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Posted: 1/27/2014 11:41:22 AM EDT
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I use the inspection microscope at work, then grab them out with calipers.
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Posted: 1/27/2014 11:42:58 AM EDT
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Might need to get a bic shaver and skim off some skin. If you know the grain/direction it went in, sometimes it will grab them out while you do it.
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Posted: 1/27/2014 11:43:52 AM EDT
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Might need to get a bic shaver and skim off some skin. If you know the grain/direction it went in, sometimes it will grab them out while you do it. and at the same time I can remove those pesky finger prints! |
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Posted: 1/27/2014 11:44:45 AM EDT
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Better than metal slivers in your eye!
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Posted: 1/27/2014 11:45:52 AM EDT
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Better than metal slivers in your eye! Safety glasses are required. Gloves are a no-no. |
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Posted: 1/27/2014 11:45:58 AM EDT
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Beats glass slivers.
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Posted: 1/27/2014 11:47:13 AM EDT
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Too bad its not ferrous metal. You could just schedule an MRI.
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Posted: 1/27/2014 11:48:31 AM EDT
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Safety glasses are required. Gloves are a no-no. Quote HistoryQuoted:
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Better than metal slivers in your eye! Safety glasses are required. Gloves are a no-no. yup.. hard to work with .204 dia bullets with gloves.. but yellow safety glasses are a must! my eyes are about the only sense i have that not messed up. |
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Posted: 1/27/2014 11:49:18 AM EDT
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Too bad its not ferrous metal. You could just schedule an MRI. LOL i have one coming up in May. and it just gets a little warm.. |
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Posted: 1/27/2014 11:49:30 AM EDT
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You must have soft girly hands.
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Posted: 1/27/2014 11:49:50 AM EDT
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Too bad its not ferrous metal. You could just schedule an MRI. Copper will react to magnets. 
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Posted: 1/27/2014 11:50:15 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: and at the same time I can remove those pesky finger prints! Quote HistoryQuoted: Quoted: Might need to get a bic shaver and skim off some skin. If you know the grain/direction it went in, sometimes it will grab them out while you do it. and at the same time I can remove those pesky finger prints! |
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Posted: 1/27/2014 11:51:15 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: yup.. hard to work with .204 dia bullets with gloves.. but yellow safety glasses are a must! my eyes are about the only sense i have that not messed up. Quote HistoryQuoted: Quoted: Quoted: Better than metal slivers in your eye! Safety glasses are required. Gloves are a no-no. yup.. hard to work with .204 dia bullets with gloves.. but yellow safety glasses are a must! my eyes are about the only sense i have that not messed up. |
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Posted: 1/27/2014 11:52:46 AM EDT
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Copper will react to magnets. Quote HistoryQuoted:
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Too bad its not ferrous metal. You could just schedule an MRI. Copper will react to magnets. Wait! You mean that brass magnet on a broomstick won't work for fast range cleanup?Shit I'm out $50 on that. 
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Posted: 1/27/2014 11:55:14 AM EDT
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One time I had a tiny fleck of 416 in my eye under the lid. After two weeks of irritation went to the eye doc and he found it.
I found myself in a chair with a very bright light poined at my eye and the doc says "I'm just gonna lift it right out of there," Out of my good eye I can see he's got what looks like a dental pick...don't fucking move! |
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Posted: 1/27/2014 12:02:31 PM EDT
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Wait! You mean that brass magnet on a broomstick won't work for fast range cleanup?Shit I'm out $50 on that. Quote HistoryQuoted:
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Too bad its not ferrous metal. You could just schedule an MRI. Copper will react to magnets. Wait! You mean that brass magnet on a broomstick won't work for fast range cleanup?Shit I'm out $50 on that. If you move it REALLY damn fast, it might move the brass a little. 
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Posted: 1/27/2014 12:03:22 PM EDT
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One time I had a tiny fleck of 416 in my eye under the lid. After two weeks of irritation went to the eye doc and he found it. I found myself in a chair with a very bright light poined at my eye and the doc says "I'm just gonna lift it right out of there," Out of my good eye I can see he's got what looks like a dental pick...don't fucking move! Pretty common for machinists that work with cast iron. |
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Posted: 1/27/2014 12:07:05 PM EDT
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I get small copper wire pieces in my hands and feet all the time. I get some 18ga X 1" hypo needles from the vet supply and keep them on hand just for splinters and slivers. Super sharp, and can dig any splinter out without any problem.
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Posted: 1/27/2014 12:09:35 PM EDT
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Better than metal slivers in your eye! Yep, the eye doc has to grind the imbedded metal particle out of your eye, with your eyelids propped open. Yes, you have to WATCH 
I've worn safety glasses religiously, ever since
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Posted: 1/27/2014 12:10:02 PM EDT
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the worst is a carbide bur on an Dremmel/Foredom tool. Pops grinds on something in my work space and doesnt blow it off. I come in next day grab my screwdrivers or move my hand on the bench and it looks like i got attacked by a mini metal porcupine.
