On 1/9/2013 4:14 PM, knuttle wrote:
On 1/9/2013 2:19 PM, SonomaProducts.com wrote:
I can only blame myself for not moving the tools off the bench to a
safer location... As a co-worker was fond of saying, "no good deed
goes unpunished." ;~) John

Yeah, one of the first shops I worked in had a rule that no power tool
could be left on a bench. Anything with a cord had to left on the
floor or stored on a shelf. They were fanatical about it. You could
get fired for leaving any power tool on a bench.

I have always placed chisels far from any edge and used to be as
careful with my planes. Only have to knock a chisel once and try to
catch it... ouch. Just let it fall is safer but a bad angle and it is
lots o grinding.


Has any one tried to place a raised lip around their work bench to keep
things from accidentally rolling off?
Why would you do that? How would you clamp something to your bench and
overhang the edge?

How would that stop something from going over. Imagine a 1/8 inch lip,
if you pushed enough the plane would roll over and go over anyway.
Same with a 1/2 lip. So what would be the point.

Wells are used on some benches. That might have helped, but not guaranteed.



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Jeff