Even normal open mouthed bowls present a danger sanding by hand. After
years of no accidents, I got to ambitious sanding a bowl and moved my
fingers holding the sandpaper too close to the center of the inside
bottom surface.

It flung my index finger around in a circle in a split second and
sprained it badly. I was lucky nothing broke.

I now have plenty of sanding sticks and custom extensions to reach in
now, even if its a shallow wide mouth bowl.

cad
dustyone wrote:
Hello,

Here's another safety reminder. Yesterday, I was sanding the inside of
a deep (5 in.) natural edge bowl. The rim was undercut, so the
irregular shape of the rim was compounded. Well, the x-rays confirmed
that I have a small fracture of the right ring finger. Please use a
sanding stick or some other device when finishing these irregularly
shaped bowls. Avoid putting your hands inside a bowl of this type. I
will now have several weeks to consider better sanding techniques for
the future.


Curt Blood