Hello everyone! I'm mostly a lurker to this list, but I just had an
incident with letterboxing that I wanted to share. Today, I was carving my
stamp with a Speedball, #4 blade, and I'm making my stamp with linoleum.
The blade slipped and gashed my finger that was holding the block of
linoleum. Let's just say, I'm lucky... it was a deep cut but it's healing
okay now. To anyone working with these sharp blades: Please be careful!
Letterboxing is supposed to be fun, and getting cut makes it a little less
enjoyable... =( Now for a question: does anyone know if there are any
techniques to avoid cutting myself (lol) or any kind of finger guard that
would prevent the blade from cutting ones fingers? Well, that's all for
now... good luck to everyone out there! - Cara
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Digest Number 913
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Started on 2002-07-21
Re: [LbNA] Digest Number 913
From: Cara Donley (caradonley@hotmail.com) |
Date: 2002-07-21 21:49:42 UTC-04:00
RE: [LbNA] Digest Number 913
From: p.koss (p.koss@snet.net) |
Date: 2002-07-22 07:53:09 UTC-04:00
One of the fellows I work with told me (after I did the same thing) that
there are finger guards that woodworkers use that you can get at lumber
places. Give that a try.
Pat Koss
Be nice - Nice is good.
-----Original Message-----
From: Cara Donley [mailto:caradonley@hotmail.com]
Sent: Sunday, July 21, 2002 8:50 PM
To: letterbox-usa@yahoogroups.com
Subject: Re: [LbNA] Digest Number 913
Hello everyone! I'm mostly a lurker to this list, but I just had an
incident with letterboxing that I wanted to share. Today, I was carving
my
stamp with a Speedball, #4 blade, and I'm making my stamp with linoleum.
The blade slipped and gashed my finger that was holding the block of
linoleum. Let's just say, I'm lucky... it was a deep cut but it's
healing
okay now. To anyone working with these sharp blades: Please be careful!
Letterboxing is supposed to be fun, and getting cut makes it a little
less
enjoyable... =( Now for a question: does anyone know if there are any
techniques to avoid cutting myself (lol) or any kind of finger guard
that
would prevent the blade from cutting ones fingers? Well, that's all for
now... good luck to everyone out there! - Cara
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there are finger guards that woodworkers use that you can get at lumber
places. Give that a try.
Pat Koss
Be nice - Nice is good.
-----Original Message-----
From: Cara Donley [mailto:caradonley@hotmail.com]
Sent: Sunday, July 21, 2002 8:50 PM
To: letterbox-usa@yahoogroups.com
Subject: Re: [LbNA] Digest Number 913
Hello everyone! I'm mostly a lurker to this list, but I just had an
incident with letterboxing that I wanted to share. Today, I was carving
my
stamp with a Speedball, #4 blade, and I'm making my stamp with linoleum.
The blade slipped and gashed my finger that was holding the block of
linoleum. Let's just say, I'm lucky... it was a deep cut but it's
healing
okay now. To anyone working with these sharp blades: Please be careful!
Letterboxing is supposed to be fun, and getting cut makes it a little
less
enjoyable... =( Now for a question: does anyone know if there are any
techniques to avoid cutting myself (lol) or any kind of finger guard
that
would prevent the blade from cutting ones fingers? Well, that's all for
now... good luck to everyone out there! - Cara
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Re: [LbNA] Digest Number 913
From: Ms. Alafair (ms_alafair@yahoo.com) |
Date: 2002-07-22 05:24:12 UTC-07:00
Cara,
I have done a fair amount of woodcarving using larger gouges and carving knives.No matter how well you practice proper techniques for using these tools, when you are working on a small piece, it is much easier to get in trouble. Are you familiar with inserting an appropriately sized "stop cut" with a knife at the point where an area you are carving ends? This helps to prevent the tool from slipping beyond where you intended to stop and into your hand. I have never carved linoleum so do not know if that makes practical sense or not. Some wood carvers also attach a "handle" to their work. This can be anything from a dowel rod that you hold with a screw in one end that screws into the carving piece rather than holding the piece itself. I believe there are also specialized devices you can buy that do this.
With regard to cutting yourself, below are two links to products that may be very helpful to you.
http://www.woodcarvers.com/thguards.htm
http://www.woodcarvers.com/fingtape.htm
Enjoy letterboxing and your new stamp.
Linda a/k/a Ms Alafair
Cara Donley
Hello everyone! I'm mostly a lurker to this list, but I just had an
incident with letterboxing that I wanted to share. Today, I was carving my
stamp with a Speedball, #4 blade, and I'm making my stamp with linoleum.
The blade slipped and gashed my finger that was holding the block of
linoleum. Let's just say, I'm lucky... it was a deep cut but it's healing
okay now. To anyone working with these sharp blades: Please be careful!
Letterboxing is supposed to be fun, and getting cut makes it a little less
enjoyable... =( Now for a question: does anyone know if there are any
techniques to avoid cutting myself (lol) or any kind of finger guard that
would prevent the blade from cutting ones fingers? Well, that's all for
now... good luck to everyone out there! - Cara
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Re: [LbNA] Digest Number 913
From: Chris Hubbard (blndbuck@sover.net) |
Date: 2002-07-22 08:43:26 UTC-04:00
Sorry to hear about your mishap - it's no fun getting cut on these things!
