Second that. In my case it was a young man shinning down a Lightning Mk6
ladder dirung a scramble start (Cold War days, guys) who slipped, caught his
ring in a step tread and managed to peel most of his ring finger like taking
a condom off.

The other big nono about wearing rings was the skinny dipstick whose ring
didn't fit and managed to drop it in the starboard equipment compartment of
the same aircraft type. We spent most of that night stripping the bloody
thing to find it before the aircraft could fly again.

I accept that it's slightly different when you're wearing a ring in your own
woodworking shop, but as far as I'm concerned, it's just another thing in
the way, so I don't wear one. I don't wear a wris****ch either.

YMMV

Frank





"Groggy" wrote in message
s.com...
I agree with Andy on this. For mechanical binding and (potentially)
electrical reasons, I'd recommend against wearing rings around machinery
or
anywhere it is likely to catch and cause damage.

I have personally seen a finger torn off by catching on a latch in an
aircraft (C130) doorway when the individual jumped to the ground - not
pretty. Whilst not directly relevant to the shop, mechanical binding has
shown (to me) that the weakest point is the finger, not the ring.

Some production shops have these as rules. In some countries they are
legislation. In all instances they are for a reason.

If you read this Doug, "no rings" is the wrong lesson to learn from the
given instance, but that does not mean the policy is a bad one in
conjunction with the other safeguards you mentioned.

regards,

Greg

"Andy Dingley" wrote in message
...
On Tue, 13 Jan 2004 20:31:38 GMT, (Doug Miller)
wrote:

Ahh, I see. Still IMO "no rings" is the wrong lesson to learn from
this.

I have no idea what "the right question" is.

But the right answer is don't wear rings in a workshop.
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