[TheForge] Tongs & power hammer - a safety issue?

Mon Jan 12 15:02:00 2004

My daddy used to tell the story (true) of a one eyed carpenter.  Shot a =
nail
into his eye with a hammer blow, when the nail was crooked.  Not long =
after,
he wasn't a carpenter any more, he got the other eye.

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If your hands are baby smooth, with nary a trace of scratch or burn,=20
then maybe you are the super vigilant one that has no need to consider=20
any safety device, but if your hands are a callused network of minor=20
mishaps, then you might want to at least consider the merits  of various =

safety devices.   I used to say to myself I would never seriously hurt=20
myself  with woodworking tools, since I was so hyper vigilante with them =

.   Then I took out a joint in my hand with a 3/4" wide dado blade at=20
two in the morning ( hey, if I can regularily work with code all night,=20
why not wood?).  One unthinking moment and over in an instant.    My=20
favorite usenet quote was on rec.crafts.woodworking, where the then semi =

annual debate on table saw blade safety covers were being debated.  The=20
issue being that the obstructed the view, and were really a pain to set=20
up correctly.   The reponse I loved was:   " Yeah, they are a pain in=20
the ass to get adjusted just right, thats why you'll want to do it now=20
when you got all of your fingers". =20

Charles

Andy Vida wrote:

>	Probably depends on the smith.  Well-clued and mindful
>	ones probably don't need or want them.  Others may find
>	them useful, though I've yet to hear of anyone losing a
>	finger this way.  Generally, I don't like devices that
>	make it easy to be sloppy around such machinery.  There
>	are methods of safe operation that require nothing more
>	and nothing less than being clued-in and mindful while
>	working.  I've learned this the hard way. :)
> =20
>

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