have another "knot" here a while back?

beenthere · January 27, 2011, 11:36:47 PM

Better there than an eye.

Be careful out there. ...as we all should be.

Magicman · January 28, 2011, 08:06:28 AM

I had forgotten that I had a picture of that ugly log. The one sticking up on the far right is what got me. :'(

I knew that I should have trimmed that log up. :-\

nas · January 28, 2011, 11:24:39 AM

Sometimes the logs fight back. I always wear a hardhat with screen when I operate the mill. I've had pieces put dents in the screen, but not in my face.

Nick

Reddog · January 28, 2011, 11:42:17 AM

Quote from: Magicman on January 28, 2011, 08:06:28 AM
I knew that I should have trimmed that log up. :-\

I am not going to beat on you cause you are doing a good enough job yourself ;) but I agree, knock those nubs off.

Start wearing a forestry helmet, I enjoy reading your posts and don't want to have to read one of you getting hurt bad or worse yet. >:(

Warbird · January 28, 2011, 12:53:08 PM

DanG! You are really trying to get out of that cup of coffee I owe you, aren't ya?! Glad you're okay. Definitely time for one of those hats with the face shield.

Radar67 · January 28, 2011, 12:54:00 PM

MM, am I gonna have to come over there????

If I come, it may be a trip with the white coats. You got to be more careful. That's three times you have knocked the fire out of yourself, that you have admitted to.

isawlogs · January 28, 2011, 12:58:08 PM

Theres a full armor on here floating around ya might want to invest in ;D

Man that must of hurt ....

Magicman · January 28, 2011, 03:15:24 PM

Really guys, I should have known that things were going to go bad when Jeff permanently 'Yooperized" that log back on Yooper night. :-\

https://forestryforum.com/board/index.php/topic,48089.msg692090.html#msg692090

Also look at Reply #4.

clww · January 28, 2011, 03:29:45 PM

You keep getting hit in the face and you'll have to wear that beard year-round to cover up all the scars!("Limb Kick Back"-13 NOV 2010). Bring back memories ??? :-\ Get a shield, helmet, ear plugs and gloves on, PLEASE! :

;D

Kevin · January 28, 2011, 06:23:17 PM

Dead center, an inch either way and it would have still got you. :D

Dan_Shade · January 29, 2011, 08:16:14 AM

i wear a hardhat with a wire mesh face shield on it (got it from the Stihl dealer).

I hope your wife "dig's scars", MM :-)

doctorb · January 29, 2011, 06:35:01 PM

Magic-

I must have been mistaken regarding the name of your mill. I, stupidly, thought it was named after an imperfection in wood. I understand now that you are referring to your own noggin and the imperfections that come from the hazards of mill work. ;D ;D Put on the DanG protective gear and stop entertaining us with these near misses. Glad you are OK but you must remember the boy who cried "wolf"!

Jeff- a llife insurance policy, with the FF as beneficiary, might be a worthwhile investment if somebody doesn't start wearing the headgear.

Mooseherder · January 29, 2011, 06:42:44 PM

I couldn't find Faron's but here is another PPE.

Burlkraft · January 29, 2011, 10:14:30 PM

Quote from: isawlogs on January 28, 2011, 12:58:08 PM

Theres a full armor on here floating around ya might want to invest in ;D

Man that must of hurt ....

We ain't seen him for a while ;D

sgschwend · January 29, 2011, 10:45:29 PM

A fiction:
Woodmizer has a new service now. They have custom signs for their mill owners. So I thought perhaps this might be useful for your mill

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Magicman · January 30, 2011, 08:04:05 AM

Steve, I recognize that very knot. :-\

doctorb, It did look like I had changed it from Knothole to Knothead. I mistakenly thought that the Woodchucks had taken care of that Knot....not.

Magicman · January 30, 2011, 04:58:34 PM

I ordered a Husqvarna Pro Forest System.

Jeff · January 30, 2011, 05:40:23 PM

8) 8) 8)

Dan_Shade · January 30, 2011, 06:49:30 PM

husqvarna?!?!?!?!?!?!?!

