adrian65
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Post by adrian65 on Dec 13, 2007 13:56:55 GMT -5
 I'm sure you master cabbers consider this just a not-noticeable scratch, but hey, it's a beginning, isn't it? Thanks for looking, Adrian |
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Post by akansan on Dec 13, 2007 14:18:05 GMT -5
It doesn't count unless it's not on the nail.  ;D |
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adrian65
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Post by adrian65 on Dec 13, 2007 14:53:25 GMT -5
Oh, you mean grinding the skin? Ok, back to work! I had a feeling that's not enough  ;D Adrian |
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Post by stardiamond on Dec 13, 2007 15:57:03 GMT -5
I could post pictures of my fingers but it would spoil people's meals. Last time I went to the grocery store, blood was dripping off my fingers. Fortunately I only cab on the weekends, so my fingers have time to heal. Try working with thin buff tops on a wheel without a dop stick.
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Post by bobby1 on Dec 13, 2007 17:41:51 GMT -5
It isn't a true measure of a cabaholic without blood or at least bandages.
Bob
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one80mike
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Post by one80mike on Dec 13, 2007 19:16:14 GMT -5
Adrian, as you know I don't cab but I do shape my preforms before tumbling on my way too powerful bench grinder.
I took yet another little chunk out of the edge of my right index finger yesterday afternoon. It stings! It stings!
However, my nails have hardened up heaps since I first started. They were ending up tissue-thin and were tearing way too short. What a mess. But now, I occasionally grind a bit of the nail as you have but they stay strong.
Mike...the non-cabber.
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Post by Tweetiepy on Dec 13, 2007 20:33:48 GMT -5
I have a box of band-aids that I keep handy - I put them on before, it protects a bit -
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bouldergal
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Post by bouldergal on Dec 13, 2007 21:41:49 GMT -5
Where I live there are more "nail parlors" than there are fast food restaurants. Women even get fake toe nails. Imagine their expression when I say that I just got a manicure on my rock saw/grinding wheel! Nubs, abrasions, nicks, blood, etc.
It's okay.....they feel sorry for me! Those "rich broads" just don't know what they're missing!!! ;D ;D ;D ;D
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fossilbrain
spending too much on rocks
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Post by fossilbrain on Dec 14, 2007 2:12:22 GMT -5
You and I remind me of an old Willie Nelson song: ./~ "Mammas: Don't let your babies grow up to be cowboys-who-don't-dop, Don't let 'em use fingers to grind that ol' rough, Find 'em some SuperGlue, chopsticks, n' stuff!" ./~   Henceforth, I apply "Hard as Nails", & hereto I forthwith look seriously into dopping.   (That's right: I do my nails with clear coat after I do demolition & hauling, drink beer, work on my '64 Falcon, doctor my new tattoo, make oval cobochons, and gently mist my orchids!) P.S. I forgot: bleach my fingers and photograph them. Identity crisis? What identity crisis? ;D |
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adrian65
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Post by adrian65 on Dec 14, 2007 5:05:53 GMT -5
Wow, Fossilbrain, bow to the master! ;D So THAT'S what it means grinded nails!
I told you from the beginning mine is only a tiny scratch.
Adrian
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Post by Tonyterner on Dec 14, 2007 11:59:19 GMT -5
I got a nick in a nail on my very first cab but haven't since. I dop everything. Now when I woodturn I almost always cut myself on the wood or chuck. Never bad though, I just let wood chips fill the cut to staunch the bleeding. LOL
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Post by Titania on Dec 14, 2007 12:33:47 GMT -5
I got a nick in a nail on my very first cab but haven't since. I dop everything. Now when I woodturn I almost always cut myself on the wood or chuck. Never bad though, I just let wood chips fill the cut to staunch the bleeding. LOL  You sound like my dad. Whenever he'd cut is hands working on the car, he'd just wrap an oily rag around it and keep going. Ahhh...funny memories from childhood. |
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granpaw
starting to spend too much on rocks
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Post by granpaw on Dec 14, 2007 19:23:00 GMT -5
Uh Adrian...your slipping..I don't see quite as nice a shine on that one as your others.
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Post by Sabre52 on Dec 14, 2007 22:58:51 GMT -5
Jeez! Dudes! You folks got to grasp the principle of the dopstick *L*!....Mel
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adrian65
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Post by adrian65 on Dec 15, 2007 0:24:18 GMT -5
Haha, Granpaw, that was a good one! But I'll fix that Mel, somehow I feel better the stone while gripping with my fingers. Adrian |
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kjohn0102
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Post by kjohn0102 on Dec 15, 2007 18:23:24 GMT -5
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Post by MrP on Dec 18, 2007 21:44:07 GMT -5
I don't chew my nails, it only looks that way. You know it is a lot of cabbing when 3 or4 fingers have skin and nails missing.....MrP
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Post by rockds on Dec 19, 2007 0:39:32 GMT -5
I don't understand what your problem is, I don't dop (much) but if your worried about your nails, maybe you should go back to tumbling and send that grinder my way - I collect them.
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fossilbrain
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Post by fossilbrain on Dec 19, 2007 3:17:46 GMT -5
Dang. kjohn must drink even worse than me, lol.
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;D
You sound like my dad. Whenever he'd cut is hands working on the car, he'd just wrap an oily rag around it and keep going. Ahhh...funny memories from childhood. 
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