One seldom mentioned woodturning risk that newcomers may not realize and
old timers may neglect is a sharp edge on the turning itself. Be
careful when testing work with your fingers while it's spinning. These
edges can cut like a knife.


Turn to Safety, Arch
Fortiter


http://community.webtv.net/almcc/MacsMusings

Arch wrote:
One seldom mentioned woodturning risk that newcomers may not realize and
old timers may neglect is a sharp edge on the turning itself. Be
careful when testing work with your fingers while it's spinning. These
edges can cut like a knife.


Turn to Safety, Arch
Fortiter


http://community.webtv.net/almcc/MacsMusings



I have cut my fingers on the sharp corner where the outside of the
bowl meets the top edge, while sanding. Now I knock off the sharpness
as the first step of sanding. It was really shallow like a paper cut,
but stung out of proportion to the damage.

--
Gerald Ross
Cochran, GA

There's nothing wrong with Southern
California that a rise in the ocean
level wouldn't cure.

I picked up on this point when watching a hat turning demo 5 or more
years ago. The turner commented that he had a closet full of shirts
that had been cut by leaning into the rim of the hats while turning.
Always, on all turnings when I have a sharp edge, I will dull it by
rounding over, or with a slight scraping cut. It only takes a moment,
and if I am going to donate blood, I don't want to do it with this
type of slice.
robo hippy

On Oct 21, 8:44 am, Gerald Ross wrote:
Arch wrote:
One seldom mentioned woodturning risk that newcomers may not realize and
old timers may neglect is a sharp edge on the turning itself. Be
careful when testing work with your fingers while it's spinning. These
edges can cut like a knife.

Turn to Safety, Arch
Fortiter

http://community.webtv.net/almcc/MacsMusings

I have cut my fingers on the sharp corner where the outside of the
bowl meets the top edge, while sanding. Now I knock off the sharpness
as the first step of sanding. It was really shallow like a paper cut,
but stung out of proportion to the damage.

--
Gerald Ross
Cochran, GA

There's nothing wrong with Southern
California that a rise in the ocean
level wouldn't cure.

On Sun, 21 Oct 2007 11:44:14 -0400, Gerald Ross wrote:

Arch wrote:
One seldom mentioned woodturning risk that newcomers may not realize and
old timers may neglect is a sharp edge on the turning itself. Be
careful when testing work with your fingers while it's spinning. These
edges can cut like a knife.


Turn to Safety, Arch
Fortiter


http://community.webtv.net/almcc/MacsMusings



I have cut my fingers on the sharp corner where the outside of the
bowl meets the top edge, while sanding. Now I knock off the sharpness
as the first step of sanding. It was really shallow like a paper cut,
but stung out of proportion to the damage.

Really good argument for power sanding bowls... and using a soft pad...
I've lost enough little pieces of skin while hand sanding stuff with edges...


mac

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