New demo subject?

Re: New demo subject?

Dick Hines

>I would expect that more people are hurt before the wood is on the lathe than after. You may be right we need to stress that chain and band saws are more dangerous than the lathe.

I new turner is more instered in the dangers of the lathe and does not dive any thought to what you ahve to do before the wood is ready to turn.

Re: New demo subject?

Bill Grumbine, Kutztown PA

>Hi Terry

We are addressing this very thing in the video, with a fairly lengthy discussion on chainsawing, with additional equipment needed, actual sawing, etc. The same goes for the bandsaw. Final edit is scheduled for Oct 6th!

Bill

Re: New demo subject?

William R. Duffield on the Cohansey

>I agree wholeheartedly!

Get training, get and use all the recommended safety equipment. Keeping your safety equipment well maintained is as important as keeping the saw maintained.

LOML is a CSP and has taken an intensive chainsaw safety course given by Husqvarna. At the last woodworking and turning event we attended, she absolutely refused to go anywhere near the chainsawing demonstrations, due to the extreme potential danger to spectators as well as users. For example, chains fail, and can become lethal projectiles.

Your concern also reminds me of a news article I read last month, in which a man was up in a tree pruning with a chainsaw. He dropped it, killing his wife. This is just one example out of many.

Those old, crooked trees, filled with character, that only a turner or a family of woodpeckers or coons could love, are by far the most dangerous to fell, because their falure modes are so unpredictable. The statistics on deaths due to trunks and limbs falling on amateur sawyers and their helpers are truly frightening.

Re: New demo subject?

Bob Hackett

>About every other year we have a demo about cutting for the best yield and figure.We stress safety during these demos but you`re right when you say we need to do more.

Most of our chainsaw safety instruction comes from being involved in "timber parties" in order to cut up large trees for club use.

Not only does this sound like a good topic for a demo but how about making it a good topic for one of the turning chats?

Mainely,Bob

Good idea Bob...

TDaniel

>I am for anything that will save a finger or life. We'll make it our topic for Wed night (if I am there, stepmother is still on life suport). We'll start with chainsaw safety and save the bandsaw for another night to avoid confusion. Can you drop in and help us with the topic?

TD

Re: Good idea Bob...

Bob Hackett

>I`ll drop in but I don`t know how much help I`ll be.

By the time I type out anything with 2 fingers while looking at the keyboard the conversation is usually long gone.

When it comes to chat rooms I`m a lurker.

Mainely,Bob

Re: Good idea Bob...

William R. Duffield on the Cohansey

>Two fingers? You didn't happen to lose the rest of them in a chainsaw accident, did you? :^)

Nope

Bob Hackett

>Did lose them to a serious lack of coordination though.

Let`s just say Mavis Beacon(aka Mavis Bevis)and I don`t see eye to eye when it comes to typing.

Mainely,Bob-who will learn to type when Mavis learns to turn.

Re: Nope

William R. Duffield on the Cohansey

>When LOML was in school, she refused to take a course in typing, knowing full well that the first question most potential employers would ask her is "Can you type?" As she didn't plan to earn multiple degrees in the sciences just to be relegated to the secretarial pool, she figured not knowing how was really an advantage. Hopefully, attitudes have changed. She uses all her fingers now, accurately, but she still isn't as quick as I am.