Shop Safety ! ??

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Eric M Ericson

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whats this all of a sudden???

sander burn, stiches, I come close to blowing up my forge.

My wife says it's the male stupid gene showing up.

anyone have some words of wisdom? or tail of stupidity, that will keep us out of the emergency room? (hopefully)
 
eric without sounding too (cosmic) every thing go's cycles or runs. also we get cautios after a boo boo, and then after a while we start to forget how bad it hurt the last time we got to say hi to that cute nurse at the e.r.:D
 
Now Eric,
How would your wife know about the male stupid gene, hmmmm?
You didn't let her in on it, did you? :)
 
My wife talked me into hauling our old patio deck to the dump. I srained my back and ran a nail into my left knee yesterday. Today I tripped over the tv cable (that used to be under the deck, now it is strung across the walkway) and scraped my left arm all up. It took 3 loads to get it all hauled off. I cant wait to get back to a nice safe job like making knives.

By the way, Tommarow is our 26th anniversary.
 
thats great bruce! hope the bedroom is safer than the patio! but you two can spend the night in your shop!:D
 
Just a little reminder, as a newbie I dont have to worry yet about getting too comfortable with my equipment, but the majority of woodworkers who cut themselves on table saws and the like have been at it for several years, and it is not until they become overly comfortable with their equipment that they start to become careless. I think maybe it was Tom Mayo who mentioned this a couple of months ago, but I remember my highschool wood shop teacher telling me the same thing. So you old guys who have been doing this stuff for a while need to be careful so us younger guys have someone around to teach us.
Kyle
 
I usually get hurt when I rushing something or when I'm doing something that seems unsafe but I ignore the possibility. One thing seems sure: Accidents Happen. I quess that's why they call them accidents. I just want to aviod the ones I can.
 
Rule of thumb (if ya have one left), is keep that gap between the rest and the contact wheel down to 1/16 or less. Never let the gap creep open without stopping to fix the problem. Don't need the rest, take the damn thing off before it eats you alive.
 
for your information, my wife is in the process of writing a book tentatively titled My Husband and the Male Stupid Gene

she said that she should have finished it already but I keep giving her so many more good examples
 
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