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Kevin Miller wrote:

Um, I don't want to talk about it...

It's good to read you and others admitting to having similar nicks,
Kevin - I thought I might be alone in my carelessness. Thankfully I've
never caught the tool in the space between the jaws! ...yet.

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Owen Lowe

Northwest Woodturners
Pacific Northwest Woodturning Guild
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Tips fer Turnin': Place a sign, easily seen as you switch on your lathe, warning you to remove any and all rings from your fingers. Called degloving, extended hardware can grab your ring and rip it off your finger. A pic for the strong of stomach: www.itim.nsw.gov.au/go/objectid/2A3AC703-1321-1C29-70B067DC88E16BFC/index.cfm

Besides, rings can easily mar the surface of a turning as you check for finished smoothness.