So this morning, I started reminding people that it was Safety Week. This is the result of having way too much on my plate and getting in from Atlanta last night at 10pm. I totally forgot I already postoned the even till next week. So since we have a whole week yet to be unsafe, I thought it would be fun to get creative and start coming up with some events for what I am going to now call, “Non-Safety Week”.
Let’s see, I’ll start it off by mentioning some of the things we came up with on Twitter:
- Learn to Juggle Japanese Chisels w/ Marc Spagnuolo
- Spinning sawblades on sticks while drinking your favorite beer w/ Shannon Rogers
- Nude Bandsaw Blade Hula Hooping w/ Tom Iovino
Do-it-yourself skin exfoliation with everyday workshop chemicals.
This is woodworking, you must mean “defoliation”…. lol ;^)
Checking you jointer blades for alignment, using your tongue!
- Mortising Your Way to the Perfect Mustache
- Setting up Skew Planes for Superb Sideburns
The router table rail gun. Zing a nice piece of white oak (sharpened point optional) between the fence and the bit and shoot it at a target. Mythbusters episode maybe.
Tablesaw Roulette! I can picture it now… (squiggle, squiggle, squiggle..)
MUSIC: “One of these bladess is not like the others. One of these bladess just doesn’t belong…”
SCENE: There are five identical tablesaws, but only ONE has the “flesh-detecting technology” (I hate that term BTW) removed. Take your chances and spin the “Blades… of… FOORTUUNNNEEE!!!”
Use both hands when using a carpet knife (http://bit.ly/bZ2KPt). Don’t ask me how I know this (but it was only three stitches!) Not *exactly* woodworking, but still makes the point.
Pinata parties with reciprocating saws. Everyone gather in close now!
Lick your fingers and see if you can stop that spinning table saw blade from the sides. People actually do this apparently!
I think that we all know many of the do’s and don’ts in the shop. For some reason, when I know what I am doing in a project and when I know what the next step is, I tend to act like I am getting paid on a “piece-work” basis (this comes from watching too much woodworking on TV … even Norm is fast only by way of video editing). First of all, I am not getting paid for any of my stuff and secondly, what is the rush! Actually, I probably work more slowly and with more forethought when I am not quite sure how to next proceed.
Looks like I didn’t follow the directions on this one … maybe if I had read the directions :-) …
Handheld Workpieces and Chisels of Fury!
A side-splitting adventure in palm-of-your-hand excitement…
Nail gun tin can ally.
Store all your used oil finish rags and sawdust in a handy plastic bin which stores neatly next to you shop heater.
Shop Organization with Pig Pen: You can always straighten up later.
Put out lighted match in a can of paint thinner.
Table Saw Dancing.
Wearing my poofy pirate shirt (Sienfeld) as my workshirt.
But I don’t want to be a pirate!
There is no more important safety rule than to wear these
saw blade Frisbee was always fun on the job site
For truly flat paring cuts, sight into the blade of the chisel.
How about cutting your own deli meat on the bandsaw?
The “Is this potable?” shop-solvent taste-test.
Let’s play
How about speed shaving with your favorite paring chisel or chisel plane!
The weekly Bris with the dull chisels.
Since I just got done eating dinner I came up with a good use for my old scroll saw blades. Floss for those hard to get bits of food stuck between your teeth. Don’t worry if you cant get them to start between your teeth at first just work at it for a bit, and you’ll get even the hardest to get at food particles in no time
Launching hard wood airplanes from the USS Jointer Aircraft Carrier
Good one! It even looks like an aircraft carrier.
Nail gun paintball!
Using the lathe while wearing Vic’s poofy pirate shirt-the episode of Home Improvement with Tim doing Tool Time using the lathe comes to mind!! Actually re-enacting any of Tim’s stunts would count, man I miss good TV.
Even though they are called marking knives, they aren’t really knives.
Russian Roulette…with a twist!
See how many times you can drill through a wall before you hit a gas pipe, water pipe or electrical conduit.
How about chainsaw Fencing???
Using a Router to trim your toenails.
The .22 caliber dovetail waste removal technique.
I got one:
“Just Walking Around”
with your danger-to-himself-and-others host,
Bob Daniel
Today’s episode:
“Tree Branches – They’re Lower Than You Think”
B-)
I’m reminded of something I did frequently, and have been guilty of considering doing again. Particularly due to the rules of the house: remove footwear at the door.
When you work in the basement, remember to wear shoes. And not just any shoes, but closed-toe shoes. I did some cutting with a circular saw wearing open sandals. I left a trail to the bedroom, which pretty much killed any romance for a week. Not to mention being incredibly lucky the blade didn’t loose a tooth, or kick out a splinter/chunk of tear out into my foot.
A trail of sawdust or a trail of blood?
That reminds me of another safety game: Hacky Chisel
I don’tknow about anybody else, I want to see Tom do the hula hoop thing(preferably w/clothes).
Come on, man, where’s the CHALLENGE in that?
Challenge for you or challenge for us?
Let’s just call it a challenge for all….
oooooh oooh, I LOOOOOOVE blindfold ripping.
Shaving with a ROS.?.
Creative scar tissue designs…
Freehand ripping on the tablesaw for fun and profit with Carlos Osorio.
See how fast CA glue cures on a piece of wood by licking it.
my favorite is putting chisles in the drill press turn it on to drill the hole and stop it to square them no need to change bits or a hollow chisle moriser. :) aaaaaah it got loose agin !!!!!!
Hmmm…that might work.
Are we going anywhere with this? I think I might actually unsubscribe….
I think we may have exhausted all our ridiculous ideas, lol.
Well if the planer knife balance beam isn’t aired, I’m not tuning in. Hrumph.
Exhausted all the ridiculous ideas? Impossible.
“A common mistake that people make when trying to design something completely foolproof is to underestimate the ingenuity of complete fools.”
Douglas Adams
I’m in the Marine Corps, and we have narrowed it down to a particular genre: we like things to be designed as “grunt proof” as possible. Of course, nothing ever completely is, but some things are better than others.
Make something fool proof… and you’re guaranteed to find a better fool!
Final comment to end non safety week. Anybody recognize this?
Just for fun, I recorded myself attaching a support plate to the wall. I am driving a 3
I forgot to mention i was on one foot too.
And probably on the top step. I forgot about one more thing, and since I’m three hours ahead of you, it’s still non safety week where you are. Pedicures/manicures using a bench grinder and Arm R Seal.