Here is a link for you for hand guards pertaining to woodcarving. I've used
the finger guards, they're cheap and work well when carving wood. I'm sure
they'll work fine with the linoleum!
http://www.fandfwoodcarving.com/safety-supl.htm
Kittlekatz
For wood carving, there are leather finger guards that you can wear. I'm
sure that they would also work well for carving linoleum.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Cara Donley"
To:
Sent: Sunday, July 21, 2002 9:49 PM
Subject: Re: [LbNA] Digest Number 913
> Hello everyone! I'm mostly a lurker to this list, but I just had an
> incident with letterboxing that I wanted to share. Today, I was carving
my
> stamp with a Speedball, #4 blade, and I'm making my stamp with linoleum.
> The blade slipped and gashed my finger that was holding the block of
> linoleum. Let's just say, I'm lucky... it was a deep cut but it's healing
> okay now. To anyone working with these sharp blades: Please be careful!
> Letterboxing is supposed to be fun, and getting cut makes it a little less
> enjoyable... =( Now for a question: does anyone know if there are any
> techniques to avoid cutting myself (lol) or any kind of finger guard that
> would prevent the blade from cutting ones fingers? Well, that's all for
> now... good luck to everyone out there! - Cara
>
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Here is a link for you for hand guards pertaining to woodcarving. I've used
the finger guards, they're cheap and work well when carving wood. I'm sure
they'll work fine with the linoleum!
http://www.fandfwoodcarving.com/safety-supl.htm
Kittlekatz
For wood carving, there are leather finger guards that you can wear. I'm
sure that they would also work well for carving linoleum.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Cara Donley"
To:
Sent: Sunday, July 21, 2002 9:49 PM
Subject: Re: [LbNA] Digest Number 913
> Hello everyone! I'm mostly a lurker to this list, but I just had an
> incident with letterboxing that I wanted to share. Today, I was carving
my
> stamp with a Speedball, #4 blade, and I'm making my stamp with linoleum.
> The blade slipped and gashed my finger that was holding the block of
> linoleum. Let's just say, I'm lucky... it was a deep cut but it's healing
> okay now. To anyone working with these sharp blades: Please be careful!
> Letterboxing is supposed to be fun, and getting cut makes it a little less
> enjoyable... =( Now for a question: does anyone know if there are any
> techniques to avoid cutting myself (lol) or any kind of finger guard that
> would prevent the blade from cutting ones fingers? Well, that's all for
> now... good luck to everyone out there! - Cara
>
> _________________________________________________________________
> MSN Photos is the easiest way to share and print your photos:
> http://photos.msn.com/support/worldwide.aspx
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RE: [LbNA] Digest Number 913
From: HangGlider (hangglider@earthlink.net) |
Date: 2002-07-22 09:48:28 UTC-07:00
I use the Speedball LinoZip blades. They're supposedly for teaching childrent
to carve linoleum, but hey, I'm a beginner - so I qualify to use them too! :-)
They're 'pull' type cutters, so they're less likely to cause a nasty cut.
The blades will probably fit your existing handle. You can check them out at:
http://www.speedballart.com/blockprintcat.pdf
About half-way down the page.
Happy carving!
HangGlider
On Mon, 22 Jul 2002 07:53:09 -0400 "p.koss" wrote:
One of the fellows I work with told me (after I did the same thing) that
there are finger guards that woodworkers use that you can get at lumber
places. Give that a try.
Pat Koss
Be nice - Nice is good.
-----Original Message-----
From: Cara Donley [mailto:caradonley@hotmail.com]
Sent: Sunday, July 21, 2002 8:50 PM
To: letterbox-usa@yahoogroups.com
Subject: Re: [LbNA] Digest Number 913
Hello everyone! I'm mostly a lurker to this list, but I just had an
incident with letterboxing that I wanted to share. Today, I was carving
my
stamp with a Speedball, #4 blade, and I'm making my stamp with linoleum.
The blade slipped and gashed my finger that was holding the block of
linoleum. Let's just say, I'm lucky... it was a deep cut but it's
healing
okay now. To anyone working with these sharp blades: Please be careful!
Letterboxing is supposed to be fun, and getting cut makes it a little
less
enjoyable... =( Now for a question: does anyone know if there are any
techniques to avoid cutting myself (lol) or any kind of finger guard
that
would prevent the blade from cutting ones fingers? Well, that's all for
now... good luck to everyone out there! - Cara
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to carve linoleum, but hey, I'm a beginner - so I qualify to use them too! :-)
They're 'pull' type cutters, so they're less likely to cause a nasty cut.
The blades will probably fit your existing handle. You can check them out at:
http://www.speedballart.com/blockprintcat.pdf
About half-way down the page.
Happy carving!
HangGlider
On Mon, 22 Jul 2002 07:53:09 -0400 "p.koss"
One of the fellows I work with told me (after I did the same thing) that
there are finger guards that woodworkers use that you can get at lumber
places. Give that a try.
Pat Koss
Be nice - Nice is good.
-----Original Message-----
From: Cara Donley [mailto:caradonley@hotmail.com]
Sent: Sunday, July 21, 2002 8:50 PM
To: letterbox-usa@yahoogroups.com
Subject: Re: [LbNA] Digest Number 913
Hello everyone! I'm mostly a lurker to this list, but I just had an
incident with letterboxing that I wanted to share. Today, I was carving
my
stamp with a Speedball, #4 blade, and I'm making my stamp with linoleum.
The blade slipped and gashed my finger that was holding the block of
linoleum. Let's just say, I'm lucky... it was a deep cut but it's
healing
okay now. To anyone working with these sharp blades: Please be careful!
Letterboxing is supposed to be fun, and getting cut makes it a little
less
enjoyable... =( Now for a question: does anyone know if there are any
techniques to avoid cutting myself (lol) or any kind of finger guard
that
would prevent the blade from cutting ones fingers? Well, that's all for
now... good luck to everyone out there! - Cara
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