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Just seen this on the Popular Mechanics site.
They reckon; Circular Saw. Chain Saw. Table Saw. Nail Gun Ladder. I'd agree with that lot & add our favourite - angle grinder, -- Dave - The Medway Handyman www.medwayhandyman.co.uk |
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"The Medway Handyman" wrote in message om... Just seen this on the Popular Mechanics site. They reckon; Circular Saw. Chain Saw. Table Saw. Nail Gun Ladder. I'd agree with that lot & add our favourite - angle grinder, -- Dave - The Medway Handyman www.medwayhandyman.co.uk Bored are you David? Anyway in answer to your question...tools are only dangerous in the wrong hands. |
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Drilling with a core drill without a clutch?
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The Medway Handyman wrote:
Just seen this on the Popular Mechanics site. They reckon; Circular Saw. Chain Saw. Table Saw. Nail Gun Ladder. I'd agree with that lot & add our favourite - angle grinder, What meaning of most dangerous? If most injuries, I'd put up a "knife", or, given my own recent experience, "saw" (thinking any ordinary handsaw). Past experience would probably include "hammer" (as in squashed nail time). I think that the fear factor of the big, heavy, powerful power tools helps to encourage greater care - especially among people who use them less frequently. Not that many years ago I'd probably have put up "bacon slicer" as a suggestion, but rules and regs seem to have been tightened up a lot. -- Rod Hypothyroidism is a seriously debilitating condition with an insidious onset. Although common it frequently goes undiagnosed. www.thyromind.info www.thyroiduk.org www.altsupportthyroid.org |
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George wrote:
"The Medway Handyman" wrote in message om... Just seen this on the Popular Mechanics site. They reckon; Circular Saw. Chain Saw. Table Saw. Nail Gun Ladder. I'd agree with that lot & add our favourite - angle grinder, -- Dave - The Medway Handyman www.medwayhandyman.co.uk Bored are you David? No, just putting off starting a job :-) -- Dave - The Medway Handyman www.medwayhandyman.co.uk |
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Rod wrote:
The Medway Handyman wrote: Just seen this on the Popular Mechanics site. They reckon; Circular Saw. Chain Saw. Table Saw. Nail Gun Ladder. I'd agree with that lot & add our favourite - angle grinder, What meaning of most dangerous? If most injuries, I'd put up a "knife", or, given my own recent experience, "saw" (thinking any ordinary handsaw). Past experience would probably include "hammer" (as in squashed nail time). I think that the fear factor of the big, heavy, powerful power tools helps to encourage greater care - especially among people who use them less frequently. Not that many years ago I'd probably have put up "bacon slicer" as a suggestion, but rules and regs seem to have been tightened up a lot. As in "Do not let your children sit on the bacon slicer..."? -- Dave - The Medway Handyman www.medwayhandyman.co.uk |
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In an earlier contribution to this discussion,
The Medway Handyman wrote: As in "Do not let your children sit on the bacon slicer..."? Q: What happened to the worman who sat on a bacon slicer? A: Disaster! [as in dis-assed her] Alternatively: She got a little behind with her orders! Sorry! -- Cheers, Roger ______ Email address maintained for newsgroup use only, and not regularly monitored.. Messages sent to it may not be read for several weeks. PLEASE REPLY TO NEWSGROUP! |
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Dangerous by severity of injury or frequency of injury, or some
combination of? A stat an American friend quoted is that more people in the US are injured in chainsaws accidents than handgun accidents. In the UK virtually all pro users have and wear the protective trousers, boots and headgear *all* the time - I'd expect the kickback and swing-through injuries to be rather slanted towards domestic accidents without the safety kit being used. Also in the UK, I think we have to separate tool-related accidents into professional accidents (where the user has had training) and is working with tools not widely used by non-professionals - and those diy accidents with a heavy domestic slant - for instance professional electrical engineers and electricians very rarely get shocks. Talking to a retired GP friend, he said eye injuries from grinders for sheer frequency - both pro and amateur - all too