Ask Adam Savage: Avoiding Accidents and "The Hands"
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Hi adam
Try heating the hands to soften the plastic, then bend the fingers apart.
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I suggest wearing welding gloves when handling them.
*Check what type of plastic they are as some polymers require pre-drying before thermoforming.*
The sign language hands:
The first one on the left isn't a letter in ASL, the second one from the left (or closest letter to, but still incorrect) is D, the third hand is closest to N, and the last hand on the right is nearly impossible to replicate with any speed at all and isn't even close to any letters in the ASL alphabet. At first glance I saw the second one was close to D, so I thought they were spelling ADAM, which would make total sense, but yeah it's not even close lol Hope this helps!
had to scroll for too long to finally get this answer. You have given me life.
@@Toushiro13 Haha! Well I noticed nobody within the first few comments had answered yet so I figured I'd ease everyones' scroll wheels xDD You're welcome!!
I was thinking the last one might have been a static 'J'? Which also makes no sense.
I think the rightmost could almost be an “i”, but the knuckle placement is painful to achieve. I also read the others as nonsense/d/n.
When he mentioned that he didn't pose them and had no idea what they said, I was already pretty sure they had just been posed randomly, and you just confirmed that. Most likely someone was just playing around with them and left them in whatever position they found interesting, and Adam had no reason to mess with them since then so that's how they've stayed.
When I had my worst accident, I was not thinking of "What could happen?" I was in a hurry, trying to get something done. I did not take time to predict what "Could happen", rather I just had an idea of what I wanted to have happen. I was using a trim router. I wanted to trim some material off some half-inch or 12mm poly-carbonate plastic sheet. It was too thin of a cut for a saw. I made a bad selection of bit: "3/4" diameter two flute straight cut router bit." The first part of the cut went ok. Then as I pushed it further, the bit cut too deep. All the torque of the bit pulled the trim router out of my hands, flipped it over in the air and went diagonally across the back of my right hand.
The bit hit my index finger near the knuckle slicing through the upper back and prying up a wedge of bone. Then it continued across my middle finger middle joint and flew away from me. I only felt the impact. It didn't hurt. I was thankful that I had my friend in the shop that day.
The shock had made my hand numb. I looked down and saw some blood. I bent my fingers into a fist and saw more blood and tendons in the wound. I said: "we have to go to the hospital NOW! At the hospital they closed the wound and bandaged. Later after a month or so, I got scheduled for hand surgery. They told me I would likely only have 60% use of my hand. I had an excellent surgeon. My insurance paid for most of it. The surgeon did an excellent job and I paid much attention to the rehab process. I still have some hitches in the hand, opening and closing. It's weaker. I have numbness in my index and middle finger. They had to re-route blood supply and some other things. But I have a grip, I can close my hand and use it well. They didn't reduce the bone chip, it makes a large lump. But I have over 90% use of my hand. And I am now very very careful of what I am doing. Wood working tools still scare me. But I am a machinist so I get to firmly clamp things and crank handles rather than push a tool or the work. And I always game in my head what the forces involved are, where or how an accident could happen and always wear safety glasses. The total cost of the medical treatment was great, but my insurance paid for the vast majority of it. It was close to $30,000 dollars IIRC. Take to heart what Adam is telling you. Don't work with sharp tools, power tools, etc without accounting for what could happen. Don't work in a rush. Don't work tired or distracted. Choose appropriate tools for the job you are doing. Be safe. Know your materials and know your tools. One mistake can ruin your life. I am a maker. I'm lucky I still can.
Thank you for the specifics of your experience. It helps make the story more impactful. The host on the Stumpy Nubs woodworking channel described his experience (rather similar to yours in magnitude and many other ways) with an angle grinder and a wheel with chain saw teeth. Reading this stuff helps me be safer.
Last week I screenshot the hands over your shoulder in a video and asked my child (who studied ASL in HS) what the hands said. The answer I received was “nothing a deaf person would understand.” 😂
As someone who knows a bit of ASL, including the fingerspelling alphabet, I can confirm: this isn't anything in ASL, at least not wholly.
I don''t know if the thumb on the hand rotates to opposition to the fingers, but it if can't, then #2 and #3 might be attempts at D and N. The hand may have limits to folding the fingers over the thumb, so that's the best they can do for N (finger tips on the thumb like E). The other two...yeah, no resemblance to any ASL fingerspelling letters I've seen. I even checked a number of non-ASL fingerspelling charts and don't see anything similar.
