409 days ago
by Jojo |
27 comments »
One of the things I will miss once I’d quit Japan it will be the safety. It’s definitely the safest country I ever lived in.
I regularly park my bike downtown leaving it for hours in a row fully loaded with a backpack or unattached goods I bought, and don’t even think that anything could be missing at my return. This possibility simply doesn’t cross our minds.
Guaranteed, Kyoto with 1,5 million inhabitants is far from the crazyness of Tokyo Metropolitan Area and ...
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155 days ago
by Bob A in NJ |
25 comments »
Well, I have to admit this is a new one for me. I’m in the final steps of completing my version of the new fangled workbench and was moving the top, back and forth over the leg assembly. It’s 2’ x 4’ x 2” thick with a 50 pound Craftsman woodworking vise on one end. Weighs about 125 lbs. Never actually picked it up , just moving, flipping it top to bottom, so I could get to the bottom and fit it to the leg assembly base.
Well, low and behold,, I hear a gi...
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277 days ago
by Betsy |
23 comments »
Well – here is my version of the short fence.
I’d really appreciate your looking at this and letting me know if I’m all wet in my description/explanation or if I’m missing the point or did not explain something very well. That’s the only way I’ll learn – if you tell me.
I sincerely appreciate your honesty and your input.
So here goes.
The case for the short fence is all about safety. When you cut a board you only have complete control of t...
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391 days ago
by Hawgnutz |
21 comments »
I have done it hundreds of times—making repetitive cuts on table saw—and I am sure you have too. But NEVER get complacent using a table saw!
There I was cutting a doado in a length of soft cedar, guiding it on past the blades, when it bound up and shot back! When it did, it not only broke my newer fetherboard, propeled the board back into my truck tailgate, but it also drew the push block—with my hand—back over the spinning dado blade.
Here is the board.
I ...
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96 days ago
by SteveKorz |
20 comments »
OK… I’m a little accident proned. I’m going to get a bandsaw in the next week or so, and before I acquire a hospital bill from doing something dumb, I thought I would try a preemptive strike and ask if anyone had any advice or direction for me to take on how NOT to get hurt with it. I realize that most of it is common sense, such as “don’t have the blade guard up all the way when you cut ¼ inch material… etc.” But, are there any special circumstances or jobs that you’ve p...
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160 days ago
by ericmakesthings |
15 comments »
Ok, they tell you to always wear closed toed shoes when you’re working in the shop. Here in S.D. the weather is too nice to have long jeans, leather shoes, and steel toes. So I went out in shorts, a tank top, and flip flops.
I was mounting my bench grinder on a 12’ work bench I just finished. I had a ratchet on top, and an open end wrench I was using to hold the nut below.
2 maybe 3 things went wrong
#1 – I dropped the wrench on my unprotected big toe. Ouch!
#2 – the wrench then d...
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116 days ago
by Martin Sojka |
10 comments »
6 great videos have been posted in our Woodworking Safety Video Challenge in partnership with The Wood Whisperer.
And here are three random winners:
teenagewoodworker
Woodshopfreak
Eric
Each one will receive LJ shirt, TWW shirt, TWW Finishing DVD and $50 gift certificate to Cooper Safety. Congratulations!
Thanks for posting and watching.
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122 days ago
by WoodworkersResource |
10 comments »
In talking with some of my woodworking friends on this subject, I learned that most were not comfortable with kids being in their shops because of safety concerns. Granted, there are extra precautions that must be taken when kids are present, but don’t let this keep you from introducing woodworking to your kids, grandchildren, or even the kids up the street. And if you’re a parent or grandparent who doesn’t have a lot of knowledge around woodworking, but your kids have an ...
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128 days ago
by Martin Sojka |
9 comments »
The Wood Whisperer has recently announced the first annual Woodworker's Safety Week: May 5 – May 9. He’d like to think of this week as “a refresher course on safety”.
Many woodworking sites have decided to participate in this event and LumberJocks are joining with another cool challenge prepared in cooperation with Marc. And since Marc is the famous video star, this challenge is about your own videos again. Remember the success of our first LJ/TWW workshop video...
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389 days ago
by Jojo |
9 comments »
I know you guys think I’ve vanished but to your dismay I am still here. It happens that a couple of french friends have come over to visit the country and they are staying over at our home for two weeks so I am quite busy showing them the area.
Although after reading Hawg's post I couldn’t help but remember my close call with a spinning blade. Too close for my taste.
It was a few years ago and I was building a new porch for a friend of mine. Her house is an ancient (170 year...
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