easy to skip the eye protection when only using a grinder "for a moment". "Falls from height" I believe tops the Health & Safety Exec' list - but that includes "improvised ladders" - and the vast majority (90% IIRC) of falls in the workplace happen to people that don't normally use ladders as part of their job, and are improvising (probably chair + box etc). I think the reputation of table saws (& more so spindle moulders) are unjustified with modern safety features (and if following the rules of safe operation). Nail guns I have great respect for, and I've still had my paslode send a 90mm nail flying through the air when it encountered a very hard knot hidden just beneath the surface. |
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On Sun, 16 Nov 2008 11:45:29 +0000, The Medway Handyman wrote:
As in "Do not let your children sit on the bacon slicer..."? As in "Please do not sit on the bacon slicer as we are getting behind with our orders" ! -- John Stumbles 87.5% of statistics are made up |
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John Stumbles wrote:
On Sun, 16 Nov 2008 11:45:29 +0000, The Medway Handyman wrote: As in "Do not let your children sit on the bacon slicer..."? As in "Please do not sit on the bacon slicer as we are getting behind with our orders" ! Was I really the first person to mention bacon slicer in this thread? Sorry folks! But as we are here.... Man walks in to a butchers and asks for a side of beef. As he waits for it to be prepared he inquires " Wheres that young lad that usually helps you out?" The butcher replies "I had to sack him" " why?" " He kept putting his dick in the bacon slicer!" " Really?" "Yeah" " that couldnt be good for your bacon slicer?" " Yeah i know, i had to sack her as well." -- Rod Hypothyroidism is a seriously debilitating condition with an insidious onset. Although common it frequently goes undiagnosed. www.thyromind.info www.thyroiduk.org www.altsupportthyroid.org |
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The Medway Handyman wrote: Just seen this on the Popular Mechanics site. They reckon; Circular Saw. Chain Saw. Table Saw. Nail Gun Ladder. I'd agree with that lot & add our favourite - angle grinder, I'd agree. Most saws are pretty safe if you use common sense - apart from chainsaws. Angle grinders have a mind of their own. -- *Any connection between your reality and mine is purely coincidental Dave Plowman London SW To e-mail, change noise into sound. |
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We were somewhere around Barstow, on the edge of the desert, when the
drugs began to take hold. I remember "The Medway Handyman" saying something like: Just seen this on the Popular Mechanics site. They reckon; Circular Saw. Chain Saw. Table Saw. Nail Gun Ladder. I'd agree with that lot & add our favourite - angle grinder, Big stick. |
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We were somewhere around Barstow, on the edge of the desert, when the
drugs began to take hold. I remember John Stumbles saying something like: On Sun, 16 Nov 2008 11:45:29 +0000, The Medway Handyman wrote: As in "Do not let your children sit on the bacon slicer..."? As in "Please do not sit on the bacon slicer as we are getting behind with our orders" ! My uncle was a butcher and stuck his todger in the bacon slicer. Until she got the boot. |
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Table saws, spindle moulders, and chainsaws all look dangerous and sound dangerous. the greatest risk is from things that seem innocuous, like grinders, and ladders. Agreed. Although I did have a link to an accident report, where a US woodworker, having mislaid his Stanley knife, attempted to cut monofilament fishing line using a running table saw. I've also heard it said that when you no longer feel anything when you hear the noise of the table saw spinning-up - then you're ready for your accident. But then that's part of the 3 classic groups of accident victims - inexperienced novice, complacent professional - and that other group "shouldn't be allowed near tools". Of that website of woodworking machinery accident reports (which has been taken down unfortunately), 80% were the "shouldn't be allowed near tools" category, and 20% were the "bad luck, and could happen to almost anyone in a careless moment". |
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Steve Walker wrote:
wrote: I've also heard it said that when you no longer feel anything when you hear the noise of the table saw spinning-up - then you're ready for your accident. Oooh - I thought it was just me that had a momentary chill when firing up big, nasty tools. I still remember the sound of the table saw from my school's woodwork room starting up, I only remember one pupil ever being allowed to use it. |