@@DavidLindes it would be a perfect way to send small “messages” for people to decode now and then 😂
@@NaughtyShepherd that could be fun. :)
One more thing, if working in a group always have a "tailgate safety meeting" where everybody talks about their task and what tools they are going to be using and what hazards they could confront. This brings the group into a safety mindset and also allows other to add to the possible hazards that others might face but didn't think about. This is handy when there are people with more experience in the group that can pass on their safety knowledge. This also helps the experienced person from getting complacent.
I think this is great advice! Going through the safety briefing and pointing out the hazards also makes them stick to the back of your mind. If something happened, you'd be that much prepared when you hear a yelp from a coworker, methinks. 'Oh no, that was Matt by the planer, what happened - was it X?'
@@TKakela Yeah it helps you prepare mentally - even if it's only subconsciously - for the types of injuries you might encounter, what caused them, what kind of damage there might be that you can't immediately see (think broken bones or embedded shrapnel), and how to perform First Aid or communicate what happened to an emergency response worker should it come to that.
The entire speech about the table saw is very good. A lot of good information. I lost two fingers on a table saw and I wish I would have been more thoughtful. Incompetence can cost you a lot.
I feel exactly the same as Adam when using a table saw. Very useful but frigging terrifying for its sheer ease of horrible accidents.
Table saws do not take prisoners. They take body parts. So I never let any of my body parts near the blade when it is spinning. I have a lot of push sticks and blocks and what have you and I use them.
Regarding the claim that "beginner helicopter pilots don't crash"; I'm a former US Navy Rescue Swimmer and was told the same thing by my instructors during initial training, and distinctly remember being shown statistics to that effect during our regular command safety stand downs. As I recall, some study conducted by the Navy during the cold war found that the majority Naval Aviation mishaps in which the pilot was ruled at fault occurred in a "window" between 1000 and 2000 flying hours. I've been out for years at this point but if you're serious about following up on it US Navy NATOPS Mishap reports and safety briefings would be a good place to start.
That 1000-2000 hour window is interesting. Sounds like the data further reinforces Dunning Kruger Effect.
I just retired as an Air Rescue Paramedic and was told the same thing, right up to the 1000 to 2000 hour pilots being the most dangerous. I remember being told this was because they were no longer scared of the helicopter and felt confident and comfortable flying, and the comfort translated into preventable crashes because these pilots were not treating the aircraft with the respect and caution necessary.
@@djamescreations9957 it wouldn't surprise me if the same NATOPS Safety Study and power point slides I was shown as a student back in 2002 have been making the rounds for 30+ years.
@@sentinelmoonfang this is the 2nd time across RUclips I've seen the "Dunning Kruger Effect" being used...
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@@djsolstice8964 Their ultimate goal is to make money, which means boosting engagement, which means that outrage and trolling are beneficial to them.
If they wanted to improve useful conversation (both between commenters and video makers, and among commenters themselves) they'd add a comment search feature; that way you could easily join a convo that's already occurring instead of posting the same thing again and fragmenting things, and instead of flooding creators with the same comments.
But that would cost them money and eat into their profits.
As soon as I heard the first question about accident prevention, immediate thoughts of Adam putting a vacuum motor to his lips, losing an eyebrow to a gasoline explosion, falling on his face on a treadmill, and almost losing a hand multiple times while attempting to cut his aluminum foil ball in half.
When you talked about gaining experience of trusting and listening to your intuition when use in potentially dangerous situations, having DID makes me appreciate my already gain experience and apply that towards things I'm passionate about (building community gardens) thank you Adam for putting it into words ❤️
After many minor injuries making things when I was a kid (the typical slipping when cutting things, stabbing screwdrivers into fingers, etc), I realised that the point where I think 'this is a bit dodgy - I'd better be careful', isn't the point to carry on and be careful. It's the point to stop and rethink what you're doing.There is often a safer way if you put more effort into thinking about it. I still so the same 30 years later.
I've noticed that often when I do something stupid, the stupid thing flashes in my brain within a minute or two before it actually happens, so I've learned that when I get these flashes, I pay attention and stop what I'm doing and restart with renewed focus and make sure I'm not being sloppy or taking shortcuts.
“Worst case prognosticating” is a key part of living.
