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50 ways to lose - your fingerprint?

I've managed to grind off the finger prints of several fingers while sharpening tools, both on a Tormek and japanese waterstones.

Today, while turning "hair sticks" (the inspiration from another thread in this group) with a bedan, I was dampening the vibration with the the index and middle finger of my left hand, left thumb on top of the bedan at the piece. Couple of hours later I come in for lunch and wash my hands. Soap is a great way to find injured tissue!

Learned

Rosewood is more abrasive than maple. Padouk is more abrasive than Cherry. Teak really is abrasive

Literally hands on turning maple can cause the turner to taste "maple".

fun stuff this woodworking thing.

charlie b

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charlie b
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There are gloves you can use that will help you avoid losing tissue...

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And there other options... don't lose the feel in your fingers - it's not worth it.

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Moshe Eshel

A thin goatskin glove, well impregnated with white vaseline, is my antidote.

If you do not find them for sale, its because you never visit a bikers shop, asking for summer gloves:-)

Goatskin is 300% more tear-safe than any other type of skin, so you can use it with confidence down to 0.8mm thick. A bikers goatskin suit is regularly made from 1.0 and 1.2mm goat skin.

Bjarte

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Bjarte Runderheim

Are we really talking "Bikers" here, or do we really mean "Cyclists"? :-)

Barry

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Barry N. Turner

if you don't want to wear gloves or use finger wraps, coat the fingers with Ca before you start.. I also used to use "liquid band-aid" or newskin, before I learned to use tools, not fingers.. *g*

mac

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mac davis

====>You guys forgot a word of caution! Do not depend on these finger protection hints to work with tablesaws, RASs, bandsaws, routers! *G*

Leif

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Leif Thorvaldson

Oh, well; I live in innocent Norway, and for shopping and stores, I do not see the difference:-)

Goatskin - on the one hand, or the other?

Bjarte

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Bjarte Runderheim

or sex..

mac

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mac davis

OTOH, wearing gloves near a rotating shaft is one way to use a _lot_ of tissue, very rapidly. Don't do it! If you need some abrasion resistance, get a small leather pad a couple of inches square and just hold it in place.

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Andy Dingley

I've had good luck using foam backed sanding pads to steady work (mostly bowls), but you might give one a try... 100 or 220 grit. I use enough pressure to keep the item from flexing, but back off if I feel the pad heating up. It has the added benefit of smoothing out the piece.

I get the sanding pads at Sherwin Williams store for about 70 cents apiece.

------------------------------- Mike Mills Boca Raton FL

charlie b wrote:

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Mike and Bev Mills

I'm sorry, this is a terrible way to delurk and introduce myself, but this can't be passed up....

How about lubricated ribbed condoms on each finger (for her pleasure)

Okay, you can start throwing small chunks of wood at me now.

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