On Tue, 1 Dec 2015 15:14:54 -0700, Tony Hwang wrote:


What fears do you have regarding home repair and including auto and even
small engine and other machines around the home, repairs?
I think everyone has at least some fears regarding home repair....

I am lefty, always afraid of wood working. Any thing else is fine.

Yea, power tools can be a fear for many, especially power saws. I'm glad
I took all the woodworking classes available when I was in high school.
I learned both skills and safety. In 45+ years of doing construction
since HS, I did manage to take the flesh off the tip of a thumb once, on
a table saw. That was the first and last time, and was many years ago. I
also ran a pole barn metal screw into my hand once, and that hurt like
hell. Since then, if I'm driving screws into metal, I spend the time
making a pilot hole first. (usually just hit the screw with a hammer,
then power drive it in).

Probably my most accidents over the years were stepping on f##king
nails. I learned to NEVER leave boards with nails laying around. I
remove the nails or bend them over. But just a few years ago, I was
helping someone demolish a shed, and he left a naily board on the ground
with a piece of drywall on top. I stepped there and that damn spike came
thru the drywall and right into my foot. I came close to punching that
guy after ripping that nail out of my foot. I had clearly told him to
remove nails, or stack boards with nails in a pile. (I did not punch
him, but I did not help him finish the job either, since I spent the
following week staying off my painful foot and watching tv).