This hasn't been my day. Besides discovering that the reason my good running saw wouldn't cut wood was because I had just installed a new chain backwards ( and publicly humiliated myself with this in another thread on this forum...)
I was splitting some wood earlier today, using an 8 lb maul and a grenade wedge. I had split several hickory rounds and was starting on a new one. I had the grenade well planted in the round and I raised back to smite it with a mighty whack. When I made contact, the grendade blew out a small wedge from the top of the round and then flew straight out and right into my kneecap. The wedge hit me, not the wood chip). Dropped me like a ton of bricks. I laid there almost in shock for several minutes. I just knew my kneecap was shattered. I eventually began to bend my leg a little and it didn't feel too bad. So I stood up and tested it. Seemed okay. So I finished splitting the rest of the rounds I was working on.
I guess I should wear knee pads now, as well as a helmet, ear and eye protection, chaps, steel toed boots. Maybe just get a hockey goalie outfit?
An hour later the knee is really hurting and hard to bend at all....
My motto for my life: It's Always Something!)
Kenster
I was splitting some wood earlier today, using an 8 lb maul and a grenade wedge. I had split several hickory rounds and was starting on a new one. I had the grenade well planted in the round and I raised back to smite it with a mighty whack. When I made contact, the grendade blew out a small wedge from the top of the round and then flew straight out and right into my kneecap. The wedge hit me, not the wood chip). Dropped me like a ton of bricks. I laid there almost in shock for several minutes. I just knew my kneecap was shattered. I eventually began to bend my leg a little and it didn't feel too bad. So I stood up and tested it. Seemed okay. So I finished splitting the rest of the rounds I was working on.
I guess I should wear knee pads now, as well as a helmet, ear and eye protection, chaps, steel toed boots. Maybe just get a hockey goalie outfit?
An hour later the knee is really hurting and hard to bend at all....
My motto for my life: It's Always Something!)
Kenster