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We Have a Winner! - Dumbest things you have done as a knife maker?
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I know the contest is done, but this thread is *fun*.
I recently finished a piece I was pounding on, cooled it, and laid the tongs on the Grizzly's workrest. Why? "It was handy."
Turned around to shut down the forge and backed smack into the business end of the tongs. 1" x 2" 3rd-degree burn, right on my spare tire.
That's not the most painful or permanent thing I've done, but it was probably the silliest.
PS - burning up shirts & Levis isn't a normal workday?
I recently finished a piece I was pounding on, cooled it, and laid the tongs on the Grizzly's workrest. Why? "It was handy."
Turned around to shut down the forge and backed smack into the business end of the tongs. 1" x 2" 3rd-degree burn, right on my spare tire.
That's not the most painful or permanent thing I've done, but it was probably the silliest.
PS - burning up shirts & Levis isn't a normal workday?
When my daughter was very young, she said she wanted me to make her a knife. Considering her age, I figured a real knife would have to wait a few years. So I made her a small sword like knife out of black walnut. It looked like a small arabian sword, and she still has it today.
I gave her a short lesson in safety: "Although it's not a steel knife, and it doesn't have a sharp edge it does have a point. The point can still hurt you."
And I promptly stabbed myself in the palm. Bled all over the place.
She still remembers the safety lesson. Nothing like visual aids.
I gave her a short lesson in safety: "Although it's not a steel knife, and it doesn't have a sharp edge it does have a point. The point can still hurt you."
And I promptly stabbed myself in the palm. Bled all over the place.
She still remembers the safety lesson. Nothing like visual aids.
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I have probably saved myself from a few accidents just from reading these posts.
I didn't think I needed to but after reading what you guys said I am clamping the blade to the table when using the drill press.
Plus I stopped one of my co-workers from grinding aluminum without cleaning out the steel dust first.
The stories were entertaining but the lessons learned were valuable. Thanks.
I didn't think I needed to but after reading what you guys said I am clamping the blade to the table when using the drill press.
Plus I stopped one of my co-workers from grinding aluminum without cleaning out the steel dust first.
The stories were entertaining but the lessons learned were valuable. Thanks.
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unknowingly made part of a small forge out of aluminum ,melted everywhere and I got a few small burns.
Early on in knifemaking I was making the finishing touches on a knife by grinding tip up to finish a blemished tip. I was using a 400 grit belt on an 8 inch serrated wheel on my Wilton grinder.
It sounded like a gunshot going off. One moment the knife was in my hand the next moment it was gone. I felt something brush by my genitals, and looked behind me to find the knife stuck tip down into the wall at least half an inch deep into the cedar panneling.
I looked around, no blood, all ten fingers were still there and so were my private parts. Knife wasn't damaged, it ended up a good day with a lesson learned.
I bought a leather apron, and never ground tip up ever again.
It sounded like a gunshot going off. One moment the knife was in my hand the next moment it was gone. I felt something brush by my genitals, and looked behind me to find the knife stuck tip down into the wall at least half an inch deep into the cedar panneling.
I looked around, no blood, all ten fingers were still there and so were my private parts. Knife wasn't damaged, it ended up a good day with a lesson learned.
I bought a leather apron, and never ground tip up ever again.