Thanks for posting and answering this question. I do safety meetings at work and I’m always on about hands and hand injuries. Fresh tales are always welcome.
I love this. When clients ask me how I learned my trade I usually say something like I've been pretending that I know I what I'm doing for 15 years and Im almost out of wrong ways to do things.
“You’ve learned how wide the disaster cone could be” - love it
While i could listen to Adam talk about most anything, I feel like i end up only half listening, as I'm fascinated by all that stuff behind him and spotting a prop piece or an interesting gadget.
As an Australian, it pleases me immensely to see Adam drinking Bundaberg Ginger Beer....
Its always drummed into me as a kid due to many incidents to do a risk assessment before any job, i look at what could go wrong and work around that assessment, but complacency, or the worst is fatigued, working when you are tired at the end of the day, no amount of risk assessment will help you there, another saying ive heard alot is its always the last 5% of your journey when your most likely to have a incident, thats from complacency and fatigue
One safety tip I use is, don't overthink it. Not to say you should disregard safety. Just that the more you focus on something, the more that direction you will go. That's how you get 1000 x without an incident and then get freaked out. Then get hurt 10 xs.
Accidents suck, and should be avoided, but they do happen. Take note, but remember the 1000x you did it without hurting yourself before hand
This is truly helpful. Whether its a shop or a home garage or a kitchen understanding what you are working with in one's hands is important. As a recipient of several unintended hand and finger injuries over the years ( I still have all ten digits) your response drives home the need to think through the process of how equipment works and consider the "what if I did this.." results. Its not fun spending an afternoon in the local emergency room. Thanks and cheers!
I have a thing of "training myself not to catch". Just let it fall. Also jump back a step in case of rebound. In working with stained glass, just letting the glass drop, or the X-acto knife, or the soldering iron, could cost you a bit, but not as much as the loss of function, medical bills, and rehab time.
According to the associate professor who taught sign language at Portland State University when I went there, the wooden hands are offering "No signs....more like gestures?!".
Being tired, rushing, or distracted is also a way to greatly increase your chance of injury. If you can't hold focus, especially when using power tools, do something else.
My nemesis is laser cut and punched steel. The only time that I've ever been to the ER. Light fixtures and furnace filters. The kind of things that you just brush against and they cut you deeply. Those fiberglass furnace filters with the round holes cut in sheet metal to retain them. RAZOR sharp. Car parts too.
This reminds me of Chris Hadfield's writings in one of his books talking about the experience as a test pilot and an astronaut thinking "what's the next thing that could kill me?"
Any time I deal with heavy loads, I am thinking "where do I dodge to when it falls towards me?"
The vast majority of accidents that have cause me an injury or damaged a project had been do to me forcing a tool or method of building. My mantra is never force it and the hardest way is most likely the best way.
Complacency kills for sure. My worst injuries were from being complacent. Often I think to myself "This is dumb, I'm going to hurt myself" right before I actually hurt myself
i work as a carpenter and at my workplace we talk about safety everyday because there are many dangerous machines in the shop. and accident usally happens when we have to do something real quick without planning it thru
Great video. There is a saying about riding a motorcycle: never ride if you are in a hurry. Time constraints of any type is a distraction with potentially serious results.
I really enjoy watching your videos, Adam. They're like a manufacturer's version of Bob Ross.
American Sign Language-speaking Deaf fan here - invite an ASL Deaf maker over to your studio and they’ll fix up the hands for ya. :) The current handshapes aren’t ASL for sure.
Thank you, I only know a little ASL was feeling pretty confident that none of those handshapes were letters.
As Mike Rowe says "Safety Third" safety is a state of mind that you have to continuously observe, no one else is looking out for you.
Adam- I have a very similar Apollo grip! I also plan on making it a usable grip but I think I'll re-cast or 3d print a replica because the pitch axis is located mid-grip, not at the base like usual grips (under acceleration this prevents adding pitch due to G force on the arm/hand). Mine was already drilled and threaded so I have a small screw to mount it on (about a 1/4-20 but I don't recall for sure)
When I work and I stop thinking about what I'm doing and just do it in automatic mode, it is time to pause, stop and/or possibly quit for the day. If I'm not mentally practicing the action (cut, drill, glue, paint, etc. and what may go wrong), then I'm acting without thinking and bad things can happen.
My kitchen knife incident was of the "cut me on the way down" variety. Avoid placing your knife such that a jolt can send it over an edge!
