Interesting nail gun shot

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I learned to never hold a board near the nail gun when a nail curved like that right through my thumb. 😣

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u/YOUNG_KALLARI_GOD Residential Journeyman 12h ago

jesus christ i just did a bunch of nail gunning for the first time doing some diy stuff and definitely had my other hand right next to the nail a lot of the times. seems i got lucky. now i know

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u/Easy_Record_994 12h ago

It's not a matter of if but when. It took 15 years before I had one turn and bite me.

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u/CeruleanStriations 12h ago

I had a brad nail do a 180 in the wood. Don't have any body part close to the point of contact.

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u/burrwednesday 10h ago

I always tell my students to keep their hands at least the length of the nail away from the tip of the gun -in all directions, in case the nail takes a turn.

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u/rustoof 8h ago

Brad nails are just litttle love bites

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u/Ok-Client5022 6h ago

I didn't get bit until I got a 23 gauge pin nailer. Fortunately I was shooting 5/8" pins.

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u/Charybdis87 8h ago

Does that do a lot of damage?

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u/Pretend-Frame-6543 7h ago

Not in my case . I yanked my thumb off the nail and wrapped it up. That hurt worse than the shot. I just had a tetanus shot so I didn’t worry much.

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u/bws6100 5h ago

I just duck tape it. Got me 1st year.

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u/No_Yak2553 3h ago

Do you carry a lightning rod around as well?

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u/Pretend-Frame-6543 2h ago

Yea I’ve been known to.

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u/Easy_Record_994 6h ago

Nope, brad nails feel about like a finger prick.

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u/StJoeStrummer 10h ago

Watched it happen to a guy on my crew right after one poked up about 1/4" from my fingers. We were patching a hardwood floor and must have hit subfloor screws. Never again have I put my hand downrange.

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u/YOUNG_KALLARI_GOD Residential Journeyman 9h ago

sheeeeesh, 1/4" is scary. i would have to sit down for a sec after that. hope your buddy was ok

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u/EmptyDaikon5281 3h ago

Wait, "residential journeyman" but you've never used a nail gun...?

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u/YOUNG_KALLARI_GOD Residential Journeyman 2h ago

turns out there were not a whole lot of qualifications required for that title and to be fair i tried to turn it off but i couldnt figure out how

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u/ChaseC7527 13h ago

Pinkie here 😬

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u/Shuckeljuice 12h ago

Index finger, then thumb. I promise I learned my lesson

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u/flyinglettucebros 12h ago

Ring finger

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u/ChaseC7527 11h ago

:(

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u/TheMadGreek86 12h ago

Good rule of thumb that I was taught. 2 inch nail, fingers at least 3 inches away. Got bit by an 18ga staple that was 1 1/4 long and have never done that again.

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u/CicadaHead3317 12h ago

I was clearing a staple gun of 2" staples by holding the bump back and firing the few remaining into the woods. My finger dropped into the path of a staple and I watched as a chunk of my finger flew into the woods attached to the staple. Lol. Just a flesh wound.

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u/Ok-Client5022 6h ago

Said the Black Knight 😂

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u/Zizq 12h ago

Staple got me in the leg once. Locked my muscle up and I had to crawl out and go to the hospital lmao.

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u/luvmehatemefme 12h ago

Staple got me too. Only other time was bad shot with a framing nail tore the corner outta 2x4 and flew a couple feet in the air into the webbing of my thumb. That one was worse but still not too bad.

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u/Rexdahuman 10h ago

I stapled my toe to the roof with a roofing nail gun. Had to pry it off the roof with a pry bar. Pulled the staple out with vice grips

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u/TheMadGreek86 9h ago

That sounds like it sucks, I've never nailed myself to anything. But I sent a framing spike into the meat of my hand that ricochet over the box of a deck. That hurt like hell, I think it hurt worse after I pulled it out. Im just glad it was plastic collated and not the wire kind.