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On Sun, 16 Nov 2008 13:25:18 -0000, "Steve Walker"
wrote: wrote: I've also heard it said that when you no longer feel anything when you hear the noise of the table saw spinning-up - then you're ready for your accident. Oooh - I thought it was just me that had a momentary chill when firing up big, nasty tools. Buffing machines. The 'Rotty' of power tools. Regards, -- Steve ( out in the sticks ) Email: Take time to reply: timefrom_usenet{at}gmx.net |
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We were somewhere around Barstow, on the edge of the desert, when the
drugs began to take hold. I remember "Steve Walker" saying something like: wrote: I've also heard it said that when you no longer feel anything when you hear the noise of the table saw spinning-up - then you're ready for your accident. Probably spouted by one of those home-spun philosphers the Yanks are so fond of. Oooh - I thought it was just me that had a momentary chill when firing up big, nasty tools. I just get on with the job and I've always had a great deal of respect for big things that whirl, stamp, punch, etc. Nothing compared to Ma Nature, though. |
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The Medway Handyman wrote:
Just seen this on the Popular Mechanics site. They reckon; Circular Saw. Chain Saw. Table Saw. Nail Gun Ladder. I'd agree with that lot & add our favourite - angle grinder, None of them are really dangerous in themselves - it's only when they are used by an untrained or careless operator that they become "dangerous". BTW, a ladder is not a tool - it's a piece of access equipment and can neither harm nor injure - injury is only caused when an idiot falls off it (for any number of unsafe practices) and comes into contact with the ground. Unbeliever |
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"Grimly Curmudgeon" wrote in message ... We were somewhere around Barstow, on the edge of the desert, when the drugs began to take hold. I remember John Stumbles saying something like: On Sun, 16 Nov 2008 11:45:29 +0000, The Medway Handyman wrote: As in "Do not let your children sit on the bacon slicer..."? As in "Please do not sit on the bacon slicer as we are getting behind with our orders" ! My uncle was a butcher and stuck his todger in the bacon slicer. Until she got the boot. My Dad was a slaughter man and my Mum was a real stunner. |
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"The Medway Handyman" wrote in message om... Just seen this on the Popular Mechanics site. They reckon; Circular Saw. Chain Saw. Table Saw. Nail Gun Ladder. I'd agree with that lot & add our favourite - angle grinder, Dave - The Medway Handyman Left Hand Right Hand Brain Alcohol Any tool you use |
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"Grimly Curmudgeon" wrote in message ... We were somewhere around Barstow, on the edge of the desert, when the drugs began to take hold. I remember "The Medway Handyman" saying something like: Just seen this on the Popular Mechanics site. They reckon; Circular Saw. Chain Saw. Table Saw. Nail Gun Ladder. I'd agree with that lot & add our favourite - angle grinder, Big stick. Viagra, to go with big stick. |
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On Sun, 16 Nov 2008 11:23:59 GMT, George wrote:
"The Medway Handyman" wrote in message om... Just seen this on the Popular Mechanics site. They reckon; Circular Saw. Chain Saw. Table Saw. Nail Gun Ladder. I'd agree with that lot & add our favourite - angle grinder, -- Dave - The Medway Handyman www.medwayhandyman.co.uk Bored are you David? Anyway in answer to your question...tools are only dangerous in the wrong hands. Tools don't even have to be your hands to be dangerous. Recently I had my nail gun plugged in to one side of a dual socket, while the table saw was plugged in (as usual) to the other socket of the pair. A few times I noticed a "thudding" sound when I switched the saw off. The first time, I thought nothing of it. The second time I thought "hmm, odd" After the third time I started to investigate ... It turned out that the nailgun was firing, on it's own. I have now discovered this effect is completely repeatable, but only on that particular double socket. It's wired the same as all the others and shows up as OK" with my mains-plug tester. Fortunately no nails or people were harmed during this excperiment. p.s. most dangerous tool: hammer - I've caused more actual damage to myself with one of those that with any of the ones listed - probably because I treat power tools with a great deal of respect, and they tend to have safety guards. |
