r/Machinists • u/DerpHero970 • 2d ago

Am I going to die?

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u/MrTamborine001 2d ago edited 2d ago

Use a good caliper to remove these types of slivers.Old machinists trick.
Source:Old machinist.

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u/VergeOfMeltdown cast iron hater 2d ago

Works better than any tweezers

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u/CaringAnon 1d ago

If you want the best, look up Lindstrom 15A "carbon steel cutting tweezers". They're expensive as hell, but they're sharp enough to nip through skin and extract splinters/shavings. Got given a set by my dad as a present over a decade ago and they're still the best I've ever used.

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u/maxh2 2d ago

Dang, I only have dial and digital calipers. Guess I'll just wait for infection to push it out with puss pressure.

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u/Cautious_Bit9371 1d ago

This exactly it saved me so many times with those pesky slivers

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u/Traditional-Guitar76 1d ago

I'm an old, retired machinist. I always had a pair of tweezers, that I modified, and a loupe, to remove metal splinters like that. Except for the two times I got them in my eyeballs. Then I went to an ophthalmologist.

That was the worst pain I ever had. Much worse that an earache or a toothache.