I’m left handed, 25 years ago I once switched a hot soldering iron to my right hand to check something on the build that could have waited until the morning, and I lost track of my hands… and wondered “what’s that sizzling sound… oh it’s my hand…” [Does Young Frankenstein after the blind man set his thumb on fire to the sink].
About an inch long chunk of flesh behind my index finger met the side of the iron tip. (My iron was one of those old Radio Shack models that hit about 350C.) I’m so much more aware of where the iron is now, and I put it back in the stand instead of switching hands.
I did the same thing! I was using my soldering iron without a stand, and picked it up, without looking, by the wrong end! Not only heard the sizzling, but felt a kind of tingling on my fingers until the searing pain hit me and I threw it down.
I worked on the railroad for quite some time and the most injuries and fatalities are from older workers. But the ones who are fresh out of school have the books and safety training freshly engraved in their brains. It's not until they get a few years under them when they get complacent and get hurt as a result.
Don't let your own confidence defeat you.
It's a matter of making safety a habit and staying vigilant.
Step 1:
1 - Are you wearing loose clothing, jewelry or anything that may interfere or catch? If yes, remove said objects.
2 - Are you in a rush? If yes, then either slow down, ask for a deadline extension, get help, or wait till you can focus on the project.
Step 2:
1 - Are you wearing proper ANSI(or equivalent safety organization) rated PPE? If no, then put some on!
2 - Is there a better way to do it? If yes, then use that method.
3 - Is what you are about to do safe? If no, do not proceed and ask a professional or make it safe.
Step 3:
1 - Work on project.
2 - Repeat Step 2 for each new task.
Step 4:
1 - Clean, organize and maintain your space.
Don't know about helicopter pilots but I remember from driving school looking at crash statistics and the groups most likely to crash were beginner drivers, closely followed by people who've been driving for decades.
I too hate the table saw but what I hate more is the fact that the appearance of a tool is not a reflection of how dangerous it is. A lathe can do much more damage in an accident while being so much calmer (quieter, no moving blades, relatively slow moving). A drill press is often very quiet but if you wear gloves you could lose a hand
excellent advice, we all have some fraction of OCD - So hack it, use it for good.
I have none of these machines, but I have trained myself to never close my front door without keys visible in my hand, hence I never need a locksmith
The way I stay vigilant is a bit counter-intuitive: Many of my tools don't have safety equipment.
I've had only one serious injury--from a table saw, of course. It was a professional shop, with all the safeties, but we'd been working a couple months of 60-hour weeks, and I had started to trust the safety equipment. I ran my right middle finger through the saw blade (even with all those safeties!). Fortunately, the docs were able to put it (mostly) back together.
My current table saw is circa 1960, and has zero safety equipment. It's a beautiful machine, but it *demands* respect. That naked blade spinning right in front of me makes me think about all the things Adam said: How am I standing? Where do my hands go if they slip? Where does the wood go if it kicks back? Looking at my hand reminds me what can happen. :)
When I teach people how to use power tools, I tell them that rule #1 is "Don't put your hand where the blade is"--and, of course, they look at me like I'm an idiot. And then we start using the tools and I point out just how often they're putting their hand in a position where it could suddenly be where the blade is. It's eye-opening. I've been doing carpentry for over 40 years, and I *still* catch myself putting my hands where they shouldn't be.
A final note: It's important to "respect" the danger of tools, but not fear them. If someone is afraid of a tool, they're going to get hurt--probably very seriously.
I got injured because of safety equipment.
I was wearing gloves while drilling with a hole saw bit on a powerful three phase drill press, and the glove got caught In the bit and sucked my hand in. Luckily, the glove ripped and i got away with 'just' 14 stitches and some nerve damage. Fun.
Anyway, safety third !
I was just reading about Helicopter 🚁 safety. It’s pretty much a mixture of Pilot experience, maintenance, and abiding by safety procedures.
Most accidents are from pilot error, therefore experience obviously plays a big role in being able to react to sudden weather changes, knowing your surroundings etc…
The most dangerous helicopter flights are sightseeing tours like in Hawaii and the Grand Canyon. They often hire less experienced pilots because it saves them money.
@9:03 "I wonder if I'm doing this a little too..."