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Rod wrote:
The Medway Handyman wrote: Just seen this on the Popular Mechanics site. They reckon; Circular Saw. Chain Saw. Table Saw. Nail Gun Ladder. I'd agree with that lot & add our favourite - angle grinder, What meaning of most dangerous? If most injuries, I'd put up a "knife", or, given my own recent experience, "saw" Agreed, I am regularly haching myself up with these but when using power tools pay much more care/attention. |
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"Rod" wrote in message ... The Medway Handyman wrote: Just seen this on the Popular Mechanics site. They reckon; Circular Saw. Chain Saw. Table Saw. Nail Gun Ladder. I'd agree with that lot & add our favourite - angle grinder, What meaning of most dangerous? If most injuries, I'd put up a "knife", or, given my own recent experience, "saw" (thinking any ordinary handsaw). Past experience would probably include "hammer" (as in squashed nail time). I think that the fear factor of the big, heavy, powerful power tools helps to encourage greater care - especially among people who use them less frequently. Not that many years ago I'd probably have put up "bacon slicer" as a suggestion, but rules and regs seem to have been tightened up a lot. -- Rod Talking about angle grinders, this seaman did himself a mischief yesterday with one; http://tiny.cc/x0nrM Don. |
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"Don" wrote in message . uk... "Rod" wrote in message ... The Medway Handyman wrote: Just seen this on the Popular Mechanics site. They reckon; Circular Saw. Chain Saw. Table Saw. Nail Gun Ladder. I'd agree with that lot & add our favourite - angle grinder, What meaning of most dangerous? If most injuries, I'd put up a "knife", or, given my own recent experience, "saw" (thinking any ordinary handsaw). Past experience would probably include "hammer" (as in squashed nail time). I think that the fear factor of the big, heavy, powerful power tools helps to encourage greater care - especially among people who use them less frequently. Not that many years ago I'd probably have put up "bacon slicer" as a suggestion, but rules and regs seem to have been tightened up a lot. -- Rod Talking about angle grinders, this seaman did himself a mischief yesterday with one; http://tiny.cc/x0nrM Don. The Grinder hit him three times in the face? Once is enough with those things. He was in a great deal of pain? I wonder why. I think he's a brave man to be conscious enough to feel pain during such an ordeal. :-) |
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pete wrote:
Tools don't even have to be your hands to be dangerous. Recently I had my nail gun plugged in to one side of a dual socket, while the table saw was plugged in (as usual) to the other socket of the pair. A few times I noticed a "thudding" sound when I switched the saw off. The first time, I thought nothing of it. The second time I thought "hmm, odd" After the third time I started to investigate ... It turned out that the nailgun was firing, on it's own. I have now discovered this effect is completely repeatable, but only on that particular double socket. It's wired the same Sounds like a bad connection in the socket to me - have you checked the terminals are nice and tight!? If so, I would change the socket if it were me! |
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"Toby" wrote in message ... pete wrote: Tools don't even have to be your hands to be dangerous. Recently I had my nail gun plugged in to one side of a dual socket, while the table saw was plugged in (as usual) to the other socket of the pair. A few times I noticed a "thudding" sound when I switched the saw off. The first time, I thought nothing of it. The second time I thought "hmm, odd" After the third time I started to investigate ... It turned out that the nailgun was firing, on it's own. I have now discovered this effect is completely repeatable, but only on that particular double socket. It's wired the same Sounds like a bad connection in the socket to me - have you checked the terminals are nice and tight!? If so, I would change the socket if it were me! I'd have the gun checked out. They shouldn't activate until the press guard is pushed back at the nose. |
