So you want the whole gruesome story! OK so here goes. My shop is my one car garage, so it has always been packed and most everything is on wheels so it can be moved easily,
(due to back fusion back in 97)!! My drill press sits close to the garage door and a storm was upon us. So I was in a hurry, so I could finish before the rain got in as it was pouring down! 1st mistake, 2nd mistake, I did not put on a heavy glove, too big of a hurry to run and grab a pair of vice grips either, that was third and final mistake along with not listening to that little voice!!
As I was drilling that 2nd hole and just before the bit breaks thru It grabbed. I ain't as fast as I used to be and the rest is stupidity!!!
As for closing it. I know a young man from another site who was a medic from a tour in Iraq and two more in Afghanistan. Us here at home would think they would not have sent them in to battle without what they need. After Vietnam I should know better! Anyway in the height of the carnage over there they discovered if they could close the wound on the battlefield, the survival rate went up by 60%+. They soon ran out of medical grade superglue and then they discovered it did not matter. Super glue was superglue. They started having folks back send them care packages from home that included silly string, (to expose trip wires) and superglue among other things!
I don't recommend this. it is an entirely, up to you decision!
If there is a chance of something in it don't do it, unless it is to get you to a doctor! Over there if they needed to open it when they got them out of the field, they did! For me I take blood thinners for my heart,
(a result of my misspent youth)!! So when I get a cut I bleed like a stuck pig.
I did construction all my life so you also learn stopping the bleeding is key. Once I had the bleeding completely stopped, I cleaned with Peroxide and put a drop of superglue in the cut. Bent my finger and let the wound close, all but one tiny corner. If there is any infection it allows for a drain!
I then grabbed some plastic silverware, (the kind you get with takeout), took out the knife! they make good epoxy stirrers and splints! I cut it long enough to go from tip of finger to halfway on the palm. Bandaged the wound and taped the plastic knife/splint to the tip of the finger and the palm and more bending the finger!
The body recognizes the superglue as a foreign substance and will heal under the glue pushing it to the surface. In this case it will be healed enough to keep the cut healed together and no stitches. It works as good as stitches and I don't like stitching myself up!
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One piece of advice if there is pain at the site or extreme redness it is probably getting infected and go to the doctor!! Like I said earlier.
I don't recommend this. it is an entirely, up to you decision! Or as John Wayne said
, if you are gonna be stupid, you gotta be tough!!