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Posted: 1/27/2014 12:11:33 PM EDT
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I got a sliver in my right eye from some dumb shit I did not notice it until I was getting fitted for contacts and they flipped out.
I got sent straight the fuck over to an eye surgeon who strapped my head into a piece that looked like something from a medevil dungeon. Eye nummbed up and some lid clamps and I tell you what kids the sight of a 18ga butterfly needle coming directly at your eye you DO NOT move. I still get the shivers thinking of that. It was working it's way through the lense and almost was through and it would have been vision gon in that eye. |
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Posted: 1/27/2014 12:12:06 PM EDT
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Yep, the eye doc has to grind the imbedded metal particle out of your eye, with your eyelids propped open. Yes, you have to WATCH
I've worn safety glasses religiously, ever since Quote HistoryQuoted:
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Better than metal slivers in your eye! Yep, the eye doc has to grind the imbedded metal particle out of your eye, with your eyelids propped open. Yes, you have to WATCH
I've worn safety glasses religiously, ever since Been there done that, pulled the sliver out, then buffed the rust ring off with a dremel tool. |
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Posted: 1/27/2014 12:14:17 PM EDT
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Try rubbing the area with some sandpaper. Around 180 grit seems to work best for me. It works good on ferrous slivers. I've never tried it on copper. One of the old guys I worked with while I was still an apprentice taught me that trick. It really does work.
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Posted: 1/27/2014 12:14:20 PM EDT
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Been there done that, pulled the sliver out, then buffed the rust ring off with a dremel tool. Yessir, that's one of those mistakes you learn from on the first go-around 
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Posted: 1/27/2014 12:17:32 PM EDT
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A carbide burr can make your day real shitty too.
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Posted: 1/27/2014 12:17:34 PM EDT
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You must have soft girly hands. yes yes I do I keep them supple. With applications of lanolin.. |
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Posted: 1/27/2014 12:18:51 PM EDT
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Last sliver I got was from a box of drywall screws, I did not even notice I had it, until....
I went to unplug a low-profile plug from a power strip, my thumb and forefinger slipped under the plug a little, the sliver arced to the plug and I got a nice black burn on my fingernail and where the sliver was. |
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Posted: 1/27/2014 12:34:29 PM EDT
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Safety glasses are required. Gloves are a no-no. Quote HistoryQuoted:
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Better than metal slivers in your eye! Safety glasses are required. Gloves are a no-no. I've had chips that bounced around the wrap around style glasses.  Getting a dremel grinder taken to your cornea for an ulcerated inclusion is NOT an enjoyable experience.
Neither is having a nurse, who is holding a syringe needle, jokingly complain about her Parkinson's as she's headed for your eye to dig out a chip (metal sliver). 
Similar to the bic razor thing, I use a scalpel blade to drag the splinter out "with the grain". If that doesn't work (and copper ones are bad cause they are usually jagged little toothed bastards), slice with the scalpel along the length of the splinter and lift it out. Or, you could wait for it to be absorbed, or fester and squirt it out like a zit.
But, yeah, sometimes it's like they're laying RIGHT ON a nerve ending.
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Posted: 1/27/2014 12:35:07 PM EDT
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Too bad its not ferrous metal. You could just schedule an MRI. They won't give a toolmaker an MRI |
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Posted: 1/27/2014 12:49:55 PM EDT
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I work around fiber glass for about 10 yrs building MRI scanners. Duct tape is your friend. Stick the tape over the sliver pull the tape off. No more sliver.
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Posted: 1/27/2014 12:53:56 PM EDT
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Too bad its not ferrous metal. You could just schedule an MRI. They won't give a toolmaker an MRI Seriously? |
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Posted: 1/27/2014 12:55:11 PM EDT
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Better than metal slivers in your eye! I am seriously worried that I won't be able to get an MRI because of the possibility of having metal slivers in my eye sockets. I've always worn safety glasses but I think I've gotten shit in my eyes a couple of times when cutting on computer cases and even when I changed the fuel filter on my car (was wearing them then too in anticipation of gasoline spewing out). |
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Posted: 1/27/2014 12:56:06 PM EDT
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I recommend getting some of these. They work great and I dug a tiny sliver out of my hand today too.
