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Wood turning health and safety

ataylor

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Do you have or wear a smock when turning i have seen these when visiting the harrogate woodworking show. Or even better how well is you health and safety in your workshop. :thinks:
 

clumsysod

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I'll wear anything or nothing as I turn in the bedroom on polythene sheet and tip it in the bin when finished.
 

Jim

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I have a smock also bought from Harrogate, but once i tried it on the novelty wore off ... :rolling: I mostly wear one of those lumberjack jackets.unless it is really warm ... :ciggrin:
 

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I wear one most of the time because I got one cheaply from Yandles through the club.

I find it a quick way to cover up my "normal" clothes. I know from experience CA is sod to get out of my silk cravats.
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ataylor

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I wear one most of the time because I got one cheaply from Yandles through the club.

I find it a quick way to cover up my "normal" clothes. I know from experience CA is sod to get out of my silk cravats.
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And here is me worried about my 20 odd year old led zeppelin t-shirt :ciggrin:
 

Walter

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I wear a smock when I am doing demos but in my own workshop I usually wear a sweatshirt or something similar with no dangly bits to get caught up.

As far as H&S goes I always use extraction when sanding or using CA. Usually wear a respirator (Airshield) when sanding but not when using CA as it draws the fumes in rather than protecting you. I always wear safety glasses when pen making and a full face visor when making anything bigger and try to remember to wear safety boots.

I never ever turn anything (other than heads) when I am not wearing any trousers.:devil:
 

ataylor

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I dont own a smock either, i also wear a sweatshirt mostly, and a big wooly jumper when the cold weather is just about bearable. When the freeze comes i stay out of the place. :whistling:
 

Pete B

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Hi,
i wear safety glasses and have just had to start wearing spectacles underneath if making very fine inside cuts or something similar, so i probably should wear them all the time.
I have paper or cloth type masks of the surgical variety that i bought a full box of a few years ago and they work out really cheap from a medical type supply firm.
A full face shield when making bowls etc, well the roughing stage anyway. Have one of those circular air filters which i don't have on all the time but i should but its noisy, but the noise is better than breathing in unmentionables, so i should know better.
I have a barrel type hoover type extractor that i still haven't got around to fitting some tubing for both lathes when sanding, but i need to have it sound proofed as much as airflow will allow. So it just gets used for cleaning up.
So in short i don't do enough.
i do though have steel toe capped rigger boots, that i had to buy as a condition of entry to a timber place i use. They have never saved me there but as they are comfortable i wear them all the time and they have saved my toes quite a few times in the garage after dropping big lumps.

Pete
 

Ian

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He drinks his Martini though a straw. I wear a smock to keep the rubbish out of my clothes then im allowed back in side for lunch :whistling:. and face and breathing protection when needed , I may be should wear boots so I can reach the lathe better:thinks:
Ian
 
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