Solder Burns: Ouch

[Indigno]

Today while modding my TV screen to use LEDs instead of a tube, my mom called me and I clamped my iron onto my clam and went to help her. I came back, and immediately swung my left hand into the iron. Now I have a gigantic blister that's likely to scar (It's about the size of the digit of my index finger). Luckily, I stuck my hand into our kegerator before any serious damage was done, but hours later it still hurts like hell.

How often do you burn youself or injure yourself in general while working on a project?

[cowsgoquack101]

Well, quite a few times. Itusually involves the iron falling off the counter and I tryto stop it and I touch it or brush it.

[Jimmy]

I've never been burned by a soldering iron (sadly, I haven't soldered anything yet ), but I have a scar from when the toaster strudell's frosting flew out of the toaster and burned me.

[Indigno]

I've never been burned by a soldering iron (sadly, I haven't soldered anything yet ), but I have a scar from when the toaster strudell's frosting flew out of the toaster and burned me.

AHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA That made my day

[atari2600a]

I've gotten some small scars from my soldering iron back in my n00b days...

The worst blister I've gotten was from touching some hot glue I THOUGHT cooled down! The blister was about the size of a dime.

Then, last independence day, I burnt both my thumbs lighting fireworks. No serious blisters, but it did brown the skin. (my thumbs kinda thickened/roughened up thanks to it...)

[Klefmung]

I have blisters on the tips of every finger after my "dodgy" methods of getting the cart slot out of my custom pcb after putting it on the wrong side. <_<

[Shadeslayer]

G-force gave me a soldering iron last year and when I went to go use it I plugged it in and went to get some stuff. When I came back I tried picking it up and found out why G-force gave me the soldering iron in the first place. Half the handle heats up with the iron so I grabbed it and burned all my fingers. It kind of hurt but I dropped it fast enough before it did any real damage. Luckly I was out in the garage so when I dropped it it didn't burn anything!

[gamemasterAS]

Well I work in my basement on the floor and left a hot iorn on the floor. I was sitting playing my ds for a brake and acidently leaned backwards. And the side of my hand went directly on the iorn. The scars like 1and 1/2 inches long to 2 inches long and about have a inch wide.

IT HURT.

[Turbo Tax 1.0]

one time i wentto plug in my iron and i accidently plugged in my desoldering iron that was on the carpet i spun around in my swivel chair and accidently stepped on it ,burnt my foot pretty nice and left an imprint in my carpet in my room

[Weebl]

No soldering iron burns, but every time I use a hot glue gun I get burned by touching the hot glue accidentally.

[blackbox_dev]

No soldering iron burns, but every time I use a hot glue gun I get burned by touching the hot glue accidentally.

Heh, me too.

[Triton]

only portable related injuries ive recieved is a blister from hotglue (didnt hurt, small) some xacto stabs into thumb/hand (didnt hurt, bleed a lot tho, one was a 1/8" deep in tip of thumb) and molten plastic in the face, stings but no scars or blisters (freakin dremel slag stuff lol)

[Joes2Silly]

I usually dont hurt myself that much when working on projects but a week ago I was working on a computer and either a screwdriver or something else went up my nail on my thumb (still cant figure out exactly what happened though)

[daguuy]

i've touched the hot end of my iron so many times but i don't have any burns. must be those mortal kombat reflexes . i did burn a nice hole in my bed though

[Metroid fan]

Today while modding my TV screen to use LEDs instead of a tube,

I don't suggest doing that as you have a 100% chance of failure the tube is what puts the picture on the screen and happens to be full of lead which would happen to possibly kill you.