Oh moments in workshop

[Pabs]

Just added neodymium pot for the vise handle of this 52.5

Sharing this as it suits my work of using bench vise an awful lot so makes adjusting much quicker but safely so

Behaves like a damper

Love to hear anyone's moments of discovery

HNY and all that

 

[Orraloon]

Took me a while to notice where the magnet was. Those moments of insight make woodwork worth while. Well after you stop giving yourself a hard time for not thinking about it sooner.
Regards
John

 

[Pabs]

Took me a while to notice where the magnet was. Those moments of insight make woodwork worth while. Well after you stop giving yourself a hard time for not thinking about it sooner.

Thanks well put that's the ticket.

 

[SammyQ]

That'll save a lot of nipped skin webs...

 

[Jameshow]

A zip tie would work too?

 

[bp122]

I have seen O rings, rubber bands, a wooden collar used to the same effect. No matter how manly others may be, I swore like a pig when that used to happen to me!

 

[Crafty Kev]

I'd forgotten how painful that can be and as I don't have a bench vice yet, I'm at no risk of it happening anytime soon. I do foresee one of those "dammit" moments in the future where I recall this insightful thread whilst nursing some pinched skin!

 

[Katomi woodsmith]

Bo ho won’t work for me.....
My bench vice has wooden handles.....

 

[Sachakins]

Nothing like trapping the skin web between thumb and index finger for pain.
As an apprentice I remember the pain when I trapped mine between the square corner of a 4" knocking ring spanner and the 4lb lump Hammer I was using to free the nut.
The words oh ruddy rollocks could be heared clear across the factory, which was about 3/4 mile long, as I was whisked across to the nurse.
Wince now thinking about it and that was 44 years ago....

 

[Katomi woodsmith]

My biggest hand pain like that it hitting the knuckles in the hand
Used to have to hack off old plaster of walls so we could re plaster. Oh year this in the days before cordless hammer drills and the corded mains version were not mush smaller that the ones they used to dig up roads
So it was lump hammer and chisel/bolster, scarf hammer. Blood(lots) sweat, tears...
Ok some days were bliss the plaster was soft and just fell away
Other times it was hard as iron and would not budge and you would spend all day just trying to remove old plaster/sand and cement

 

[Chubber]

It's a sensitive area! I can vividly recall the immediate pain and the weeks of discomfort when I snipped deep between thumb and forefinger whilst pruning...