FabSwingers.com forum: Attempting DIY..

By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago

..so I have to do a minor mechanical repair on my car. Easy enough it seems from a YouTube video. Just need a few tools.

I'm looking for stories of DIY disasters...

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Opened a artery in my hand once whilst cutting some upvc fascia. Its interesting seeing your own blood hitting a wall 3 feet away from you!

Also managed to put a drill bit through the palm of my left hand.

I am a liability.

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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago

"Opened a artery in my hand once whilst cutting some upvc fascia. Its interesting seeing your own blood hitting a wall 3 feet away from you!

Also managed to put a drill bit through the palm of my left hand.

I am a liability. "

Fuck!

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"Opened a artery in my hand once whilst cutting some upvc fascia. Its interesting seeing your own blood hitting a wall 3 feet away from you!

Also managed to put a drill bit through the palm of my left hand.

I am a liability.

Fuck!

On the bright side, it wasn't my wanking hand!

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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago

"Opened a artery in my hand once whilst cutting some upvc fascia. Its interesting seeing your own blood hitting a wall 3 feet away from you!

Also managed to put a drill bit through the palm of my left hand.

I am a liability.

Fuck!

On the bright side, it wasn't my wanking hand! "

Silver linings and all that

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By *aggy dollsCouple
over a year ago

bradford

I may or may not have set myself on fire whilst welding our campervan

Mr H

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By *adMerWoman
over a year ago

Sandwich

Not exactly a disaster. I had to remove the shelf in the cupboard under my kitchen sink so that I could connect my new washing machine.

I then was really struggling to put it back in place, so I gave up. Then I discovered that I can actually fit more in and find it more easily without the shelf there. Silver linings

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

I needed a shelf put up.

Fuck that easier to move somewhere that’s already got one.

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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago

"I may or may not have set myself on fire whilst welding our campervan

Mr H "

. You lived to tell the tale.

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By *ong-leggedblondWoman
over a year ago

Next Door

"Opened a artery in my hand once whilst cutting some upvc fascia. Its interesting seeing your own blood hitting a wall 3 feet away from you!

Also managed to put a drill bit through the palm of my left hand.

I am a liability. "

No power tools as preesents

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By *UGGYBEAR2015Man
over a year ago

BRIDPORT

"I may or may not have set myself on fire whilst welding our campervan

Mr H "

Haha. Ruined many an item of clothing whilst welding.

Got the mask on busy welding away, then you catch the waft of something burning that isn’t welding fumes.

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By *aggy dollsCouple
over a year ago

bradford

"I may or may not have set myself on fire whilst welding our campervan

Mr H

. You lived to tell the tale.

Yeah it's just a minor burn on my ankle, it smelled nice though

Mr H

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"Opened a artery in my hand once whilst cutting some upvc fascia. Its interesting seeing your own blood hitting a wall 3 feet away from you!

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I did that while trying to unstick a window, from outside, on a ladder. Put my hand thru a pane of glass and sprayed blood all over someone's living room. It's quite scary how quick it comes out.I also put my whole face thru a window and walked away with a minor cut.

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By *oodmessMan
over a year ago

yumsville

When taking turf and concrete off a driveway, I broke or part broke a mini digger three times. It somehow didn't fit back onto the trailer it came on too but it was already handed over so.. not my job.

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By *ndycoinsMan
over a year ago

Whaley Bridge,Nr Buxton,

Next door neighbour,moved in that day,decided to nail down a length of loose floorboard,managed to put half a dozen nails through a hot water pipe,called me round,room full of steam.Got the water turned off.Floorboard had "wiggle lines" on it in marker."Oh,I thought a small child had been drawing on the floor" he said.One of many horror shows from that guy.

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By *arriedcoupleNECouple
over a year ago

Newcastle upon Tyne

I started a minor repair on a motorbike about 12 years ago, it's still not finished and it now requires a lot more repairs

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By *histle do nicelyMan
over a year ago

Glasgow South

30 years ago I was sitting with my good friend Sean Connery in the 19th hole at St Andrews having a beer...

I noticed he had a cut above his left eyebrow and asked him how he managed that.

He explained that he was building something off the floor to display his many awards . Then when looking up something sharp fell down hitting him about the eye. I asked if he was ok....

He replied.... I blame myshelf..

Ha!

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By *elvet RopeMan
over a year ago

by the big field

I'm actually pretty excellent at mechanics and DIY stuff, but with doing lots of it, it comes with increased risk of 'issues'.

Once of my best was trying to free up a seized brake adjuster. Lots of WD40 type stuff, spanner, hammer- slowly starting to free it and all going well until the hammer clipped the edge of the wheel arch and basically deflected it to hit the top of my thumb against the spanner, which removed an entire chunk of flesh in a perfect thumbnail shaped arc on a nice flap of still attached skin.

Being an invincible teenager, i did actually complete the job a while later, after passing out, throwing up, copious plasters and dressings and having to lie down for a few hours (and some excellent pain killers my dad had for his dodgy back).

Seem to remember my thumb working its way through the entire rainbow over the following months too- probaly should have done A&E in hindsight

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By *ostindreamsMan
over a year ago

London

First time I painted a ceiling in my house, I did it without covering it with a dust sheet. Luckily I didn't have any items in the room. The floor was a mess though

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

I’ve fallen through 2 floors.

1 was my fault, nothing but my ego damaged and I had to re plaster a bedroom Cieling.

2nd one was someone else’s fault and I broke my ribs.

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By *naswingdressWoman
over a year ago

Manchester (she/her)

A relative was cutting through some wood.

Eleven hours of surgery resulted and they did save his hand, but the affected part only has about 40% function.

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By *mber81Woman
over a year ago

Chorley, Eng

My dad left a hammer at the top of a very high ladder up the side of the house. Moved the ladder, hammer fell down landed on his head claw side. There was a lot of blood.

I enthusiastically pulled an old fireplace away from a wall and ended up underneath it.

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