That is *exactly* what my inner voice said (like literally there was this distinct thought like an air raid siren blasting over all other thoughts that danger was just around the corner) when I was cutting some onions for a meal with an *extremely* sharp knife in way that was, in hindsight, a really dumb way to do it. Six stitches later and a "You are lucky you didn't slice into the joint of that finger" from the surgeon and I most certainly now listen to that voice...
One thing that I learned he hard way it that dull blades cut deepest. That is, when cutting with a sharp blade (knife, Xacto, whatever), less force is needed to get it through the material. A dull blade requires more force, and that is usually when I end up jamming it into myself. And dull or sharp, a blade with enough force behind it, will cut just as deep!
I do the same thing, and it is funny that you mention it, because i've pictured many injuries while seeing you use the table saw.
And yeah, that voice in your head is probably always right when it comes to safety, because i always hurt myself after i "argued" with myself that i'm being silly.
I get that with table saws. That’s why I like the saw stop
MATE! is that a Bundy on Deck! Salute the Bear!!👍👍🤣
some things you can't predict. i was making a birdhouse, something that had a sort of very steep pointy roof, like a letter A shape. At the top there was a knot there and the saw made it very sharp. I had to use a hand plane to remove just a bit more, and i'm still not sure how it happened, but my knuckle stroked against that tip of the roof and slice it pretty good. Never got stitches, but all I thought was the scar that was going to leave and it is still there. All because I was using a plane towards me with a really pointy thing on the top.
The other stupid thing, and hard to avoid was working in a cramped attic space with low light, when I slipped off the screw with the screw gun, and it when squish into my finger near by it. All I remember was the sound it made, and the + shape it made in my finger, blood and bruised, and done for the day.
Oh and then there was that time I missed with a maul trying to hit a reminginton nailer. It felt like I hit my arm, that's where I put the ice. It turns out I hit my hand, I think on a nerve, and I probably fractured it. That said I did finish that nail despite the pain. And its one of those things that despite the guard those things have you can still totally miss the mark.
If you have watched Adam building things on this channel for any amount of time you know he doesn't always think of dangers of what he is doing. Also, Im pretty sure he doesnt even have a riving knife on his tablesaw. Seriously! That's the least you can do to be safe with a tablesaw. Just sayin.
P.S. I love Adam and all his content!
You know where you can shove that riving knife?
Checklists are always a good thing for using potentially dangerous equipment. Make them, think real hard to make sure they cover everything, use them. Every time. Don't skip steps. If checklists are good enough for pilots and astronauts, they're good enough for the rest of us!
Feels like tempting fate to say it, but it's been years since I injured myself in the shop more seriously than a splinter. However, I currently have a notch in the tip of my finger from slicing cabbage on a mandolin. I certainly feel for the original question-asker.
Mandolin is by far the most dangerous tool in the kitchen. I'll never use it without a cutting glove or allow anyone in my kitchen to use one without a glove. The extra few seconds isn't worth getting a finger in your food.
Ouch! You just reminded me of a splinter injury I got about a year ago that was more serious than your normal splinter. I was sanding a piece of plywood and got a huge splinter that actually embedded completely under the skin It was so deep, that there was no sign that anything even happened, and there was no way to remove it.The pain was excruciating, and me being me, I never went to the emergency room.
For two weeks I put up with pain in my middle finger until a callus had formed. Finally, I cut open the callus and squeezed, and a "stick" (much bigger than your normal splinter) slowly rose out of my finger. It ended up being about half an inch long. That wasn't the end of it. I still felt pain, so squeezed again. Another stick about a quarter inch long came out, and the pain I had been feeling for two weeks was suddenly gone. I'm sure that leaving it in there was a stupid thing to do, but my thought was if it gets worse, then I'll go to the hospital.
Needless to say, I don't take a simple thing like sanding a piece of wood for granted any more.
I find myself getting little cuts and bumps all the time lately, usually from tool handling rather than tool usage, although yesterday I was replacing the hinges on my shed door, and I must've been using cheap screws because part of the three came loose in the hand I was using to hold it steady, that wasn't fun!
@@deltatango5765 One time I was practicing archery, and the tip came off of one of the fiberglass arrows. I tried to jam it back on and a splinter of fiberglass came off and went all the way under my finger nail about an inch. Luckily I was able to pull it out, but it hurt like hell.
@@ambulocetusnatans I can feel the pain just thinking about it!
