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...

 

[Steve H01]

Wonder if it'd work on ferrets - always their favourite place to nip little monsters.

 

[Orraloon]

Wonder if it'd work on ferrets - always their favourite place to nip little monsters.

Had a pet futret when I was a kid. Charlie was his name. Pretty good most times but if he intended biting there was no favourite place. Anyplace would do. Just a nip to show the boundaries. Polecat and ex working ferret. Guy who had him got tired of having to dig him out and he was in danger of being put down so my dad took him home.
Regards
John

 

[DomP]

Wonder if it'd work on ferrets - always their favourite place to nip little monsters.

Too true!

 

[Phil Pascoe]

A zip tie would work too?

That's what I use.

 

[Thingybob]

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

Wooden magnet

 

[Sideways]

An O ring of the right size will also serve to stop the handle sliding when you don't want it to.
They tend to perish quicker when stretched, so once you find the right size it's worth putting a few aside and replace them as and when.

 

[JSW]

An O ring of the right size will also serve to stop the handle sliding when you don't want it to.
They tend to perish quicker when stretched, so once you find the right size it's worth putting a few aside and replace them as and when.

I use a 1/4" of old bike inner tube on mine

 

[TRITON]

Wooden magnet

Also handy for cleaning up wood chips

 

[Keith 66]

Old time tin snips had no stop just behind the hinge, instead the handles came together at the end.....
While cutting up some sheet lead aged 14 i shut the handles on the end of my gentlemans sausage.
That made my eyes water i can tell you.
Years later working in a college we had some pop riveters that had a similar effect as the handles came together when the rivet snapped, Plenty of people got nipped by those usually on the stomach.
Threw them away in the end!