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Flute build along
stickbender:
You can get stainless steel mesh, and Kevlar mesh (Fish cleaning) gloves at Wally - World. ;) Oh, by the way, just for general info, Wally - Worlds are owned by each individual franchise purchaser. Only the advertised specials, are consistent with each store. Other general merchandise, can vary in price from store to store. My Girlfriend just found out tonight, after seeing a difference in price for Diet cola. She talked to the manager, and that is what she was told. Anywho back to our program, I think the gloves are around ten bucks or so. Somewhere in the range, maybe less, or more. I bought a couple of steel mesh gloves. Not sure what the heck I did with them. I was going to get back into carving again, and well....... ::) anyway, This is a great build along. Sort of like reading your favorite author, and finishing one book, and awaiting the next. ;) Mike, I didn't get your package shipped out today, :( but I will be sure to get up early tomorrow, and run down to the Post Office, and get it on it's way to you. Thanks for doing this build along.
Wayne
Michael C.:
As long as your not watching a netflix movie at the same time as you're carving you should be fine. I broke the Cub Scout/Webelos rule and wasn't paying full attention to what I was doing.Oddly enough the movie I was watching was called "Tapped" which is exactly what I did :) It's good to have the protective gear but it's even better to pay full attention to what you are doing. I have been carving wood blocks for printing the last 3 years and never had an accident, what happened to my hand was completely my fault and preventable if you pay attention to what you are doing. Like I said I knew I was doing something stupid before I even cut myself, the only thing that went wrong is I didn't get away with it this time ::) Just remember that when you are cutting, blades are not forgiving and if you need to get something by all means please go by some full body mesh, but otherwise if you are careful and follow the rules you are good. It is worth buying the 60$ glove to avoid the 400$ er bill though to be sure.
Lombard:
Michael, following along here with interest. Thanks for taking the time to post.
Catahoula:
Hi Michael,
When I sliced myself I got my leg too...been looking for a piece of moose hide like one of my knappin friends has to put on my leg...I lucked out (I throw pots and bought a used raku kiln and got a kevlar sleve to that my wrist up to my elbow is covered too. But if you are making routed flutes you won't need all the armor and if you are not doing a bunch of branch flutes gloves will be fine. Will be interested in seeing how Michael does the flue on his flutes as there are several ways to do this.
Rand
Cameroo:
Just an FYI - I've seen more than one person slice their hand open through a kevlar glove. They don't stand a chance against a really sharp blade and a little bit of force. Sure, it might help, but I wouldn't be any less careful wearing one.
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