Isn't it odd how some people never really learn? Even basic safety
procedures.
I mean, that one about not cutting towards yourself - always cutting away.
That one is so basic that you'd think it would be second nature. Anyone who
ignores that one *deserves* to have stabbed themselves in the chest with a
No 10A Swann-Morton scalpel blade!
Well the first time is OK, but if it happens twice ya gotta kind of wonder.
So to avoid looking completely stupid, I change the blade types frequently.
;-)
WmB
'Never' use the words "Always" or "Never". There are 'always'
exceptions. A spoke shave immediately comes to mind, and then there is
peeling potatoes with a knife. :-)
You miss taking out the garbage a few times and your wife says "You
never take out the garbage". :-)
Well, no. I end up in potentially dangerous situations when I either drop
a knife (clumsyness is a way of life...) or when I lose control of the
blade. As a result I always cut down into the table, or towards myself, or
at least towards my thumb, in a similar fashion as when peeling potatoes,
thus keeping things under control. If I try to cut away from myself,
chances are that I'll either slash into the hand holding whatever I'm
working on, or smash my knife hand into something.
Rob
How many people here instinctively try to use their foot to soften the
fall of something dropped, like a glass, cup, or plate, etc.?
And how many have instinctively, but erroneously, did the same when the
falling object was a knife? :-)
Willshak said the following on 08/03/07 17:07:
Or the soldering iron when on ?
I found, by accident of course that you cut yourself with the tip and
your hand doesn't bleed!
Richard.
Not me. I might make a grab for it (not all that smart either, of course),
but my feet either stay where they are or I jump back. I learned long ago
that I don't want big clumsy feet moving anywhere near the place something
fragile has fallen (bit of model aircraft come to mind..)
Rob
While not dangerous, usually, droppng miniscule parts to the parts
eating carpet is my never-learned accident.
Three tries to complete 1/72 scale swords for a cavalry diorama was
just the latest. The problem is that the scenario is almost always the
same. The part bounces off the belly. Being a too rounded, too soft
surface the part never drops straight down, always somewhere else. The
solution is, of course, to sit close enough to the work bench, that
way there is no gap open to the floor. Of course I always start out
that way, but slowly get further and further away from the bench.
That's when the part goes flying.
Oh, the danger element. Hands and knees on the floor with a
flashlight, once in awhile I forget that I'm under the work bench and
wham! That one is rare, though. Decades crawling around in airplanes
taught me the dangers of overhead hazards.
Tom
I do the same. I use a regular office desk for my workbench. If I
remember (and usually don't), I pull out the drawer so that it rests
against my belly and anything that falls will wind up in the drawer.
Anything small that falls on an indoor-outdoor carpet will bounce,
sometimes up to a 1/4 mile away, or so it seems. :-)
How about a part that falls and after you search on the floor for an
hour and a half, is found on your clothing or stuck in the laces of your
shoes, sometimes being glued there?
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