You ever send PLA under your finger nail? ?

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  • BrickHaus
    Tactical Spoon Reacquired
    • Sep 2020
    • 3414
    • Minnesota
    #1

    You ever send PLA under your finger nail? ?

    I did this about a week ago, but I wanted to share.

    So my wife for me a filament dryer for Christmas. I was excited to get my old filaments dried and get back to printing. As they were printing, I figured Id get my printers ready. The ender 3 pro still had an old few bits of PLA stuck to it from my last failed print. I didnt think much of it, ai was using my middle finder nail to het under the pieces and free them up. I got to the last piece. This roughly 1" long piece of pla. It was particularly stuck better than the rest. I gave it a few quick scratches when it finally dislodged. It wan along the bottom of my fingernail and ended up somewhere behind my cutical. I took a gasp, realized what happened, and. I insta pulled the piece back out in a reactionary move. Man that hurt both times...

    The first photo was right after it happened. The second photo is how it looks today.

    And yes, I know my nails are disgusting, and ugly. it is what it is.


    Needless to say, be careful scratching filament off of your beds folks. Maybe use the scraper the oen provides.
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    • Alexndl
      MCB member
      • Jul 2020
      • 3527
      • Montreal, Qc, Canada
      #2
      Ouch...
      it happen to me once but only 1/8" deep.

      At least it went in and out clean.
      💀Team Ragnastock💀

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        • Jordan
          I. Am. Canadian. 🇨🇦
          • Jul 2020
          • 3508
          • Southern Ontario, Canada
          #3
          Plenty of wood and metal splinters but nothing quite like that.... geez.

          Glad you got it out!

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            • Spider!
              MCB Member
              • Jul 2020
              • 541
              • Houston
              #4
              Gnarl. I go at those things from the side, but maybe not anymore.
              Feedback

              https://www.mcarterbrown.com/forum/b...der-s-feedback

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                • goofyman23
                  Indecisive++
                  • Jul 2020
                  • 289
                  • New England
                  #5
                  Hell naw, print this bad boy: https://www.printables.com/model/278...blade-swap-mod
                  Feedback 🔫🔫
                  Regular at Matt's.

                  Dumpster Fire PB

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                    • AnarchicArctic
                      💀Founder Ragnastock💀
                      • Jul 2020
                      • 963
                      • Berkshires
                      #6
                      Decided to learn the hard way huh? Ouch

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                        • Ilynelson
                          Newbie
                          • Jan 2023
                          • 1
                          #7
                          That sounds like it really hurt! I've definitely had my fair share of painful moments while printing, but I've never had a piece of PLA go under my nail. I'll have to be extra careful from now on. I have a friend who went to one of the schools for nail tech and she always has perfectly manicured nails, so I'm sure she would have some tips for you on how to keep your nails healthy. Have you tried using some lotion or oil to moisturize them? That could help with the healing process. But seriously, be careful when removing filament from your beds, it's not worth the pain.

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