:D

Magicman · January 30, 2011, 10:19:02 PM

Yup, I searched a 2008 thread in the Forestry and Logging Board:

https://forestryforum.com/board/index.php?topic=32243.0

After reading all 4 pages, I just could not argue with the consensus of the posters.

Dan_Shade · January 30, 2011, 10:45:43 PM

you'll like it, as an added bonus, I have found that people don't talk to me while I'm working if I'm wearing the hardhat and ear muffs :-)

doctorb · February 03, 2011, 08:08:48 AM

Hey Magicman -

Check out your post from
« Reply #18 on: November 14, 2010, 06:04:05 pm »
on the Electric Log Splitter Thread:

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"For someone that is always looking out for everyone else's safety, I don't seem to take very good care of myself. I do always wear full safety gear when sawing on the mill."

Hope that stuff from Husqvarna arrives soon! Please be well. At this rate, Jeff may have to start a whole new category just to catalog your injuries. :D :D ;D ;D

Doctorb

Magicman · February 03, 2011, 08:42:26 AM

:D :D You nailed me doctorb.

I guess that I have been guilty of experiencing the need, before providing the need. I starting wearing chainsaw chaps after a very scary incident when I was alone sawing and waaay back in the woods. I still have those pants. :-\

I'll wait for my new noggin protector before I fell any more trees.

Samuel · February 03, 2011, 10:07:47 AM

Glad to hear you ordered yourself some protection. That makes safety "geeks" like me happy when we see people being safe, but sorry you had to graduate from the school of hard knocks first.

Besides, you wouldn't want a fight with a limb impacting your ability to come up to Northern Alberta again to get one of those big white tails would you? :D

Burlkraft · February 03, 2011, 10:24:52 AM

I have a pair of Wild Ass jeans that have a nice 8" rip across the thigh

I was the luckiest Forestry Forum Member that day!

It got through 2 layers of of the pants and just put a scratch across the top pf my thigh.

It's always chaps for me now ;D ;D

And Dan is right Nobody trys to talk to you when you have a helmet and ear muffs on.

I wear a big old pair of moto-cross goggles too

Magicman · February 03, 2011, 10:32:07 AM

I looked down and saw a shiny quarter lying on the ground. I looked around to see who was playing tricks on me. The chainsaw had cut through the double front on my pant leg and the outside of the pocket. :-\

Burlkraft · February 03, 2011, 10:44:59 AM

Oooooooohhhhh That was a close one.

Did ya find the joker that was dropping quarters? :D :D

jim king · February 03, 2011, 11:39:04 AM

I know how to do things like that also.

Samuel · February 03, 2011, 12:04:14 PM

Bet you will remember your anniversary next year... ;D

Jeff · February 03, 2011, 12:41:56 PM

Quote from: jim king on February 03, 2011, 11:39:04 AM
I know how to do things like that also.

Next time you tell that Monkey no more bananas, do it with a smile.

beenthere · February 03, 2011, 12:56:09 PM

Quote from: Burlkraft on February 03, 2011, 10:24:52 AM
I have a pair of Wild Ass jeans ..................

Isn't that fitting. :

:

;D ;D

Burlkraft · February 03, 2011, 01:46:50 PM

Quote from: beenthere on February 03, 2011, 12:56:09 PM
Quote from: Burlkraft on February 03, 2011, 10:24:52 AM
I have a pair of Wild Ass jeans ..................

Isn't that fitting. : :

;D ;D

No they don't fit right they got a big DanG hole in the leg!

Magicman · February 03, 2011, 02:29:30 PM

Quote from: Magicman on February 03, 2011, 10:32:07 AMThe chainsaw had cut through the double front on my pant leg and the outside of the pocket.

Too close to the Johnson homestead. :

ARKANSAWYER · February 03, 2011, 02:54:04 PM

Where's the Video when you need it. We could have sent it to AFV and made some money. I have never done anything as knothead as that.

Burlkraft · February 03, 2011, 02:55:53 PM

Quote from: Magicman on February 03, 2011, 02:29:30 PM
Quote from: Magicman on February 03, 2011, 10:32:07 AMThe chainsaw had cut through the double front on my pant leg and the outside of the pocket.

