Handy

[unixronin]

Got off lightly from yesterday’s little adventure with the garage door counterbalance spring.  To my surprise, there’s still essentially no visible bruising — just one single inkline bruise along the side of the second knuckle of my little finger.  The side of my hand is a little swollen, and the little finger’s a bit stiff, but that’s it.  That damn spring hit so hard, I really expected there to be a lot more sign of it this morning.

(Based on the weight of the door and the mechanical advantage of the pulley system, I’m estimating the spring had to have about 150lb of tension on it when it came off its anchor point.)

Oh yeah:  MYTH BUSTED!  ;)