bloodless carving

2 messages in this thread | Started on 2002-07-22

bloodless carving

From: The Smart Hedgehog (hedgehog@letterbox.cc) | Date: 2002-07-22 19:53:13 UTC-04:00

At 09:49 PM 7/21/2002, Cara Donley wrote:
>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?

Sorry to hear about the mishap. :-(

In addition to the other suggestions, you might want to experiment with
Speedball Linozips:

(No, I'm not affiliated with this vendor -- they just have better pictures
than the Speedball site! Go figure.)

Linozips fit into the standard Speedball-type linoleum cutter handle, but
you pull them toward you instead of pushing them into your other hand.

I'm just starting out myself, but I think a combination of outlining with a
straight blade and then gouging with the Linozip should be a pretty safe
way to go. Better for kids, too, and clods like me. ;-)

\|||/
-o o- hedge
m . m

"The fox knows many things, but the hedgehog knows one big thing."
-- Archilochus

Re: [LbNA] bloodless carving

From: Chris Hubbard (blndbuck@sover.net) | Date: 2002-07-22 20:27:34 UTC-04:00

For a bloodless carving session, check out this webpage. They sell the
finger guards - cheap! Plus tevlar gloves as well.
Kittlekatz

http://www.fandfwoodcarving.com/safety-supl.htm

----- Original Message -----
From: "The Smart Hedgehog"
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Sent: Monday, July 22, 2002 7:53 PM
Subject: [LbNA] bloodless carving

> At 09:49 PM 7/21/2002, Cara Donley wrote:
> >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?
>
> Sorry to hear about the mishap. :-(
>
> In addition to the other suggestions, you might want to experiment with
> Speedball Linozips:
>
>
>
> (No, I'm not affiliated with this vendor -- they just have better pictures
> than the Speedball site! Go figure.)
>
> Linozips fit into the standard Speedball-type linoleum cutter handle, but
> you pull them toward you instead of pushing them into your other hand.
>
> I'm just starting out myself, but I think a combination of outlining with
a
> straight blade and then gouging with the Linozip should be a pretty safe
> way to go. Better for kids, too, and clods like me. ;-)
>
>
> \|||/
> -o o- hedge
> m . m
>
> "The fox knows many things, but the hedgehog knows one big thing."
> -- Archilochus
>
>
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