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Just seen this on the Popular Mechanics site. They reckon; Circular Saw. Chain Saw. Table Saw. Nail Gun Ladder. I'd agree with that lot & add our favourite - angle grinder, Are they supposed to be in any particular order? I would have rated a fixed table saw as more dangerous than a hand held circular saw for example - because at least with that your hands are occupied holding it! -- Cheers, John. /================================================== ===============\ | Internode Ltd - http://www.internode.co.uk | |-----------------------------------------------------------------| | John Rumm - john(at)internode(dot)co(dot)uk | \================================================= ================/ |
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"John Rumm" wrote in message et... The Medway Handyman wrote: Just seen this on the Popular Mechanics site. They reckon; Circular Saw. Chain Saw. Table Saw. Nail Gun Ladder. I'd agree with that lot & add our favourite - angle grinder, Are they supposed to be in any particular order? I would have rated a fixed table saw as more dangerous than a hand held circular saw for example - because at least with that your hands are occupied holding it! John. I've watched blokes using a circular saw with one hand and the timber across their knee to lop the end off it. It could have been their knees that copped the lopping off. Chainsaws are not a common tool in everyone's chest, and for those who don't use them on a regular basis, and forget what ever little bits of training they had, they are easy to lose control of on the simplest of jobs. My training was three weeks of forestry work, with a constant supervisor over my shoulder. I've heard you can go on one day course to allow certification on using them now-a-days. That's not right. Nail guns are also an uncommon tool for the DIYer and semi-professional, but they don't need any training before purchase or use. They are dangerous in the hands of a novice, who thinks they are John Wayne with a six shooter. A Hilti gun was one tool I saw literally take a mans head off. You need trained to use them on commercial sites, but not for home use. On a site where the guys were installing ventilation duct, and a youngster took the gun up a scaffold. Still couldn't quite reach the ceiling, so stood on a tool box and put the Hilti gun on the top of head to push it up tight. Pulled the trigger and bashed the top of his head in. The blast from the cartridge can be worse than a shotgun at close range. It put the masonry nail into the concrete without problem, but the recoil fractured the young lads skull just as easily. |
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Heh heh - I don't have a table saw but one of those sliding compound mitre ones - a cheapy from B&Q. And you're in no doubt when you start it due to the 'kick' as it spins up. No soft start at that price. ;-) I have a similar compound mitre saw ... I've noticed that it only kicks back (yes, quite violently) when the blade is not up to full speed when I start cutting, or when the piece being sawn is very small. I've had a few scrapes with the kick-back, a few times being hit in the face by off cuts ... but it is always been when I have been rushing the job. Take your time when cutting. Dave |
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writes Not that many years ago I'd probably have put up "bacon slicer" as a suggestion, But only when she has a cleaver in her hand -- geoff |
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writes "Rod" wrote in message ... The Medway Handyman wrote: Just seen this on the Popular Mechanics site. They reckon; Circular Saw. Chain Saw. Table Saw. Nail Gun Ladder. I'd agree with that lot & add our favourite - angle grinder, What meaning of most dangerous? If most injuries, I'd put up a "knife", or, given my own recent experience, "saw" (thinking any ordinary handsaw). Past experience would probably include "hammer" (as in squashed nail time). I think that the fear factor of the big, heavy, powerful power tools helps to encourage greater care - especially among people who use them less frequently. Not that many years ago I'd probably have put up "bacon slicer" as a suggestion, but rules and regs seem to have been tightened up a lot. -- Rod Talking about angle grinders, this seaman did himself a mischief yesterday with one; http://tiny.cc/x0nrM cunnilingus with an angle grinder ? forriners, eh ? -- geoff |
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"The Medway Handyman" wrote in message om... Just seen this on the Popular Mechanics site. They reckon; Circular Saw. Chain Saw. Table Saw. Nail Gun Ladder. I'd agree with that lot & add our favourite - angle grinder, May I add My next door neighbours chopsaw (see previous posts) John Holmes Adam |
