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A handmade home for woodworkers and admirers of woodworkers. Our community icon is submitted by @[email protected] whose father was inspired to start woodworking by Norm and the New Yankee Workshop.

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not wood working, per se, but your daily reminder to take safety seriously (lemmy.ca)

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago (2 children)

Watching people trying to make small cuts with a Dremel, face 10" from the wheel, with no eye protection gives me anxiety.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 years ago

Don't underestimate the effectiveness of a safety squint.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 years ago

Thankfully I've never seen this done. Although I used to regularly rake my co-workers over the coals for not wearing a face shield while wire-wheeling rims.

If you think wearing a grinding mask is uncomfortable, wait until you get shrapnel in your eye.