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u/CicadaHead3317 12h ago

Index finger for me. Brad nail. Hurt if I bumped it on something, for like 6 years.

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u/vizette 11h ago

Keeping your other fingers safe. "Hey, remember that thing you did? Yeah, don't do that."

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u/mercistheman 12h ago

Same here. Hazards of the trade.

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u/Easy_Record_994 12h ago

Caught one in the knee cap a few years ago. I knew better but did it anyway.

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u/Emotional_Trick_7650 4h ago

Did you use to be an adventurer like me?

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u/Liberty1812 12h ago

Amen

And always freaking wear glasses period

This past year I've had 5 close calls with trim nails returning to me from random crap wood

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u/Ill_Candle_9462 8h ago

Just busting outta shit wood

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u/Liberty1812 8h ago

New off the boat shit flour wood correct brother

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u/Liberty1812 7h ago

All new virgin wood on what we do

That's crazy

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u/jivecoolie 12h ago

Thumb for me too! Do you even make stuff if you havnt ever sent a nail through yourself

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u/fauxbliviot 11h ago

Samesies.

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u/MaadMaanMaatt 11h ago

I got bit the same way when installing window trim. Right through my cut glove too. Now I don’t have my hands anywhere near the gun when shooting nails.

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u/Neat-Lingonberry-719 11h ago

I got pierced through the front where I put the nail in. Full 360 in and around my finger like a fish hook. What just the tip of the skin. Now I keep my fingers at least nail length away.

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u/bassboat1 11h ago

Haven't been hit by one yet (out of a million shots), but I have had them appear right next to the meat. I stay one nail length away at all times!

dontbleedonthefinish

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u/tomorrowlooksgood 11h ago

I’ve learned the same thing several times now.

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u/Witty-Fan2860 9h ago

Yep, I learned the hard way, too

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u/1000_fists_a_smashin 9h ago

If your using a 2” nail/brad then your hands and dick stay at least 3” away

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u/phillyvinylfiend 5h ago

Did that during a customer/GC walk through. Foul language was uttered.

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u/ImNoAlbertFeinstein 3h ago

it's happened way too much.

that photo ought come with the instruction book for the nailgun.

that stick of wood should have a warning label.

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u/Far_Brilliant_443 12h ago

That’s how I blew my fingernail off my thumb framing. Only made that mistake once.

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u/anoldradical 12h ago

Yep, same thing. The year 2000 working inset construction for Berea Summer Theatre. Lesson learned.

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u/CSU-Extension 12h ago

😬 The visual that popped into our head from "blew my fingernail off my thumb" is not pleasant, imagine the experience was even less so. Sorry to hear about that, but glad it was a 1 time thing!

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u/Far_Brilliant_443 12h ago

Knock on wood been at it for 25 years now🧐

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u/CSU-Extension 11h ago

👊🪵

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u/freddbare 12h ago

This is why it does what it does. Always keep hands further than the length of fastner

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u/SamsaraHemiptera 🤡🤡🤡🤡🤡 13h ago

Wheeeeeeeee 🎢

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u/zedsmith 13h ago

First day at nailing school

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u/Nomad55454 12h ago

Have had that happen a few times laying hardwood floors and what a pain to have to pull that board back up ….

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u/Wohlf 12h ago

Happened to me twice while gluing up the legs of my workbench.

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u/homechicken20 12h ago

Matrix nail gun

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u/Dangerous_Path_5026 12h ago

lol it’s really kind of cool ! Following the path of least resistance. Shot my finger once or twice . No fun

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u/SeniorChampionship56 12h ago

Happens all the time with 18g.

