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Re: Arcs off the fingers and getting killed in the process...
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>I was wearing googles, and heavy duty
>leather work gloves, and had all body parts accounted for at the end of the
>day, but I fear for the person that does not take all possible precautions--
>even the ones that don't seem necessary, are!
Arrgh! When building anything, including Tesla-coils, and using power
tools, *do not wear gloves!!* It's ten times better to screw up and lose a
finger-tip than it is to get your glove caught in something and have half
your forearm ripped off! No ties or loose, long hair either. No outside
shirt-tails. And it's even better to not wear a long-sleeved shirt. You
*really* don't want to have *anything* cloth-like or loose and floppy
connected to *you* that can get caught in a power tool. I speak from
experience here. 19 stitches from a horizontal mill. It's a miracle I still
have the finger, but if I had been wearing a glove, I would have lost my
hand for sure and probably half my forearm too. It's best not to mess up,
but there's no guarantee. Another time I caught three fingertips in a table
saw. I got chopped a little (didn't need stitches, just had several days of
throbbing ;) but if I would have had a glove on, I would have lost *at
least* two complete fingers.
Always be as safe as possible, but please don't wear gloves when working
with power tools.
Dan