On Tue, 2 Jul 2013 17:21:40 -0700, (David
Platt) wrote:

In article ,
Jeff Liebermann wrote:

last week I was helping my brother with a woodworking project and was
working on some parts with the band saw, and although I was wearing
protective gloves my watch got severly damaged by the saw.

Here's an experiment to try. Go to a butcher shop and find some
animal parts that will fit into your presumably kevlar or chainmail
gloves. A plastic bag over the meat will help with the cleanup. Now,
shove the glove into the running band saw blade. Did the glove do
anything to protect its contents? Probably very little. Repeat with
a table saw if you want blood all over the walls.

Next time, please use a pusher stick.

I like your style, Jeff! :-)

Thanks. When life and limb are on the line, I like to test the safety
gadgets. There was a video of someone sawing a butchers chainmail or
HexArmor glove in half with a band saw. I got the clue. Of course,
now I can't the video.

More interesting are the contact sensors and motor brake combinations
that claim to stop the cutter almost instantly.
http://www.sawstop.com
I haven't tested one myself, but the various videos showing it stop
instantly on a hot dog are impressive.

As for wearing a watch, I didn't know that people still wore watches.
Most use cell phones for the time. 30 years ago, I had problems with
watches and some rings. High RF fields and conductive loops didn't
mix well. The watch band or ring would act like a one turn loop
antenna, and get rather hot in the presence of large RF fields. It
was also a great way to get electrocuted if it touched anything with
live power. The watch also tended to catch on hooked shapes, which I
solved by replacing the pins that held the watch band with easily
breakable plastic pins. Lose the watch and maybe the rings.

What taught me paranoia was working in my father's lingerie factory
cutting thick layers of nylon fabric with various fiendish and
dangerous cutters. There was the rotary and reciprocating flavors:
http://www.sewingmachineoutlet.com/yamataycm50.htm
http://www.globaltextiles.com/html/images/upload/tradeleads/646/645809.jpg
The safety guard was a bad joke and was usually wired open as it was
almost unusable with the guard operational. In order to use these, I
had to push down on the fabric in front of the cutter. If I forget to
pay attention for a few milliseconds, I could lose a finger or two. I
was lucky, but I also saw a few of accidents. After that experience,
I tended to be very careful around power tools.

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Jeff Liebermann
150 Felker St #D http://www.LearnByDestroying.com
Santa Cruz CA 95060 http://802.11junk.com
Skype: JeffLiebermann AE6KS 831-336-2558