Back in the days when men were men, and women were glad of it, and
machinists turned handles instead of pushing buttons, we had another way
to deal with splinters. We'd haul out the ol' die grinder, and just
grind away at wherever it hurt until the sparks stopped. A belt sander
worked good too, if the appropriate body part was properly shaped for
accessiblity.

It didn't always work perfectly, of course. I remember how mad
nine-finger Newton got, the day he found out that aluminum splinters
don't make sparks. Oh, well. Live and learn.

KG

Jon Anderson wrote:
Got a small chip in my eye and was about to head upstairs to remove it
and just happened to notice an old dental mirror on the bench.
This is a concave mirror that magnifies, has a focal distance of approx
2". Held this up to my eye in an area with decent ambient light, and
viola, it was a total piece of cake to gently swipe the chip out with a
Q-tip. This beats the hell out of leaning over the sink and trying to
shine a flashlight in the affected eye while trying to find and remove
the particle. Don't know if I'd want to try to pull an imbedded
particle, but for something just sitting on the eye, this makes it
really really easy. Everyone working with metal or wood ought to have
one of these handy.

And for the safety nannies, yes, I was wearing safety glasses...

Jon