I feel like the other cause of injury is misjudging. I work with a box cutter all the time for work. And I swapped to a new blade, and I knew I needed to adjust because the new blade is going to cut way easier that I expect than the dull one. And lo, I didn't adjust enough. Haha and it sliced right threw. Thankfully I still have the tip of my finger. Lol
I have a "what if" mindset for doing most things, shortcuts (impatience) or ignoring my "what if" is when I hurt myself. Thankfully my worst shop injury was 40+ years ago now. No matter what though, an X-Acto blade has my name on it. Even when careful, the heal/rear of the blade always seems to find finger flesh for a paper cut like nick.
so simple. always be aware of your surroundings
If you're an American you're probably familiar with the phrase "treat every gun like it's loaded." Never trust someone's word that something is safe, take the time to examine the equipment before using it and just remember to respect what the tool you're using can do. Preventative actions are always better than dealing with the consequences after the fact. Don't shake hands with danger. It only takes one time for stuff to go horribly wrong even if it hasn't the first x number of times
Clowns with greased ball bearings.
I'm stealing that line. I love it.
I hope you’re doing something with R2’s dome (seen on the bench)!
For the joystick, make a silicone mold and rotocast a clone to have a hollow handle! Or just cast it with a mandrel you can remove. That way, if you screw it up, you have the mold to make another.
Another axiom I heard from helicopter engineers, "Flying can't be that hard, pilots can do it."
another one:
flying is easy, landing in one piece on the other hand......
I like to chop and slice my vegetables very fast. My knives are very sharp. I use a pull technique to slice and slow down at 15mm from my fingers. Every time I am about to start I tap the knife twice loudly to be present and focus my mind on what I am about to do.
The middle two letters are D and N. the other ones are left hands and you don't make letters with left hands in ASL. They might be something else but they aren't ASL letters.
In IT we call this 'risk assessment'. It's extra important when security is involved.
I'm a professional artist, with my focus being painting. I bought one of those wooden hands many years ago, when I was still an art student at college. I got it along with a full-body wooden mannequin, because I figured that they might be helpful for practicing with drawing poses. As I quickly found out, those wooden hands may be suitable if you're decorating your workspace and want people who enter it to instantly get the impression that you're an artist-- but otherwise, as actual drawing aids, they're really quite disappointing and impractical. After my purchase, I was dismayed to find that (as Adam said) the fingers could not be spread, and also that many of the finger joints could bend in directions that a real hand cannot. My biggest gripe, though, is that the palm of the hand is a single piece, with the metacarpal of the thumb permanently flexed in opposition to the fingers. That one design choice drastically limits its gestural possibilities more than anything else (and if you don't believe me that it's so bad, try cupping your palm and then moving only the two distal joints of your thumb around-- it's incredibly awkward and inorganic). The result of all this is that a wooden hand mannequin is mostly incapable of assuming natural, real poses, and mostly capable of unwieldy or _physically impossible_ poses. Maybe it helps a little for more experienced artists who have some ability to extrapolate and are willing to settle for it, but _especially_ as an aid for aspiring artists who may still be learning anatomy, it's awful, because it's just downright incorrect.
I always hoped someone would develop a higher quality hand mannequin for artists, with much more anatomically correct articulations and a more realistic range of poses. That would be a tremendously valuable tool. Sadly, I'm not personally adept at that sort of engineering, and I've never seen anyone else attempt it.
I worked in a go cart manufacturing company as a teenager in the 1970s. I was also connected to the art community of Jackson Square in New Orleans. I suggested the artists get us to build motorized pushcarts for their setups. But with even with 300 artists they were impossible to work with as far as organizing a purchase of only 20 carts enough to make it worth while setting up manufacture. Mostly I think it was they are cheapskates. Likely the same problem with hand models. I could design a great one but they wouldn't buy it.
I feel the same way about band saws, super useful tools, but also super frightening @_@
The 'hands' aren't saying anything according to the sign language chart I referenced. Accidents always seem to happen when you are distracted, unfocused, not mindful, using shortcuts, etc. And it can be applied to any profession, not just making. Those always are the root causes of medication errors, for example.
Some people are just dumb and do dumb things. It never occurs to them that anything can happen to them. I've seen them. They're completely oblivious. Then somehow they're in the wrong place at the wrong time trying to do the wrong thing.
