watch those fingers

To: tesla-at-pupman-dot-com
Subject: watch those fingers
From: Cabbott Sanders <cabbott-at-cyberis-dot-net> (by way of Terry Fritz <terryf-at-verinet-dot-com>)
Date: Wed, 14 Oct 1998 04:43:18 -0600
Approved: terryf-at-verinet-dot-com

 i got so much done on my 15 kw tesla coil tonight!!!  i built the entire
base cabinet, base/coil junction, and wired 100' of 4 awg to my breaker
box.. all was going well... until about 11 pm when i decided (against my
conscience) to go ahead and start on my primary coil mounts.  as i just
finished the last cut of plexi, my left hand got sucked into the blade!!!
(low light conditions, foggy safety glasses) . i lost my left pinki finger
(half of it) and lasserated my ring man pretty bad.  after it was cut off i
scrambled to find the cut off piece of finger, and there it lay atop of a
2x4, three feet off the ground. (rather a forboding sequence of events). i
just got back from the hospital they tried to re-attach the stump but it was
too ground up.  :-(  Now i am on pain killers but when i heal i cant wait to
fire my big bruiser coil up! (no pun intended!!)

Losing limbs in the name of tesla,
--
Cabbott Sanders
Salem Oregon
Website: http://members.aol-dot-com/cabbotttt
Phone 503-390-8992
Cel   503-930-9173

"And things were going so good too!"