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15th November 2007, 10:41 PM #1
What thingos can you buy to stop finger tip splinters ?
I'm serious. I reakon somebody must have invented something like.
Uno, for those times when your feeding timber through a machine like the table saw or the router table. To keep the timber tight to the fence I let the timber slide past my left index finger.
But that risks splinters, which means I don't weight the piece as hard as I'd like to help a consistant feed.
So I end up wrapping my left index finger with masking tape. Which works fine, except after a while it feels like there's no blood left in the tip and it feels like it'll fall off .
Can you buy little rubber finger tip things ?...something I can just slip into/out of my workbelt.
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15th November 2007, 10:44 PM #2
splinters are good for the soul quit the whinging and be a man
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15th November 2007, 10:47 PM #3
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15th November 2007, 10:48 PM #4
yep. They are called Concrete Pills. Take a few and harden the *&^$$ Up!
I know not with what weapons World War III will be fought, but World War IV will be fought with sticks and stones.
Albert Einstein
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15th November 2007, 10:49 PM #5
will admit those ones do smart a little
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15th November 2007, 10:49 PM #6
I am hard. well I thought I was . (sniff)
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15th November 2007, 10:58 PM #7Senior Member
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Ask the missus to get you a thimble out of her sewing box.
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16th November 2007, 12:05 AM #8SENIOR MEMBER
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You could use gloves. They have tight elasticised gloves for handling timber which are leather tipped but still give good feel. they are not loose like riggers gloves that can catch in things. If i remember i wear them and if not I remember to once I get my first splinter. Under the finger nail is the worst!
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16th November 2007, 12:10 AM #9
You have already got the answer Jake, you just don't realise it yet.
If masking tape works well but cuts off the circulation, what do you reckon you could do to stop cutting off the circulation?
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16th November 2007, 12:18 AM #10GOLD MEMBER
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16th November 2007, 07:16 AM #11Awaiting Email Confirmation
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why not make some finger jigs to hold the timber tight, or have a piece of smooth wood in your hand to apply pressure
les
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16th November 2007, 07:24 AM #12
Um...What is wrong with using a featherboard like used on Router tables?
Same job, different equipment.Hooroo.
Regards, Trevor
Grafton
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16th November 2007, 07:45 AM #13
I don't know what you mean.
I do know what you mean about feather boards. Generally we use them to keep the wood down (clamped off the fence), but not practical to use them to hold them tight to the fence.
The reason is because we throw different width timbers through all the time. Take too long re-adjusting the feather board all the time. Just easier to pressure hard with the fingers. I'm fine with it, except for the splinters and it slices up my finger tips after a while. Starting to bother me a bit now.
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16th November 2007, 07:50 AM #14
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16th November 2007, 07:50 AM #15
I know what I'll do. I'll take that glove idea. I'll wear a welding glove and stuff the tip of the finger with newspaper. That way if a spear goes through I'm safe.
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