I worked all day Wednesday hack sawing, milling, die grinding,
drilling, and tapping to make an action wrench.
I got ~ 20 hair like steel slivers in my hands.

I keep vacuuming the mill, but I must be missing out on some
discipline to avoid slivers.

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I worked all day Wednesday hack sawing, milling, die grinding,
drilling, and tapping to make an action wrench.
I got ~ 20 hair like steel slivers in my hands.

I keep vacuuming the mill, but I must be missing out on some
discipline to avoid slivers.

Do not rub the hands.

--Increase feedrate on the milling cutter and the needle-shaped
chips will get big enough to see. To remove the no-see-ums try doing the
dishes: it cleans the hands and softens the skin so they're easier to see
and remove.

--
"Steamboat Ed" Haas : Imagine what I could do if
Hacking the Trailing Edge! : I knew what I was doing...
www.nmpproducts.com
---Decks a-wash in a sea of words---

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...
I worked all day Wednesday hack sawing, milling, die grinding,
drilling, and tapping to make an action wrench.
I got ~ 20 hair like steel slivers in my hands.

I keep vacuuming the mill, but I must be missing out on some
discipline to avoid slivers.

I find this to be a hit and miss proposition. I was a locksmith for many
years and the needle like shavings that come off the key machines either get
you or they don't, but when they do they drove me crazy until I could get
them plucked out.

This of course became worse as I passed 40 and needed to use a jewelers
loupe to see the damn splinter.

Then it seemed that I would go months without grabbing another one.

--

Roger Shoaf

About the time I had mastered getting the toothpaste back in the tube, then
they come up with this striped stuff.

When I lived in Arizona the suggested method for removing the tiny needles
from Cholla cactus was to spread Elmer's glue over the affected area of the
hands, wait for it to dry and peeling it off taking the cactus needles with
it. Obviously not the most comfortable solution for hairy skin areas.
Never was tempted to get close enough to a Cholla to have need of it myself,
not sorry.

David Merrill


"Roger Shoaf" wrote in message
...

snip...
..., but when they do they drove me crazy until I could get
them plucked out.

This of course became worse as I passed 40 and needed to use a jewelers
loupe to see the damn splinter.

snip..

On Fri, 21 Aug 2009 19:41:16 GMT, "David Merrill"
wrote:

When I lived in Arizona the suggested method for removing the tiny needles
from Cholla cactus was to spread Elmer's glue over the affected area of the
hands, wait for it to dry and peeling it off taking the cactus needles with
it. Obviously not the most comfortable solution for hairy skin areas.
Never was tempted to get close enough to a Cholla to have need of it myself,
not sorry.

David Merrill

Actually, Rubber cement works better than Elmers. Been there, done that
as I raised some 300 species of cactus at one time. And yes...it is
painful when it drags all the hair out at the same time.

However..the second time, usually next week or the week after, is pretty
good. Same with the third, forth etc etc...sigh



"Roger Shoaf" wrote in message
...

snip...
..., but when they do they drove me crazy until I could get
them plucked out.

This of course became worse as I passed 40 and needed to use a jewelers
loupe to see the damn splinter.

snip..



Whenever a Liberal utters the term "Common Sense approach"....grab your
wallet, your ass, and your guns because the sombitch is about to do
something damned nasty to all three of them.

"David Merrill" wrote in message
news:wLCjm.8859$5n1.7186@attbi_s21...
When I lived in Arizona the suggested method for removing the tiny needles
from Cholla cactus was to spread Elmer's glue over the affected area of
the
hands, wait for it to dry and peeling it off taking the cactus needles
with
it. Obviously not the most comfortable solution for hairy skin areas.
Never was tempted to get close enough to a Cholla to have need of it
myself,
not sorry.

Those buggers are evil... If I could plant them around my house here in NJ,
and they'd live, I'd do it and NEVER have to worry about being robbed or
having my bushes eaten by deer.


--


Regards,
Joe Agro, Jr.
(800) 871-5022
01.908.542.0244
Automatic / Pneumatic Drills: http://www.AutoDrill.com
Multiple Spindle Drills: http://www.Multi-Drill.com
Production Tapping: http://Production-Tapping-Equipment.com/
Flagship Site: http://www.Drill-N-Tap.com
VIDEOS: http://www.youtube.com/user/AutoDrill

V8013-R

" wrote:

I worked all day Wednesday hack sawing, milling, die grinding,
drilling, and tapping to make an action wrench.
I got ~ 20 hair like steel slivers in my hands.

I keep vacuuming the mill, but I must be missing out on some
discipline to avoid slivers.


