Jim Larkin on wed 6 sep 00
I have found masonry disks to be very effective on angle grinders for remov=
ing glaze from shelves. So effective they will also remove shelf readily. I=
also use the masonry disk to score old broken shelves into 2" squares, whi=
ch can then easily be broken into squares for short posts or shims. It is d=
efinitely a dust mask, eye shield job.
Jim Larkin
Fox Pass Pottery
Hot Springs, Arkansas
71901
501-623-9906
foxpass@aristotle.net
artimater on tue 5 feb 02
Dale wrote:
-Stories like these are common with high-speed power tools of all kind. =
As
someone who sells power wood carving tools I see/hear these all the =
time.
One thing I ALWAYS tell people about using such tools that can do awful
damage in a split second is...... NEVER, NEVER TALK TO ANYONE ( OR LET
ANYONE TALK TO YOU) WHILE YOU ARE USING THE TOOL.
My sistr-in-law school Art teacher has a similar rule about using the
paper cutter! :>)
regards,
I've been using power tools forever....I was known as "Don and the =
Sawtones".....I still have both eyes, ten fingers and toes.....Dale is =
right; you don't talk while using a machine that can take your arm =
off....I always fixed my concentration on the exact point where the tool =
bites the material....The only time I got caught was when I was routing =
a round-d-round on a large "1"....I had my hands as far away from the =
blade as possible, but I was also flapping my big flappy yap with Chris, =
a friend of mine...In half a split second that router yanked the =
workpiece 48" around to where my fingernail was.....I still have one =
crooked fingernail and I'm lucky to have that....Yep it was Chris's =
mouth that got me in trouble.....Or maybe it was the 6-pack I had for =
lunch...The boss liked Weller, we went for Coors back then...
That was nothing compared to the time this guy was sawing aluminum =
without coolant on a table saw.....The little carbide tips on the blade =
got too hot and all turned loose at once....He caught them from the top =
of his head to his waist...No beer required for that piece of =
stupidity....
Oh yeah,....High power drills can mess you up pretty fast =
also....Ask Jeff....He was 100' in the air on a ladder when his hammer =
drill gave him a reverse mohawk.....I was 36' up a ladder when a hammer =
drill nabbed my long curly red hair and whacked me in the =
head....Actually the drill got the worst of that one when it hit the =
concrete...
Just to get on topic....One time we had a nasty red raku glaze that =
quietly insisted on liquifying before all the other glazes even got =
hot....I yanked a big bowl out of the kiln and slung it around toward =
the sawdust bed where ny friend Karen waited with a bucket to cover it =
up....Through the raku shield I happened to see the glaze slosh up and =
turned the bowl sideways just in time to catch it as it became =
airborn....Karen didn't know how close she came to catching it with her =
face.....We don't use that glaze anymore
My father used to say "It's the dull knife that will cut your =
finger off"....It helps to know your tools and pay attention...
Ya'll be careful....You can eat your clay but don't drink the glazes
PAX,
Rush
"I only indulge when I've seen a snake, so I keep a supply of =
indulgences and snakes handy"
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