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"The Medway Handyman" wrote in message om... Just seen this on the Popular Mechanics site. They reckon; Circular Saw. Chain Saw. Table Saw. Nail Gun Ladder. I'd agree with that lot & add our favourite - angle grinder, May I add My next door neighbours chopsaw (see previous posts) John Holmes Adam Is that; 1. My next door neighbours chopsaw (see previous posts) 2. John Holmes 3. Adam -- Dave - The Medway Handyman www.medwayhandyman.co.uk |
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"The Medway Handyman" wrote in message om... ARWadsworth wrote: "The Medway Handyman" wrote in message om... Just seen this on the Popular Mechanics site. They reckon; Circular Saw. Chain Saw. Table Saw. Nail Gun Ladder. I'd agree with that lot & add our favourite - angle grinder, May I add My next door neighbours chopsaw (see previous posts) John Holmes Adam Is that; 1. My next door neighbours chopsaw (see previous posts) 2. John Holmes (Bobbit?) 3. Adam Is now Eve? Ouch!!! -- Dave - The Medway Handyman www.medwayhandyman.co.uk |
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On 16 Nov, 22:17, "BigWallop" wrote:
"The Medway Handyman" wrote in media.com... ARWadsworth wrote: "The Medway Handyman" wrote in media.com... Just seen this on the Popular Mechanics site. They reckon; Circular Saw. Chain Saw. Table Saw. Nail Gun Ladder. I'd agree with that lot & add our favourite - angle grinder, May I add My next door neighbours chopsaw (see previous posts) John Holmes Adam Is that; 1. My next door neighbours chopsaw (see previous posts) 2. John Holmes * * (Bobbit?) 3. Adam Is now Eve? * * *Ouch!!! -- Dave - The Medway Handyman www.medwayhandyman.co.uk It's interesting following a discussion of this type as all the contributors are regulars here and I imagine like myself, self-defined competent DIY'ers. The interest is that we don't fall into one of the groups that have been defined as typically having accidents with tools - the over confident professional and the guy who shouldn't be let loose ! Are we in danger of being complacent in that we don't think we get blase like the professional and all are far too knowledgeable to be an ignorant ? I suspect from the postings that none of those contributing have had anything more than a bang with a hammer, or snick with a hand saw - either that or someone is keeping stum. Which then raises the question as to who does have these accidents ? I've got all the power tools described in the various lists here and more, and I use them with considerable respect, but they all have power to do me a serious nasty if there is that moment of inattention, and that is what worries me. My brother is a joiner/cabinet maker and the planer is his downfall ... and falling off rooves. Both professional hazards. Rob |
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robgraham wrote:
It's interesting following a discussion of this type as all the contributors are regulars here and I imagine like myself, self-defined competent DIY'ers. The interest is that we don't fall into one of the groups that have been defined as typically having accidents with tools - the over confident professional and the guy who shouldn't be let loose ! Are we in danger of being complacent in that we don't think we get blase like the professional and all are far too knowledgeable to be an ignorant ? I suspect from the postings that none of those contributing have had anything more than a bang with a hammer, or snick with a hand saw - either that or someone is keeping stum. Which then raises the question as to who does have these accidents ? I've got all the power tools described in the various lists here and more, and I use them with considerable respect, but they all have power to do me a serious nasty if there is that moment of inattention, and that is what worries me. I've had the tip of a finger severed & replaced due to inattention with a table saw, & three incidents with angle grinders, two very minor leg injuries & one more serious arm injury. In terms of DIY the finger & one of the leg injuries were before I went full time as a handyman, the arm & leg injury since. The table saw incident was due to a moments inattention, all the guards were in place & working 100%. I have a great deal of respect for angle grinders now. -- Dave - The Medway Handyman www.medwayhandyman.co.uk |
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