I work in a facility that machines aluminum, cast iron, and steel forgings as a machine
repair tech along with doing a bit of playing in the tool room. I don't seem to get
slivers and my hands are not that tough.

Now burns from hot chips, I have when I'm working on something in the tool room.

Action wrench? Doing a barrel change? Do tell.



Wes

"David Merrill" wrote in
news:wLCjm.8859$5n1.7186@attbi_s21:

When I lived in Arizona the suggested method for removing the tiny
needles from Cholla cactus was to spread Elmer's glue over the
affected area of the hands, wait for it to dry and peeling it off
taking the cactus needles with it. Obviously not the most comfortable
solution for hairy skin areas. Never was tempted to get close enough
to a Cholla to have need of it myself, not sorry.

I've had some success with a really srong magnet (rare earth) for steel,
and tape & peel with packing tape. This works well for fiberglass slivers,
which are impossible to see.

Doug White

Let the Record show that "Roger Shoaf" on or
about Fri, 21 Aug 2009 11:20:50 -0700 did write/type or cause to
appear in rec.crafts.metalworking the following:

wrote in message
...
I worked all day Wednesday hack sawing, milling, die grinding,
drilling, and tapping to make an action wrench.
I got ~ 20 hair like steel slivers in my hands.

I keep vacuuming the mill, but I must be missing out on some
discipline to avoid slivers.

I find this to be a hit and miss proposition. I was a locksmith for many
years and the needle like shavings that come off the key machines either get
you or they don't, but when they do they drove me crazy until I could get
them plucked out.

This of course became worse as I passed 40 and needed to use a jewelers
loupe to see the damn splinter.

Then it seemed that I would go months without grabbing another one.

I kept getting "new" tweezers to get them out, till my friend
pointed out that I had a set of perfectly flat and mating jaws already
handy - the dial calipers. "Doh!"
Add in that I'm extremely nearsighted, and I look under the
glasses to see the little buggers ... and still want a strong light
around.
-
pyotr filipivich
We will drink no whiskey before its nine.
It's eight fifty eight. Close enough!

Let the Record show that "David Merrill" on
or about Fri, 21 Aug 2009 19:41:16 GMT did write/type or cause to
appear in rec.crafts.metalworking the following:
When I lived in Arizona the suggested method for removing the tiny needles
from Cholla cactus was to spread Elmer's glue over the affected area of the
hands, wait for it to dry and peeling it off taking the cactus needles with
it. Obviously not the most comfortable solution for hairy skin areas.
Never was tempted to get close enough to a Cholla to have need of it myself,
not sorry.

David Merrill

Similar thing in Hawaii, with the sugar cane fields. One brush
with sugar cane and you understand why they burn the fields before
harvesting.
-
pyotr filipivich
We will drink no whiskey before its nine.
It's eight fifty eight. Close enough!

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on or about Fri, 21 Aug 2009 09:04:02 -0700
(PDT) did write/type or cause to appear in rec.crafts.metalworking the
following:
I worked all day Wednesday hack sawing, milling, die grinding,
drilling, and tapping to make an action wrench.
I got ~ 20 hair like steel slivers in my hands.

Gloves where possible. Even the nitrile ones help.

I keep vacuuming the mill, but I must be missing out on some
discipline to avoid slivers.

At least steel rusts, making them "easier" to find or remove.
Aluminum just waits....
-
pyotr filipivich
We will drink no whiskey before its nine.
It's eight fifty eight. Close enough!

"Joe AutoDrill" wrote in message
...
"David Merrill" wrote in message
news:wLCjm.8859$5n1.7186@attbi_s21...
When I lived in Arizona the suggested method for removing the tiny
needles
from Cholla cactus was to spread Elmer's glue over the affected area of
the
hands, wait for it to dry and peeling it off taking the cactus needles
with
it. Obviously not the most comfortable solution for hairy skin areas.
Never was tempted to get close enough to a Cholla to have need of it
myself,
not sorry.

Those buggers are evil... If I could plant them around my house here in
NJ, and they'd live, I'd do it and NEVER have to worry about being robbed
or having my bushes eaten by deer.


--


Regards,
Joe Agro, Jr.
(800) 871-5022
01.908.542.0244
Automatic / Pneumatic Drills: http://www.AutoDrill.com
Multiple Spindle Drills: http://www.Multi-Drill.com
Production Tapping: http://Production-Tapping-Equipment.com/
Flagship Site: http://www.Drill-N-Tap.com
VIDEOS: http://www.youtube.com/user/AutoDrill

V8013-R




Also referred to as the Jumping Cactus.

