Well, I have been reading about all of the near misses of injures, on
working on a stuck center board. I would like to add my own story.
Setting the scene: I had a stuck center board hanging down out of the
slot about about 1/2 inch. The clearance to the carpeted bunk was about
1 inch. I live in a duplex alone with no tenets at the time on the
other side. No cell phone in my pocket or a mega phone for that
matter. So ... I begin.
In my basement garage in the dead of night I wiggled my way past the
trailer tire to get at the stuck center board. I was able to get the
center board free with a just a few pulls. But I wasn't fast enough to
get my left hand pointer finger out of the way before it dropped and
trapped it on the carpeted bunk. It didn't hurt too bad but I couldn't
move it. No problem I thought. It's only 40 pounds but the entire 40
was on a 1/2 inch square area or less. That is 80 Pounds Per Square
Inch or more! As I tried to pull my finger out it felt like the flesh
was going to be pulled from the bone. Oh dear! I looked around my
garage/shop and there were no tools of any kind within reaching
distance, nothing! I laughted at the obsurdity of the whole situation
but I didn't want to lay there for 3 days until my girl friend came over
and found me there. I finally was able to use my right hand, with all
my might, to lift the center board to free that left finger. I still
feel lucky that it turned out okay!
Peter
Peanut M15 618
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