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Unread 01-03-2007, 13:54
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Rookie Year: 2005
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Re: Blood, sweat, & tears.

We've never had anything too serious, this was probably the worst injury on our team this year. I was making a small hover bot out of some foam core, plastic bag, and two of the big fans included in the kit. I found that there were two types of big computer-case-type fans, the ones with a metal housing and the ones with a plastic housing. I also noticed that the plastic ones had a higher rating for the amount of power they would use so I, of course, used those.

I hooked one of the fans up to a power supply and that caused the hover bot to start to hover and move towards the edge of the table. My first reaction was to grab the bot to stop it from falling and I reached for one of the fans, which then sliced a piece of the side of my finger off. Fortunately, the power supply overloaded and cut the power when my finger caused the fan to stop spinning so I guess it could have been worse. The skin eventually grew back, but I do have a small divot there.
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