Safety Tips

1. SAFETY TIP 9-03;

CATEGORY:          SAFETY TIP 9-03;

TITLE:                    TOOL SAFETY

SUBMITTED BY:  PAT DEANGELIS

CARVING CLUB:  SOUTH JERSEY WOODCARVERS

“NO, I REALLY DIDN’T CUT MYSELF CARVING, I WAS REACHING FOR ANOTHER TOOL.”........(YEAH RIGHT...HEARD THAT ONE BEFORE)

HERE’S A GOOD HABIT TO GET INTO WHILE YOU ARE CARVING.

PLACE ALL OF YOUR KNIVES, GOUGES AND OTHER SHARP TOOLS WITH ALL THEIR CUTTING EDGES FACING IN THE SAME DIRECTION ON YOUR WORKBENCH, POINTING AWAY FROM YOUR REACH AND AWAY FROM THE FRONT OF THE BENCH.

SOUND TOO SIMPLE?   THIS SMALL STEP COULD PREVENT DUMB ACCIDENTAL CUTS WHEN;

_    YOU OR SOMEONE ELSE JUST LEANS AGAINST THE WORK BENCH;

_    WHEN YOU’RE REACHING FOR ANOTHER TOOL TO USE AND NOT PAYING ATTENTION TO THE SHARP CUTTING EDGES OF OTHER TOOLS FACING YOU, AND;

_    TO PROTECT SMALL CHILDREN WHO LIKE TO TOUCH ANYTHING THEY CAN REACH ON TOP OF YOUR WORK SURFACE.

IT’S A GOOD SAFETY HABIT TO GET INTO...TRY IT.