Subject: Re: drill press & basic safety

From: [email-masked] (Thomas Boudreau)
Date: Fri, 2 Aug 1996 23:03:20 -0300

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>An underpowered drill press is NOT a safety factor, proper operation is. 
>I don't want to climb on your case here but hand holding work in a drill 
>press is a bad practice. 
> Fractured his skull, broke some 
>fingers and as an added bonus he got about 130 stitches.
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>No loose clothing either!
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>Sorry about the rant but I don't have so many friends I can afford to 
>lose any if I can help it.
>
>Have fun, play safe,
>	Frosty
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        This is the kind of ranting we all need once in a while...it makes
us stop and THINK safety!!   Keep on rantin' Frosty!!

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From: [email-masked] (David Wilson)
Date: Sat, 3 Aug 1996 23:44:37 -0600

>Drill presses are more dangerous than they look
>and hurt lots of people every year.

Safety first is no idle clique in my book. It is the rule! If you're riding
in my car, wear your seat belts. Come in my shop, wear safety glasses, etc.
We can't be TOO safe around tools, especially power tools. Thanks for the
info Frosty, I love hearing it.

About twenty years ago, I nicked my finger on a table saw without a blade
guard on it. For ten years, I didn't go near a TS. Then I realized that it
was up to me to learn correct safety procedures, no one else. If anyone
could operate potentially dangerous tools safely, so could I. One problem
is when so-called experts train others the wrong way. Watch "The New Yankee
Workshop" and see the TS without a blade guard installed. Then the host
talks about "reading and understanding how to use your power tools
properly". They claim that the blade guard is removed to display to the
camera how the wood is cut. Sure, and nobody knows that!

It gripes me to know that there are young and/ or inexperienced people out
there watching info that is not safety conscience.

My welding instructor had everyone shaking in their boots with stories
about exploding Oxygen tanks. Then he showed us how to properly use one. At
one time I worked for the Industrial Accident Dept. for the State of Texas
and have heard of some terrible accidents. But it's never "ranting" to me
what Frosty said.

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David
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