"pyotr filipivich" wrote in message
...
I kept getting "new" tweezers to get them out, till my friend
pointed out that I had a set of perfectly flat and mating jaws already
handy - the dial calipers. "Doh!"
Add in that I'm extremely nearsighted, and I look under the
glasses to see the little buggers ... and still want a strong light
around.

What I found that worked well was either a set of flush cutting dykes or
fingernail clippers. The trick with using either, is no grab but not snip.
I will try the caliper idea.

--

__
Roger Shoaf

Important factors in selecting a mate:
1] Depth of gene pool
2] Position on the food chain.

Now burns from hot chips, I have when I'm working on something in the tool room.

Action wrench? *Doing a barrel change? *Do tell.

Wes

Usually can smell burning chest hair with the first one or two
incoming, but then one reaches the skin

I use 1.75" x 1.75" blocks to make action wrenches or barrel vises. I
use 1.5" Aluminum round stock to make the collets.
I usually work on Mausers with a flat bottom, but this week it is a
Rem700 with a round bottom. So the barrel vise is round with round
collet and I made an action wrench that is round with round collet.

The bad slivers are from a high speed die grinder and from trying to
drill a 1.5" hole through big blocks of steel without a proper drill,
but using mill bits tapered mill bits instead. The small slivers are
getting everywhere. I need an eye loop to see them, which is the
eyepiece from a cannibalized pair of binoculars.

Let the Record show that "Roger Shoaf" on or
about Fri, 21 Aug 2009 18:30:43 -0700 did write/type or cause to
appear in rec.crafts.metalworking the following:

"pyotr filipivich" wrote in message
.. .
I kept getting "new" tweezers to get them out, till my friend
pointed out that I had a set of perfectly flat and mating jaws already
handy - the dial calipers. "Doh!"
Add in that I'm extremely nearsighted, and I look under the
glasses to see the little buggers ... and still want a strong light
around.

What I found that worked well was either a set of flush cutting dykes or
fingernail clippers. The trick with using either, is no grab but not snip.
I will try the caliper idea.
It works real well, as they're not designed to cut, just "close"

tschus
pyotr

-
pyotr filipivich
We will drink no whiskey before its nine.
It's eight fifty eight. Close enough!

" wrote:

The bad slivers are from a high speed die grinder and from trying to
drill a 1.5" hole through big blocks of steel without a proper drill,
but using mill bits tapered mill bits instead. The small slivers are
getting everywhere. I need an eye loop to see them, which is the
eyepiece from a cannibalized pair of binoculars.


No offset boring head?

Wes
--
"Additionally as a security officer, I carry a gun to protect
government officials but my life isn't worth protecting at home
in their eyes." Dick Anthony Heller

On Aug 21, 1:41*pm, "David Merrill" wrote:
When I lived in Arizona the suggested method for removing the tiny needles
from Cholla cactus was to spread Elmer's glue over the affected area of the
hands, wait for it to dry and peeling it off taking the cactus needles with
it. *Obviously not the most comfortable solution for hairy skin areas.
Never was tempted to get close enough to a Cholla to have need of it myself,
not sorry.

David Merrill

"Roger Shoaf" wrote in message

...





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..., but when they do they drove me crazy until I could get
them plucked out.

This of course became worse as I passed 40 and needed to use a jewelers
loupe to see the damn splinter.

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Duct tape or the old cloth-backed first-aid tape works. There are
also various splinter removal gadgets that combine an LED light, a
small pair of tweezers and a magnifying glass, have seen them in drug
stores.

The worst ones are the fine brass slivers you get sometimes, they're
just long enough to stick in the outer layer of hide but not quite
long enough to fester up and be seen. One way I've found to handle
those is to shave off that layer with my small pocket knife blade. I
keep it sharp enough to do such minor surgery. Otherwise I have to
drop what I'm doing and find some tape.

Stan

Doug White wrote:

"David Merrill" wrote in
news:wLCjm.8859$5n1.7186@attbi_s21:

When I lived in Arizona the suggested method for removing the tiny
needles from Cholla cactus was to spread Elmer's glue over the
affected area of the hands, wait for it to dry and peeling it off
taking the cactus needles with it. Obviously not the most comfortable
solution for hairy skin areas. Never was tempted to get close enough
to a Cholla to have need of it myself, not sorry.

I've had some success with a really srong magnet (rare earth) for steel,
and tape & peel with packing tape. This works well for fiberglass slivers,
which are impossible to see.


I use some dawn dishwashing liquid on my hands and arms before
working with fiberglass. It plugs the pores, and prevents the
fiberglass from sticking. Wash it all off when you're done, without any
slivers in your skin.


--
You can't have a sense of humor, if you have no sense!