Too close to the Johnson homestead. :

Was it just the little young Johnson that was home at the time? :D ;D

Magicman · February 03, 2011, 03:49:06 PM

Quote from: Burlkraft on February 03, 2011, 02:55:53 PMWas it just the little young Johnson that was home at the time? :D ;D

Nope, the little old Johnson was home. :-\

Magicman · February 04, 2011, 07:09:54 PM

The mail lady came today with an Amazon box. The Knothead protector came in.

Makes me feel like I wanta go kill something, but those SYP trees are already dead. I'll just fell them.

Jeff · February 04, 2011, 07:13:44 PM

The tough part is that they apparently feel the same way about you!

isawlogs · February 04, 2011, 07:19:03 PM

Probably a good thing you did not have this on, you would of had a big hole in the screen now :

;D

Magicman · February 04, 2011, 07:25:10 PM

Maybe I can at least level the playing field a bit. This thing came with a 51 page instruction manual, one of which I could read,and it was #46. I was beginning to think the even the pictures were in another language. :-\

clww · February 05, 2011, 10:52:03 AM

DanG! A 51 page manual to read?

pigman · February 05, 2011, 12:45:30 PM

If a manual doesn't have pictures I might as well throw it away. :-[

Ron Scott · February 05, 2011, 01:45:31 PM

A great purchase. ;)

Jeff · February 05, 2011, 01:56:48 PM

Quote from: isawlogs on February 04, 2011, 07:19:03 PM

Probably a good thing you did not have this on, you would of had a big hole in the screen now : ;D

Those screens will stop more than you might think.

Reddog · February 05, 2011, 06:06:06 PM

Quote from: Jeff on February 05, 2011, 01:56:48 PM
Quote from: isawlogs on February 04, 2011, 07:19:03 PM

Probably a good thing you did not have this on, you would of had a big hole in the screen now : ;D

Those screens will stop more than you might think.

Yup until your nose stops the screen. Then the end of your nose looks like it went through a cheese grater. :D

Warbird · February 05, 2011, 08:58:43 PM

Those things aren't meant to stop artillery shells, guys... ;)

Magicman · February 05, 2011, 09:32:08 PM

I cut firewood and wore it today. The muffs really stop the noise, but maybe I like my earplugs better. I'll decide after a little more time and use.

Jeff · February 05, 2011, 10:06:31 PM

I use both at the same time. The muffs add some impact protection as well.

isawlogs · February 06, 2011, 09:25:38 AM

I know too well what thery can stop , been there a few times .... :

Raphael · February 10, 2011, 12:34:02 AM

I need replacement muffs for mine... Some mouse decided they'd make a fine outhouse. >:(

submarinesailor · February 10, 2011, 06:54:07 AM

Quote from: Raphael on February 10, 2011, 12:34:02 AM
I need replacement muffs for mine... Some mouse decided they'd make a fine outhouse. >:(

Had the same thing happen. But, as soon as I replaced the parts with new ones for the local Stihl dealer, I made a mess of it by running over it with the tractor.

Tractor 1, hard hat 0. :

:

Not one of my better days.

Bruce

DanG · February 10, 2011, 01:42:29 PM

Just be happy your head wasn't in it, Bruce.

:D :D

clww · February 10, 2011, 06:37:17 PM

Yeah, replacement parts for the head are hard to track down, even on eBay! :D :D

Busy Beaver Lumber · February 17, 2011, 07:45:45 PM

I have the same helmet as the one magicman bought and I swear by it. Last year i had it on when I was running the log splitter and was splitting a very stubborn piece of oak. About half way through and the log gave a loud moan and literally shot off the splitter in two pieces. The one piece went 30 feet clear across the shop and hit the wood wall. The other piece, hit me square in the metal face guard on the helmet, hard enough that it took the helmet right off my head. Scared the daylights out of me, but I am happy to say, the helmet did its job and I escaped without a scratch. Just had to bend the metal face shield back into shape a bit. Without the helmet, I am convinced I would have been looking at at least a broken nose and some missing teeth, possibly some stitches.

I like that helmet so much, I bought a second one to keep in the truck all the time so I have it handy

Ron Scott · February 18, 2011, 09:45:53 AM

That experience quickly makes one a believer. ;) Well done on having one readily available in case of need.

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