The smoke

I also like the looks of that procedure. Can I do that procedure over and over and over and over .....

 

You bet ya!!

 

I do many things left handed - anything involving aiming, such as firearms. I can yell pretty loud when a hot casing goes down my neck. I don't know why they make firearms eject that way, or for that matter, what's the thinking behind non-ambidextrous safeties and fire select levers? I love contorting my arm to reach across a hot weapon to get to some stinking little lever.

Tom

 

I stand corrected

Firearms should also be specifically prohibited to be used by south paws, by the Geneva Convention. Yeah, now that I imagine it, the ejected casing *would* land almost directly on your neck. Almost as if the designer had meant for it to be, such as an irrational hatred of south paws

(Insert maniacal, diabolical laughter ... pause for evil scheming)

I actually have a lot of sympathy and concern for south paws. Many serious, heavy duty things out there (Firearms, chain saws, most woodworking power tools like cutoff saws and table saws, etc) are AT BEST very awkward for left handed individuals to use

I still maintain a southpaw should NEVER try to operate a chainsaw or Skilsaw (A circular saw). For those unfamiliar with circular saws:

7 1/4" Circular Saw - 7 1/4" Skilsaw - Skil Saw 7 1/4" - 5480-01

A southpaw would therefore have all the sawdust and shavings aimed directly at his face while operating such a power tool. A chainsaw is about 1000 times worse

 

Actually, I prefer the worm drive Skil saw because you can see the blade while you are cutting (if you are right handed). Try to keep both hands on it as much as possible, because if you are using a carbide tipped thin kerf blade, it will go thru a 2 x 4 (or your forearm) at a very impressive rate.

Circular Saw - 7 1/4" Worm Drive Circular Saw - Wormdrive Skilsaw - Shd77

 

No left-handed bolt actions up there?

 

You just hold them upside down. One would think that backward would work too, but there seems to be drawbacks to that method.

Tom

 

My prankster officemate betrayed no hint of distinguishing between such environments, nor having spent any significant time around really hazardous equipment. His prep school background left this out. And some of my work was on off-line switchers, a portion of which directly connect to the AC mains without isolation.

The other pranks mentioned here are not the sort for which immature teenage males had to be disciplined to improve the chances they, and others, would reach maturity alive and whole.

 

Oh, a fancy schmancy tool man, hmmmm? I still use the Black and Decker circular saw my dad bought in the late 1960's - back when B&D made a decent power tool. Have had to replace the cord a few times, and the brushes once.

I use Freud blades, the red ones with the special coating. For my radial arm saw, circular saw, and chop saw, the Freud blade offers superior performance, but the blades are pretty expensive

Oh, radial arm saw: another power tool a southpaw should NEVER use!

 

Naw, no drawbacks. Go ahead, try it. I DARE you ....

 

Oh, a city slicker? The engineers I hang with are farm boys, the dumb ones are usually killed off as kids and as a result, never bugger up the gene pool. The military experience helps too, again the dumb ones who make it that far are usually killed off once they start playing with firearms and munitions

A little arc flash never hurt anybody. NOTE: the following video is disturbing, viewer discretion is strongly advised!

Magna Electric - Video of Arc Flash Incident

Arc flash is deadly

 

Actually I bought mine used about 12 or 13 years ago when we first bought our house. The worm drive saws are heavy as hell but they will cut through anything. I have even used mine to score concrete pavers with a diamond blade and it still works great.

I found one of these on sale for my table saw. It cuts nice and clean. My table saw is a 1950's Delta Cabinet saw. I bought it at a yard sale for $100. The guy got it from his grandfather, but it wouldn't run and he didn't know why. All it needed was a new cord.

Garage Sale Unisaw

Or anyone else concerned with safety. :madgrin:

 

Yep, worm drive circular saws are extremely heavy duty and will last a long time. I don't like the extra weight, and for as often as I use one, the late 60's vintage my dad bought works well

My radial arm saw I also picked up dirt cheap, the brushes were pretty bad in the motor. I was able to find brushes "close enough" in size, and after dressing the shaft surface, it worked perfectly

One of the most dangerous things in any power saw is a DULL blade. Be it a chainsaw, circular saw, radial arm saw, etc, never ever use a DULL blade. I like the Freud blades, although pricey they are very sharp and stay sharp a long time

To sharpen the chainsaw, I use a clamp on jig that my grandfather bought new. It takes a lot longer to sharpen the chainsaw that way, but it will cut through poplar and tamarack like a hot knife through butter

 

Your radial arm saw has brushes? Did you get it from a museum? All of them that I have seen in the last thirty years have induction motors.

Tom

 

The good radial arm saws are those massive DeWalt saws from 50 or 60 years ago. I bet those have brushes. I used to work for a guy who had one of those. It overloaded the springs on my Ford Courier (Mazda) pickup when I moved it for him.

OWWM - Photo Index - DeWalt Products Co. - DeWalt MBC Rel. No. 25

 

The only power tool I trust myself with is an electric screw driver. I like my appendages exactly where they are.

 

Garage sale. I'm pretty sure it dates from the 60's

My pops got a large assortment of heavy duty power tools in the 60's. His old Black and Decker circular saw has brushes. So does his old Black and Decker 1/2 heavy duty drill

The brushes in both were probably changed a few times when my folks were still doing construction. When I changed the power cord in the drill around 10 years ago, the current set of brushes looked half worn. I checked and cleaned the commutator, packed fresh grease into the gears, and it seems to run like new

Tools from back then were made *much* stronger than the new plasticky stuff