throbscottle
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But I can use right handed scissors with my left almost as effectively! (just not so accurately)
Garden tools - When I volunteered with the BTCV many moons ago, one of the first things they taught me was to always lay tools on the ground with the sticky-out bits downwards. Sage advice. Even so, I've forgotten and managed to whack (or nearly whack) myself with a spade handle a couple of times.
Stanley knife - you know you're supposed to hold the rounded end, right? Seriously though - I've managed to snag the blade with the holding-hand when I've shifted one around in my hand before - not enough to cut though. So maybe that's what you did.
Table saws / sleds - you can't use the guard with a sled. Well you /could/ - but you'd likely be adding new hazards to do it effectively. I always wait for mine to stop spinning before my fingers go anywhere near the blade. Also, if you use the saw to cut a groove, ie less than the thickness of the wood, you can't do that with the guard on, or the riving knife for that matter. Also in normal use the guard limits the width of the cut, so at some point it's in the way. Mine goes straight back on after if I have to do without it for some reason.
I learnt to be extra respectful of hand saws too a few years ago - as the blood dripped onto my bench!
Pocket knives. I must have been 6 or 7 when my parents gave me my first one. It had a spear blade, pen blade, corkscrew, bottle and can openers, screwdriver, and a device for getting boy-scouts out of horses hooves. About 2 years later I cut myself for the first time with it - doing something to an old dry and quite hard bit of rose stem. Chopped right into my upper right forefinger. Since I'd never cut myself before, I was quite upset about it, more because I was no longer pristine. than because it hurt.
Bicycles - thank the gods for derailleurs - even with one, it still hurts if you get your fingers in the chain. I'm guessing that was a 1 gear bike to do so much damage.
All the rest - owwwwwww I'm so glad I only do minor injuries...
Garden tools - When I volunteered with the BTCV many moons ago, one of the first things they taught me was to always lay tools on the ground with the sticky-out bits downwards. Sage advice. Even so, I've forgotten and managed to whack (or nearly whack) myself with a spade handle a couple of times.
Stanley knife - you know you're supposed to hold the rounded end, right? Seriously though - I've managed to snag the blade with the holding-hand when I've shifted one around in my hand before - not enough to cut though. So maybe that's what you did.
Table saws / sleds - you can't use the guard with a sled. Well you /could/ - but you'd likely be adding new hazards to do it effectively. I always wait for mine to stop spinning before my fingers go anywhere near the blade. Also, if you use the saw to cut a groove, ie less than the thickness of the wood, you can't do that with the guard on, or the riving knife for that matter. Also in normal use the guard limits the width of the cut, so at some point it's in the way. Mine goes straight back on after if I have to do without it for some reason.
I learnt to be extra respectful of hand saws too a few years ago - as the blood dripped onto my bench!
Pocket knives. I must have been 6 or 7 when my parents gave me my first one. It had a spear blade, pen blade, corkscrew, bottle and can openers, screwdriver, and a device for getting boy-scouts out of horses hooves. About 2 years later I cut myself for the first time with it - doing something to an old dry and quite hard bit of rose stem. Chopped right into my upper right forefinger. Since I'd never cut myself before, I was quite upset about it, more because I was no longer pristine. than because it hurt.
Bicycles - thank the gods for derailleurs - even with one, it still hurts if you get your fingers in the chain. I'm guessing that was a 1 gear bike to do so much damage.
All the rest - owwwwwww I'm so glad I only do minor injuries...
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