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Post by Sakurai Takamori on Jun 20, 2005 22:05:31 GMT -5
No. 1: It is possible to give yourself a plastic cut (like a paper cut only it bleeds more) when shaving fuzzy bits off a freshly cut lame;
No. 2: It is possible to remove one's fingerprints with a belt sander (though no doubt CSI would bust me on the resulting blood spatter)
No. 3: Wind and plastic sawdust don't mix. 3a: Plastic from a former detergent barrel tastes bad and tends to clog the airways; 3b: regular glasses are NOT recommended as safety goggles when cutting things in a windy side yard;
No. 4: Dremel tools and fingers just don't go together (or rather they DO. . .just very, very briefly!)
Nos. 5-5,000: Repeat the mantra... there is no such thing as having read Effingham-dono's epic on armour construction enough times.
veejay
P.S. that being said.....go-mai mogami do front side, back and split side lames are all done and shaped....punching holes, laquering and lacing tomorrow. For dessert...kuzasuri and sode on toast. Will try and get pictures up before warcamp at the weekend.
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Post by Takeda Sanjuichiro on Jun 21, 2005 7:26:54 GMT -5
No. 3: Wind and plastic sawdust don't mix. ... 3b: regular glasses are NOT recommended as safety goggles when cutting things in a windy side yard. Yup, very true. Actualy when working with anything that puts off fine particles WEAR GOGGLES. I hate them to high heaven, but I do; a single trip to the optomitrist convinced me. See, when you grind or sand steel, nearly microscopic particles of steel is raised as a fine dust that floats. this dust is made of rounded particles and settles everwhere, like behind your safety glasses into your eyes... Steel dust + thin layer of slightly salted water = one hell of a pain as the iron oxidizes and expands into a very rough and much larger particle. 36 hours of agony were the result. Very true!
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Post by raycornwell2 on Jun 29, 2005 19:15:36 GMT -5
Wow, sounds like you had a ruff time of it. Be careful, DUDE!
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