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John Paul Sanborn
Above average climber
Well, that's not for this foum, and I don't see a thread for it anywheres elesche said:
woodshop
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ditto... but substitute 26 instead of the 12. Both as a logger, and then an electronics tech and even working in woodshop, ring on finger is accident waiting to happen. Have not even seen my wedding ring in years, have no clue where she has it stashed. Heck for all I know, it doesn't even fit me anymore. Not an issueNewfie said:
sedanman
Just cut the piano!!
A friend of mine had his tatooed on his finger. Made his wife happy as it is a more permanent reminder and not a safety hazard.
Same here, but for 15 yrs. My wife dug mine out the other day. First time I had seen it since the day we got married. I wore it to town and now its back in storage. I never could get use to wearing jewelry.woodshop said:ditto... but substitute 26 instead of the 12. Both as a logger, and then an electronics tech and even working in woodshop, ring on finger is accident waiting to happen. Have not even seen my wedding ring in years, have no clue where she has it stashed. Heck for all I know, it doesn't even fit me anymore. Not an issue
Cant wear a wristwatch and pocket watches usually end up getting broke so years ago I glued a cheap watch inside my tin hat. We moved here and I started falling for a skidder logger. Of course I had to tell him about how I learned to tell time by the sun in Alaska...hold the hat up toward the sun and measure the distance yada aaa. It is 3:37. Couple of years later he figured it out.
John
canguy21
ArboristSite Operative
I snagged my wrist watch and had a hell of a time getting my arm out. Never again.
texasnative
ArboristSite Operative
in response to the "Honey can we talk?" question, for a man that translates directly to "You need to sit down and i'm gonna tell you all the ways you've been screwing up"
Its funny you should mention a titanium ring because my friend that this happened to was saying how he wished he had one instead of gold, then I showed him something... Take a ring and put it on your finger, now put pressure on the top and bottom like two logs would. If the ring doesn't crush down, as titanium won't, it will probably rotate causing the ring edges to cut into your finger. The end result would probably be the same, lots of nerve and circulation damage.
It will still strip the finger of flesh if you catch it on something. The edge digs in and tears the flesh off the bone. Peels it like a banana. It may be less apt to smash flat but no ring is better on the job unless you're pushing a pencil all day.
Tom D. Wilson
ArboristSite Operative
Anything that can get snagged is not good - i'v lost 2 watches to wood chippers and now i dont wear one - its a bit of an Ar$se really coz i dont know when i should telling my boss i should be having a lunch break
Tom, slide the watch down to wrist and use duct tape to hold the cuffs of your gloves tight so they don't get snagged. Never use long cuff gloves around the chipper, duct tape or not, they get snagged too often to be safe around the chipper.
ontario026
ArboristSite Operative
lync said:True story. Mechanic working on a car up on a lift. Standing under car checking for loose connection at starter. Reaches up with left hand, wedding ring makes contact between 12v cable from battery and casing of starter (grounded). Ring fuses to battery cable, and mechanic is stuck for about 10 seconds. When he finally gets hand loose he pulls hand down, I see the ring is glowing orange, he tries to pull it off with other hand but can't cause he burns those fingers trying to grab the ring. Soaked him with garden hose. Burn't flesh around ring finger, looked and smelled like steak.
Jewelry is for going out,not working. Corey
A buddy of mine wears a medic alert bracelet and is a mechanic, he managed to short it out on something with pretty much the same result... burned until he got it into water.... serious burns encircling his wrist
Standard proceedure for working on newer cars is to disconect the battery before you start to work on the car. A short may mess up the delicate computer controls in the newer cars. If your mechanic doesn't do this when he works on your car find one that does. I wear a medic alert bracelet. The breaking strength on the ss chain is 180 lbs, the cut loop that holds the chain to the medalion lets go at 30lbs or less. I got that from Stainless Products spec sheet. The loop is supposed to let go before the chain tears the skin.
sedanman
Just cut the piano!!
geofore, That is NOT "standard proceedure". Disconnecting the battery on some modern cars like a Chrysler 300 means about a half hour re-programming things like "smart-glass" and re-setting customer radio pre-sets and re-programming the shifter (YES the shifter on a 300 is actually a computer)
MasterBlaster
TreeHouse Elder
NO bling-bling at work! WTH for anyway? It either eventually hurts you, or you lose it.
I don't know about your shop manuals but mine say to disconect the battery before working on the electrical system. Removing a starter is one move that would have me disconecting the battery. Whether it's done or not is up to the mechanic. Do you switch your saws off or disconect the spark plug wire before working on them, like sharpening the chain? How something is done as opposed to how it is supposed to/can be done leaves a wide margin for error. Take your car to one of those fast oil change places and see if th guy doing the oil change can reset the computer to restart it's count on milage since the last oil change, chances are he can't/doesn't know how to do it. I think sometimes they hire guy's that can say, "Do you want fries with that?"
