So, I had to make a couple of solder joints the other day, so I dropped my soldering block (it's a cutting board) on the counter and got to it. Like we all do from time to time, I got distracted and accidentally hit my finger with the iron, giving me one of those instant, painful surface burns that irons are good at.
This was not that bad.. until I dropped the iron to run cold water on my finger and didn't notice it roll off the cutting board and onto the counter. The three year old laminate countertop my wife loves.
Apparently laminate countertops are applied using a heat-based adhesive, and once heated enough, it will bubble up. When that bubble comes in contact with a soldering iron, the iron is plenty hot enough to burn a hole in the now bubbled up counter laminate.
[pauses to get reactions.. expecting range from "OMG you are dead" to "I did that once, just before the divorce"]
Good ol' boy's corollary to Murphy's Law: You don't learn anything the second time you're kicked by a mule.
-j
I have one of those big craftsman toolchests under my bench, so it doesn't cover my legs (probably not that good for my back either). I always think i'll remember to lean over, until 4 hours later, i'm tired, and the soldering iron cuts off a 2cm long piece of solder.
Don't laugh, once I managed to step on a hot soldering iron while in sock feet.
On a serious note, I stepped on a burning charcoal from the barbeque 25 year ago, and just dunked my foot briefly in the swimming pool.
A friend told me to leave my foot in the pool for several minutes ( to stop it cooking ) but I knew better, and didnt even cover the blister when it burst.
I now have one foot 1 size bigger than the other while rested, and much bigger than that after standing or walking all day.
Luckily the climate here allows me to be barefoot, or to wear adjustable strap sandals all year, otherwise I would have a massive shoe budget !
OK, the producers of " Finding Bigfoot" can rest now, he is in Cape Town
Oh dear, I have just noticed this is post 666 and I am a God member ?
Slag from the homemade fireworks, dripping down my wrist after I picked up the burning device to run to hide from my parents...
Interesting (and faint, by now) scar. Probably part chemical burn, but quite shallow...
justjed:
How does that compare to the ejected shell casing down your shirt?
I had a shell casing eject from the gun, bounce off my forehead, off the rim of my safety glass, then fall down and poke me in the eye. That was unpleasant.
Being shocked by a 300v capacitor out of an old camera (as i found out) however scary that was.... far far less painful to that of a soldering burn.
I touched it with 1 hand / entry point and then the other hand (through my arm, chest, other arm) i felt the exit strike through my other hand to something else i was holding... made my lower arm tingle and go numb for a while lol...
focalist:
[pauses to get reactions.. expecting range from "OMG you are dead" to "I did that once, just before the divorce"]
Okay, don't panic, this will cost you money and time besides the never live it down part.
Bed, Bath and Beyond; go scout out what they got on your own. If it looks promising, you'll have to supply the angle on "new, honey!" and even cheap flowers is 10x better than no flowers at all.
hehe.. Not likely. You don't stand a chance. Can't get That Pattern and No Other Will Do. Speaking of Will, is yours made out?