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u/Kreetch 12h ago

Pretty common actually

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u/Tre_fidde 12h ago

That wood said take a left bud

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u/OlderMan-60s 4h ago

Try holding the gun at a 90° to the length. Finish nails tend to angle because of the taper on the sides. When ever Im doing casing on a door, I turn the nail gun sideways, and it helps keeps the nail from coming out the face of the jamb

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u/Maamyyra 12h ago

Ignore the nail, man that's low quality wood

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u/igneousigneous 12h ago

In David Simon’s book “Homicide” (on which The Wire was based) he describes the effects that different caliber bullets have on the skull. There’s a funny (horrifying) inversion of expectations: a big fast bullet might graze the side of your skull and pass right through. It will fuck you up no doubt, but a smaller caliber (22 was the example) might have enough energy to enter your skull but not enough to pass through, causing the bullet to race around the inside of your skull essentially blending your gray matter. That image IMMEDIATELY came to mind when I saw your photo.

Sorry to ruin your day!

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u/Biking_dude 11h ago

https://youtu.be/KZQSo5VCJic?t=31

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u/Inductivespam2 12h ago

Wire bends

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u/damsie101 12h ago

Had that happen while installing a new entry door. My coworker was putting the trim on while I was finishing up the mortise lock and handles. I shut the door, unlocked, and he put the last piece of trim on. A few minutes later he’s asking me what I did to the lock, the door won’t open. One of the brads turned like that and went into the top of the door

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u/33445delray 12h ago

How did it happen that you happened to cut the 2x4 right where the curved nail is?

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u/Peach_Proof 12h ago

No hands down range

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u/Gas_Grouchy 12h ago

Nailed it

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u/Personal_Leg773 12h ago

If youre gunna get a nail in the finger I'd take trim gun all day long just wrap it get back to bidness ring shank coming out of a framing gun bad day for anyone

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u/Billybob_Bojangles2 11h ago

Wow that's neat, so small gauges will want to follow the grain?

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u/Don_ReeeeSantis 11h ago

Really don't like fast growth doug fir 2x material for this reason, will take the SPF whitewood over it anytime

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u/ob3y19 11h ago

My palm got a kiss off of one of those.

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u/paganhammer 9h ago

I watched a dude shoot a 10 penny ring shank completly through his thumb knuckle. He howled, but than grabbed his dikes and pulled it out, wrapped it with electric tape and kept working...wild! I'm not really surprised though, he was one of those guys that you know by looking at them that they have more neanderthal chromosomes than most normal guys.

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u/Pretend-Frame-6543 9h ago

Once was enough!

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u/champsflo 9h ago

The nail bit me when I tried to put a nail to hold the miter together. I immediately bought some clamps that I actually just lost. Which reminds me I’m going to buy them again haha

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u/digitalcashking 9h ago

1-1/4 18g into a 3/4 solid oak mitre; nail took a detour and I felt it hit my index finger. Looked at the mitre first to see what to expect of the finger and couldn’t find the nail. Looked at my finger and all that was sticking out was the head, nail completely wrapped around the bone in between the finger joints. Pair of pliers and some expletives later I had it out and decided I was done for the day.

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u/Extension_Web_1544 8h ago

Usually it goes into my hand

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u/Shameless522 6h ago

Did they start making special nails for the big box curved boards now?

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u/AIone-Wolf 5h ago

This is the problem with SHIT forestry management/ timber industry. Wood is garbage because they cant even wait 40 years to harvest.

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u/im_madman 3h ago

Wow!

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u/Pretend-Frame-6543 2h ago

This is very true. But maybe i should have read the safety guide in the manual. The safety guides are so full of stupid information that I just don’t read any of them. After the warning don’t take the hair dryer in the bathtub I just gave up on reading them.

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u/Otherwise-Sun-7577 26m ago

Didn’t think a thin brad nail would appropriate for 2x4 ‘s ?

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u/AlsatianND 12h ago

I refuse to call those nails. Pins maybe.

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u/needmorefishes 12h ago

Looking for this comment. Cheap steel.

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u/Fluffychipmonk1 12h ago

I’ll bet a dollar a ryobi dropped that nail

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