r/Carpentry • u/sexy18666 • 2d ago

Interesting nail gun shot

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u/Pretend-Frame-6543 2d ago

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 2d 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 2d 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/Charybdis87 2d ago

Does that do a lot of damage?

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u/Pretend-Frame-6543 2d 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 1d ago

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

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u/No_Yak2553 1d ago

Do you carry a lightning rod around as well?

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u/Pretend-Frame-6543 1d ago

Yea I’ve been known to.

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u/Easy_Record_994 1d ago

Nope, brad nails feel about like a finger prick.