I was using an xacto knife, laid it down on the table and it rolled off the edge...I instinctively closed my legs because 'oh somethings falling, catch it before it hits the ground'. Well, I caught it alright lol
I'm clumsy enough to have developed both the 'catch the thing' reflex and 'avoid the thing' reflex to an automatic degree. Once I dropped a glass while barefoot so both reflexes kicked in; I managed to jump and slam my knees together OVER the glass, which meant it fell through and I landed awkwardly on broken shards. No damage, laughs by all.
How deep did you manage the knife?
I hope little microbuilder healed up after that. Ouch. Love your micro DH comet build btw- awesome
@@krayzoman Good times! lol Fortunately, not far, as I was closing my legs I realized what I was doing and was able to stop before it got really bad.
@@CozzyKnowsBest Thanks, glad you like it! Yeah inner thigh was a little sore for a few days, but healed up ok.
I've developed a sense generally for falling things. If I think they are heavy or sharp i yank my feet out of the way, but if they are something I fear breaking I might try to catch with my feet in a glancing way to deflect some of the force before impact. I don' t recommend anyone trying to emulate it though!
Aside from that, one thing I tell people in my inner circle or I'm training is if it is hot toss it and run the other way... my wife got a burn trying to handle a bowl of soup that was slipping because she was distracted by the barking dog as she turned away from the microwave. Doing smithing in the past I've gained a respect for hot metal and keep a 'safe' direction in mind to push or deflect slipping material so it doesn't fly at me, anyone else, or anything it might damage. When I did some backyard forging the last time I cleared out an area not just where I was working, but to the side a bit so if I dropped hot steel it wouldn't land on anything that could cause it to bounce back at me or catch fire.
A similar saying is riders are most likely to crash on their second bike. You’ve become more relaxed as a rider, and now you have more power.
Share your knowledge with me Adam. How would I tell if paint is dry by not touching it?
You go sleep on it. One of the things I had to learn was how to walk away from projects when I reached a process that took time to happen. Like glue or paint drying. Just walk away. What really taught me about walking away was welding. Because if you grabbed that too soon you didn't quickly forget. I always say, I don't own it until it cools down.
it all boils down to "never forget your mistakes"
WRT the helicopter myth, I heard similar about car crashes being disproportionately closer to your home because you "know" the roads. Stats on that one might be easier to access.
You ever hear the one about the Pollak that heard most accidents happen within three blocks of your home so he moved?
Love that your drinking an Australian drink - Bundaberg ginger beer 🍻
What's the worst that could happen, in what ways can this go wrong, how can this fail and what would be the result, is how I see everything, sometimes to the point of seeing things go wrong just before they actually go wrong in that exact way. Honestly, it's kinda depressing because it can keep me from doing things, even if the chance of it going wrong is very small. But better safe than sorry, I guess.
Good decisions come from experience.
Experience comes from bad decisions.
Perfect timing on this, or rather perfectly ironic that I see this today. Last night while sharpening a chef's knife using poor technique I seriously lacerated my finger. Bad enough that after using QuikClot it was still freely bleeding two hours later. Urgent care was closed and I had some suture kits so I learned a new skill. Lose - Win!
He is totally blocking on the lathe incident. Probably the worst injury I am aware of that Adam has suffered since childhood. The brain is an amazing machine in filtering out the most unpleasant memories.
Ah, complacency can also happen with dull tools. I’m so paranoid about the obvious dangers that I relax around the dull stylus for softening edges that I’ll slip off the side and across the artwork leaving an indentation 😑 and I think blood would have been easier to fix…
Adam has the best answers. He should be a highschool science teacher, the kids would enjoy learning for a change.
I have a really really cheap portable table saw and I almost never use anymore because it is the only power tool I own that truly scares me. Others are dangerous and should be used with caution but that one seems so much more dangerous.
Also, never cut, saw or chop when angry. Especially with power tools.
Remove some of the fingers from the hands and place them near the tablesaw mill and lathe. A constant visual reminder to watch them digits.
I knocked a knife off the counter in the kitchen once, it went through my foot and stuck into the floor. I was just cutting up an apple quick with a three inch paring knife. Last time I ever went barefoot into the kitchen. Remember shoes are also safety equipment.
Like how it appears the clip on the mechanical pencil appears to be snapped off, just like every mechanical pencil used for more than two days.
I wonder if someone said that the worse possible scenario with the cannonball was they’d overshoot the range and send it through someones house.
Oh and if I were to hollow that thing out, I would use a dremel or something, provided its not too solid. That's the only way I would know. Because if its a resin it could shatter just from vibration chatter.