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Posted: 1/27/2014 12:57:57 PM EDT
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Yeah they are a pain, indestructable too
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Posted: 1/27/2014 12:58:29 PM EDT
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I am seriously worried that I won't be able to get an MRI because of the possibility of having metal slivers in my eye sockets. I've always worn safety glasses but I think I've gotten shit in my eyes a couple of times when cutting on computer cases and even when I changed the fuel filter on my car (was wearing them then too in anticipation of gasoline spewing out). Quote HistoryQuoted:
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Better than metal slivers in your eye! I am seriously worried that I won't be able to get an MRI because of the possibility of having metal slivers in my eye sockets. I've always worn safety glasses but I think I've gotten shit in my eyes a couple of times when cutting on computer cases and even when I changed the fuel filter on my car (was wearing them then too in anticipation of gasoline spewing out). Im a gunsmith, ive had more MRI's then some of you have had years of life.. You will be fine.. trust me.. |
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Posted: 1/27/2014 1:11:20 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: I've had chips that bounced around the wrap around style glasses. Getting a dremel grinder taken to your cornea for an ulcerated inclusion is NOT an enjoyable experience. Quote HistoryQuoted: Quoted: Quoted: Better than metal slivers in your eye! Safety glasses are required. Gloves are a no-no. I've had chips that bounced around the wrap around style glasses. Getting a dremel grinder taken to your cornea for an ulcerated inclusion is NOT an enjoyable experience. |
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Posted: 1/27/2014 1:14:51 PM EDT
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Nitric acid is the only thing that will dissolve copper... I recommend dipping your hand in a 1000 ml container of fuming nitric acid. That should get rid of the sliver.
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Posted: 1/27/2014 1:19:00 PM EDT
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Im a gunsmith, ive had more MRI's then some of you have had years of life.. You will be fine.. trust me.. Quote HistoryQuoted:
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Better than metal slivers in your eye! I am seriously worried that I won't be able to get an MRI because of the possibility of having metal slivers in my eye sockets. I've always worn safety glasses but I think I've gotten shit in my eyes a couple of times when cutting on computer cases and even when I changed the fuel filter on my car (was wearing them then too in anticipation of gasoline spewing out). Im a gunsmith, ive had more MRI's then some of you have had years of life.. You will be fine.. trust me.. Why does being a gunsmith necessitate so many MRI's? |
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Posted: 1/27/2014 1:19:17 PM EDT
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God almighty the worst mistake I ever made was being eager to grab a steel part of the mill after it finished the clean-up pass. Steel so fine it was like hair embedded several places in my hand. NEVER again did I repeat that mistake. Your right, you can't see it at all but man everything you touch manages to find it.
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Posted: 1/27/2014 1:37:57 PM EDT
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Nitric acid is the only thing that will dissolve copper... I recommend dipping your hand in a 1000 ml container of fuming nitric acid. That should get rid of the sliver. Works better if your hand is coated in glycerin first. 
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Posted: 1/27/2014 1:40:04 PM EDT
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Better than metal slivers in your eye! I am seriously worried that I won't be able to get an MRI because of the possibility of having metal slivers in my eye sockets. I've always worn safety glasses but I think I've gotten shit in my eyes a couple of times when cutting on computer cases and even when I changed the fuel filter on my car (was wearing them then too in anticipation of gasoline spewing out). Im a gunsmith, ive had more MRI's then some of you have had years of life.. You will be fine.. trust me.. Why does being a gunsmith necessitate so many MRI's? Gunsmith no.. Cancer surviver yes.. Clean for 10 years.. But as a gunsmith you get lots of metal in ya..
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Posted: 1/27/2014 1:43:49 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: I recommend getting some of these. They work great and I dug a tiny sliver out of my hand today too. I'm old school.  |
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Posted: 1/27/2014 1:47:49 PM EDT
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You know what's worse than a metal sliver stuck in your finger?
Jewelers saw blades. |
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Posted: 1/27/2014 1:51:06 PM EDT
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You know what's worse than a metal sliver stuck in your finger? Jewelers saw blades. I was compressing an ejector spring on a double shotgun and had the screwdriver slip and imbed into my left hand.. Right into the web between the thumb and fore finger.. Its still numb there..
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Posted: 1/27/2014 2:00:58 PM EDT
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Metal hurts.
Composite fiber splinters are the worst. Especially boron. It will work it's way all the way thru your finger in few years. |
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Posted: 1/27/2014 2:26:28 PM EDT
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I guess that will teach me for working on copper with out gloves on. Im sitting here trying to find slivers i can't even see but man i sure can feel them when i touch any thing. Id rather be cut than get metal in me.. One summer I apprenticed in a machine shop and got a steel sliver in my index finger that got infected and went to Bacteremia...red line up the arm. I ended up hospitalized for a week on IV antibiotics. Be aware that these can fuck your day up. |
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Posted: 1/27/2014 2:51:17 PM EDT
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Im a gunsmith, ive had more MRI's then some of you have had years of life.. You will be fine.. trust me.. Quote HistoryQuoted:
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Better than metal slivers in your eye! I am seriously worried that I won't be able to get an MRI because of the possibility of having metal slivers in my eye sockets. I've always worn safety glasses but I think I've gotten shit in my eyes a couple of times when cutting on computer cases and even when I changed the fuel filter on my car (was wearing them then too in anticipation of gasoline spewing out). Im a gunsmith, ive had more MRI's then some of you have had years of life.. You will be fine.. trust me.. Turns out I wasn't entirely accurate.
• Patients who have previously worked with metal (i.e. welders, machinists, metal workers) are carefully screened for previous metal injury to the eyes. Patients who have had prior injuries to the eyes involving metal, or those workers who do not wear eye protection, may require an x-ray of the eyes to eliminate the possibility of any metal fragments. |
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