Transverse or Tuft Fracture of Distal Phalanx with nail bed removal

Could have been so much worse... :-)


Pictured are the outside view, inside view, and the only damaged parts I found on the garage floor.




Here is a link that shows different types of fractures and their names:

http://www.merck.com/mmpe/sec21/ch309/ch309b.html


and describing distal phalanx fractures specifically:

http://www.merck.com/mmpe/sec21/ch309/ch309b.html

this link shows diferent finger injuries:

http://www.aafp.org/afp/2001/0515/p1961.html

as does this one:

http://www.eatonhand.com/hw/hw011.htm

OUCH!!!

Today, I cut off the input shaft on the Triumph Tranny. No Problem - I wrapped electrical tape around it - and that made a nice squareish place to cut. When it came to the output shaft on the Forklift Motor, the tape wouldn't stick right... so i fired up the motor - picked a spot and scribed a mark on it with a scribe. then, I rested my hand on the top of the motor - my finger went into one of the radial rectangular cutouts in the frame for airflow and got caught in the fan and I chopped off the end of my finger and finger nail and part of the nail bed and broke the finger while I was at it. Worst of all, it tore off 2 cooling fan blades. Bummer. I bled after that - and went to the urgent care where i got x-rayed, antibiotics, and a tetnus shot and they are getting me in to an orthopedic hand guy. Here is a picture :-) (X-Ray picture only - I cannot stomach looking at the finger long enough to photograph it. :-( )

Progress on Spacer between Motor and Transmission

Went to Mendleson's yesterday and picked up a new old stock 13 inch stamped steel wheel and a couple 16 inch flange covers that are about .150 inches - I cut them down with a reciprocating saw with a bimetal blade and will weld it up soon. Best part... it KERCHUNKED with an awesome kerchunk when I sandwiched it together between the motor and tranny - haven't added the drum heads and cut bolt holes - but it is the correct thickness!! Sadly, I measured the runout of the output shaft of the Motor - and it is bent as I suspected... I will cut it in half to reduce the wobble and will work on the grooves and splines with a file to minimize the wobble - hopeflly removing it altogether - it is out by .013 in. - not much - but when amplified by the coupler... it has a good wobble to it at the moment.

Progress on the Triumph (Nickname Pending)

I have decided to go with 144 volts rather than 156. 156 just seems kinda rude - and not even or lucky and not divisible by 48 (as in not able to be charged with 3x 24 dollar 48v Chinese chargers.) So, Nickname is now Pending. Thought about TR-96 (too anemic.) "'Lectric 6" rolls off the tongue - but 6 what? 144 could be a gross... but how does that relate to a car... I'll update when I discover what the car wants to be called. for now, I'll post a picture of the awesome Fork Lift Motor I bought in Amish Mennonite country Indiana. They had to sell it as the Church was getting on 'em for building electric cars. (Just Kidding.) Also, I installed some guages and placed all of the parts where they'll go. Only thing I need now is to weld up a spacer between the bell housing and motor. (The most exciting part so far has been the custom 14 - to 10 tooth adapter that a fellow made for me in West Virginia - I've fired up the motor and spun the tailshaft of the tranny and it was awesome if slightly vibraty - I think that when I bolt the motor to the transmission - most of the vibration will go away - either that or it will waste the bearing on the output shaft of the motor. :-) )