Ya funny. Just had an accident with my band saw yesterday.
Took a bite out of my pinky. Not a bad accident by measure if my past.
My tool sales guy had told me statistically the band saw causes way more injuries then the table saw. (How ever I don’t/won’t have a table saw due to the fear you mention)
How ever my band saw has now been renamed Amber.
Not that I’m from the US, but only the second hand is an actual US Sign Language letter. It is a D. The third one could be the closest attempt that could be made with the limited mobility of the models to be an N.
"It is the strongest swimmer who most often drowns."
Looks a bandaid on finger from last night's risky process of using... a ruler and hobby knife: yep
The paradox is great, you can't know how bad things could get if you haven't seen it get bad before. But, that's not to say you have to make the mistake yourself.
The general notion in fixed wing aviation is that 300-600 hours is the danger area for pilots since that's the sweet spot of feeling experienced but not being experienced enough
Holy crap, I thought I was crazy for also picturing falling into the table saw blade when cutting.l!!
Stopping what your doing when you feel weird about it has saved me a couple of times. Intuition with tools should be listened to.
THIS ^^^
Your rule "when you feel weird..." is more expansive than my "when you feel tired, STOP," and applies not just to using tools, but when you've positioned yourself awkwardly, and you *think* your body won't mind.
@@elizabethturner2421 fatigue has been proven to slow the mind down faster than intoxication, you are totally right. Also not forcing tools, safety and accuracy are increased exponentially when you let the tool do it’s job, you also can get more work done with less tool wear. Things that took me a long time to learn!! Like sharpening chisels and gouges before they are wrecked= less work and more sharp tool usage
@8:51 in the video: That little voice? That's what I call the UNIVERSAL SAFETY RULE! I've taught this to anyone working with me on a project. ER Nurses will tell you that a common thing they hear is, "I was thinking, should I be...?" (fill in 'wearing safety-gear', or 'doing it this way'), right before something went "sideways". I tell people to stop and listen to that little voice, and they will never have to feel stupid, scolding themselves in the ER, saying, "I knew better, but then decided to do it anyway, as I only had one more cut to do, etc." This one rule all by itself is worth as much as a whole book of OSHA regulations.
When I would make models, I would use the same procrastination, I just didn't have a name for it. For example, I would paint a scrap piece after I painted my model. Then when I checked if the model was dry, I would test my scrap piece. Because the scrap piece was the last thing painted so it should be the last piece to dry.
That said, I have hurt myself a few times because I didn't anticipate what would happen. For example, I used a scalpel tip on my exacto knife to remove a piece from a tree and I never felt it when the blade continued into my left index finger slicing it almost to the bone. I only realized it when I flexed the finger and the cut opened up. After that, I used a cutting mat for everything. Scars are lessons.
I had to drill one tiny hole in a metal peice with rounded edge. Rather than clamp it as i should have i got complacent and tried to do it freehand. The bit slipped off once then twice and the third time the bit ended up embedded in my hand between my thumb and forefinger and blood went everywhere in the shop. After i got out of the ER i thought well the lord warned me twice, and the 3rd time was free will lol
Complacency is thinking you have figured out the risks and have made the correct calculations on them. A new pilot is scared and does exactly what they were taught because he/she doesn't know any better...at roughly the 3-4 year mark a pilot believes he/she has enough experience to make correct risk calculations. If they survive an 'oh s*%t' event at that experience level, it will re-humble them and they will hopefully always remember that they do NOT have enough experience, and their risk calculations might be wrong. Those old pilots continually accept new information and never intentionally 'fly into a box canyon'...or in other words use superior experience to keep them from having to use their superior skills. Shorthand version is...no matter how experienced/trained/well read I am, I know I am one tiny mistake (may not even be my mistake) away from a big 'oh s*&t'...so I am always looking for that one thing I forgot or didn't expect, and ready to 'knock it off' without any worry of looking weak. On video, the way it is edited, many times you appear to act in a complacent way...in real life you may not. (from many years flying relatively fast and low in old equipment and blowing up things)
Bundy Ginger Beer! You sir are a man of discerning taste.
You need a new patch that says "Prognosticator of Worst Case Scenarios"...which might be too long :D
I've only ever been injured by things I don't expect to be dangerous like files that slip and the what I thought was a blunt edge takes a chunk of skin off.