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Note to self. Don't be a dummy. And always remember, the distance between the end of a mower blade and the inside edge of a mower deck, is less than the width of a finger.

So the bolt that hold the blade on this JD deck rounded off. No problem, I'll just take the nut on the other end off, pull the spindle out and get it off on the vice and a pipe wrench. And use heat if need be.
Well, to hold the deck in place while I put the impact on the pulley nut, I wrapped my hand around the deck, and hit the trigger on the impact. The blade spun around and wedged my finger in between it and the deck. And just stuck there.
OMG, the only way to get it out was to turn the blade.
After 20 minutes of bleeding, I could finally see it's cut through the nail into the quick, right there where the nail first comes out of the skin.

I'm gonna lose this nail for sure. Looks like a few months of having a tender finger.

Only people that drink beer and do nothing have no accidents.

Be thankful you hadn't just sharpen the blade. Could have been a lot worst like missing finger tip.

Hopefully you learned your lesson and won't do it again.

StarTech said:

Be thankful you hadn't just sharpen the blade. Could have been a lot worst like missing finger tip.

Hopefully you learned your lesson and won't do it again.

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You ain't kidding about that. The way it spun onto my finger would've been the sharp edge. One thing that saved me, besides it being dull, it's a little shorter (1/8th") than the new blades.
1/8th" is a lot of finger.

So much for that manicure.

Glades Cat said:

So much for that manicure.

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I wonder if I'd get a discount?

PTmowerMech said:

I wonder if I'd get a discount?

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I got hurt this year with a ratchet strap around a flat tire , trying to release it after being aired up. I have about one minor accident per year in my shop. I try to be as careful as possible. Please be safe and I’m glad your finger isn’t worse.

Yes we all have our share of stupid mistakes every year. Hopefully I done got in my quota for the year here too. I learn to use a much longer punch the time I got to get out a bearing remains. Thumb got into between the hammer and the spindle housing last week. no boo boo on the hammer side but the spindle side didn't fair as well. Painful cut was the result.

I try not too inflate fully using a strap just enough to get the bead sealed then release and fully inflate. Boy I hate new tires, especially those three sided ones.

I fit new tyres to the outside of the rims then leave them like that for as long as possible so the tyre walls stretch out
When setting the bead remove the valve & use an air duster with a big hole .
Once the beads seat remove the duster and put the valve in
During this time the tyre will deflate enough to undo the strap without loosing a finger
And yes some times I have to do it 3 times .

As for bearings I use an air hammer and rivet setter because it is long enough to go the full length of the spindle housings .
Got some very long chisel bits coming from China by row boat it seems

StarTech said:

Yes we all have our share of stupid mistakes every year. Hopefully I done got in my quota for the year here too. I learn to use a much longer punch the time I got to get out a bearing remains. Thumb got into between the hammer and the spindle housing last week. no boo boo on the hammer side but the spindle side didn't fair as well. Painful cut was the result.

I try not too inflate fully using a strap just enough to get the bead sealed then release and fully inflate. Boy I hate new tires, especially those three sided ones.

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I just bought a new tire for this JD. The local tire shop has them for about what I can get them online for. Their price includes mounting. Those things can be very frustrating. I just wished they could put them on without using vice grips. That's going to create a rust spot very soon.

No me. But I can almost feel it.

Tiger Small Engine said:

I got hurt this year with a ratchet strap around a flat tire , trying to release it after being aired up. I have about one minor accident per year in my shop. I try to be as careful as possible. Please be safe and I’m glad your finger isn’t worse.

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I did the same thing in May of this year. Cost me 8 stitches in my right forearm.. And the funny thing is this happened 3 days after talking to a guy that lost the tip of his thumb at the knuckle doing the same thing we did.

After 2 "oh crap" moments trying to seat tire beads I got an air blast bead seater. One of my best purchases ever. Actually have 2 now. Once you use one you won't use anything else.

Hammermechanicman said:

After 2 "oh crap" moments trying to seat tire beads I got an air blast bead seater. One of my best purchases ever. Actually have 2 now. Once you use one you won't use anything else.

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It's better than ether?

PTmowerMech said:

It's better than ether?

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One of the oh crap moments involved a tire and a can of ether. Luckily I had my head turned so I just burned all the hair off my right arm and the back of my head and first degree burns on the backs of my hand and fingers. Did the ether trick a bunch of times but it just takes one screw up.
If you ever use an air blast seater you won't want to use anything else. Even seats the triangular ones that get sent banded squashed flat.

bertsmobile1 said:

I fit new tyres to the outside of the rims then leave them like that for as long as possible so the tyre walls stretch out
When setting the bead remove the valve & use an air duster with a big hole .
Once the beads seat remove the duster and put the valve in
During this time the tyre will deflate enough to undo the strap without loosing a finger
And yes some times I have to do it 3 times .

As for bearings I use an air hammer and rivet setter because it is long enough to go the full length of the spindle housings .
Got some very long chisel bits coming from China by row boat it seems

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Have tried this trick I use here. When a new tire comes I install an inner tube and air up tube. Then I let this sit out in the hot sun and then the next morning when tire has cooled back down remove the tube and install the tire. Most times it works.

I'm finally getting new nail growing in. You can see where the blade cut into my nail and a little of the quick. The nail actually grew back together in most places. But I've been a little rough on it lately, so the crack is showing. All the colors that popped up under the nail was weird. It's down to yellow, black and brown not.