smashed finger - fingernail blister draining

[snowman]

I'm not putting this as OT, as I know it's part of the game!

I smashed my finger a week ago. Had a giant blister under the fingernail. I drilled a hole yesterday and drained the blister, felt GREAT for a while. Now the blister is back.

Will I have to drain this thing daily?

[John Stevenson]

Just every 3,000 miles and change the filter at 6,000

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[A.K. Boomer]

How did you drill it? did you throw it in the kurt? next time set up a stop...

[snowman]

no kurt, chinese import on a micro mill, stalled the spindle. Damn mill is worthless, and I missed the tolerance by an fifteen thou because I was converting mm to inch! Also had to put zero rake on the drill, was scared to have it self feed

No, I used a needle through most, but it hurt like hell, so I snipped the needle off, sanded the point flat and spun it in my finger til I drilled through the rest...no pain that way.

[doctor demo]

For deep hole drilling like that ,just up the feed and speed, depth stops are a waste of time +or - a eighth inch is close enough.
Steve

[Bill Pace]

You often have to open it 2, maybe 3 times....

I learned a long time ago its TOOOO painful to drill --- heat the end of the needle, paper clip, etc red hot and it just takes a touch to open it.... hurts like hell, but its over very quick, unlike that looong process of trying to get it drilled.

[dp]

http://www.thenewstoday.info/20051125/earthworms.can.help.dissolve.blood.clots.for.stroke.patients.html

Go fishing!

[Mcgyver]

this came up recently on PM....don't drill! well at least with press, one gent told a tale of the drill getting pulled right in - you'd think you'd use a pin vise not a dp . When I was kid, my Dad went to the doctor with this who heated up a paper clip red hot and burned a hole in nail. I've heard others say the same

[Weston Bye]

Use a sharp drill the first time.

I've done this on several occasions with a 1/32" drill in a pin vise, once for my daughter. Must have been a significant event in her life as she still brings it up decades later, and is still grateful.

And yes, I had to open or refresh the drain hole a couple times while it was healing.

[wierdscience]

When I do something to bruise a nail the first thing I do no matter how bad it hurts is squeeze and mash the finger tip forcing the blood to stay circulating.It hurts like hell,but it pays off in a smaller bruise or even better none at all.

[snowman]

well, i got my finger caught in a high lift jack, when i finally got my finger out, i passed out on my driveway. i'm not exactly sure how long i blacked out for, but when i woke up, it was already good and swollen.

i hate my lack of pain tolerance lately, i used to be able to stitch myself up, now i can barely pop a pimple

[laddy]

hope you feel better. I did it once about 18 years ago. Had to go out to dinner. They wanted to know if I wanted a drink. My thumb was throbbing like crazy. I asked for ice water, just to put my thumb in. Every 40 minutes I got a refill of ice. After dinner I had to give the ice water back.

The ride home was excruciating. I went to bed but everytime my wife moved I thought she would touch my thumb. Finally about 3:30am I came down and used a high speed dental drill to go through the nail. To my amazement it didn't relieve the pain nearly enough. I remember being in bad agony for about three days. Then for 6 months the nail coming off and finally growing back on.

Soak the finger/ thumb in salt water as much as you can. Get as much salt in the water till it won't dissolve any more. I would like to say warm water but I don't think you could take the throb it may cause. Chin up. Best regards Fred

[A.K. Boomer]

well, i got my finger caught in a high lift jack, when i finally got my finger out, i passed out on my driveway. i'm not exactly sure how long i blacked out for, but when i woke up, it was already good and swollen.

Thats crazy bro

i hate my lack of pain tolerance lately, i used to be able to stitch myself up, now i can barely pop a pimple

Lemmie guess --- you dont like the cold anymore either???

[Lew Hartswick]

When I was we tyke I had one and dad used his very sharp pocket
knife and scraped it gently till it went through. That way it made a
larger hole than a drill or the end of a hot wire and put very little
pressure on the sensitive pinky. Must have been about 6 or 7 , have
only had minor ones since and just let them grow out. As mater of
fact have the end bits of 3 just dissapearing now. :-)
...lew...

[IOWOLF]

So just what is the speed and feed for fingernail material?


Just trying to keep On topic.