Marcia Selsor Posted June 16, 2014 Report Share Posted June 16, 2014 We all have potential dangers in the work place. How do you deal with yours? Marcia Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wyndham Posted June 16, 2014 Report Share Posted June 16, 2014 Me, I take a deep breath and have a good heart to heart with myself, sometimes it works Seriously, making unwarranted assumptions, such as "I know I turned the power off" before working on something. Everything is at a state of rest until we interact with it, snakes excluded I'm closer to building a smaller kiln to test some of those cone 6 reduction glazes I've seen of yours. That copper red mug in Micheal Baily's book looks very inviting. How close is the color photo to the piece itself? Wyndham Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest JBaymore Posted June 16, 2014 Report Share Posted June 16, 2014 I saw the thread question title on the main menu, and was about to say the exact same thing, Wyndham. ME! best, ......................john Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GEP Posted June 16, 2014 Report Share Posted June 16, 2014 Too much clay dust on the floor. I know, I know, I should clean the floor more often. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Babs Posted June 16, 2014 Report Share Posted June 16, 2014 Agree with W and J, Some days more than others! With GEP on the dust on the floor. My space is verboten to others because of the above dangers and more. Possums aare another danger, even clumsier than me.So glass jars of ingredients are no more,plastic screwe ons are the wat to go. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darcy Kane Posted June 16, 2014 Report Share Posted June 16, 2014 ME is certainly what came to mind for me, and then the clay dust, glaze dust… Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Campbell Posted June 16, 2014 Report Share Posted June 16, 2014 Once more ... ME. Hmmmm ... Don't know how to deal with me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TJR Posted June 17, 2014 Report Share Posted June 17, 2014 I am currently building a big ass Franken -kickwheel out of two old woodframe wheels. The flywheel is a 100 lb piece of metal with a shaft sticking out. I believe if you ran hard enough from one end of the studio to the other and landed on it, you could gut yourself.I have a bucket on the shaft. Don't worry, I'll finish it. I think it is missing a few pieces. Don't say that I am missing a few pieces. We already know that. Tom. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bciskepottery Posted June 17, 2014 Report Share Posted June 17, 2014 What I think I know vs. What I don't know. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Benzine Posted June 17, 2014 Report Share Posted June 17, 2014 What I think I know vs. What I don't know. Agreed! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Babs Posted June 17, 2014 Report Share Posted June 17, 2014 I believe if you ran hard enough from one end of the studio to the other and landed on it, you could gut yourself.I have a bucket on the shaft. Don't worry, I'll finish it. I think it is missing a few pieces. Don't say that I am missing a few pieces. We already know that. Tom. Try not to think of this too much! Is the bucket to keep the blood off the floor in case you slide after the impaling Sorry about the pun? Might need to be a brit to get that one.. Too funny TJR Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marcia Selsor Posted June 17, 2014 Author Report Share Posted June 17, 2014 Me, I take a deep breath and have a good heart to heart with myself, sometimes it works Seriously, making unwarranted assumptions, such as "I know I turned the power off" before working on something. Everything is at a state of rest until we interact with it, snakes excluded I'm closer to building a smaller kiln to test some of those cone 6 reduction glazes I've seen of yours. That copper red mug in Micheal Baily's book looks very inviting. How close is the color photo to the piece itself? Wyndham Yes, that copper red is an accurate color, at least in my copy of the book.Writing from my workshop in Italy. Marcia Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TJR Posted June 17, 2014 Report Share Posted June 17, 2014 I believe if you ran hard enough from one end of the studio to the other and landed on it, you could gut yourself.I have a bucket on the shaft. Don't worry, I'll finish it. I think it is missing a few pieces. Don't say that I am missing a few pieces. We already know that. Tom. Try not to think of this too much! Is the bucket to keep the blood off the floor in case you slide after the impaling Sorry about the pun? Might need to be a brit to get that one.. Too funny TJR Shouldn't the word be impailing? TJR. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marcia Selsor Posted June 17, 2014 Author Report Share Posted June 17, 2014 I guess 'me' wins! I did wonder about how the set up May avoid traps or accidents. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark369 Posted June 17, 2014 Report Share Posted June 17, 2014 I am not allowed open flame or sharp objects! My studio is concrete block for a good reason! Standing up on kick wheel in motion is a good reality check. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rebekah Krieger Posted June 17, 2014 Report Share Posted June 17, 2014 sharp pieces on the kiln shelves!! I have sliced up my hand badly! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tyler Miller Posted June 17, 2014 Report Share Posted June 17, 2014 I guess 'me' wins! I did wonder about how the set up May avoid traps or accidents. My best defence against myself is knowing my physical and mental limitations on any given day. When I'm too frantic and eager to get things done or reluctant to work on a project, I find I'm prone to more accidents. So if I'm not in a good mood or if I'm not quite awake enough, I do something else, there's never nothing to do. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Min Posted June 17, 2014 Report Share Posted June 17, 2014 Agree with "Me" being the biggest danger. Lifting with my back and not my legs. We all know better but it's so easy to lift 50lb boxes of clay the wrong way. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Babs Posted June 18, 2014 Report Share Posted June 18, 2014 I believe if you ran hard enough from one end of the studio to the other and landed on it, you could gut yourself.I have a bucket on the shaft. Don't worry, I'll finish it. I think it is missing a few pieces. Don't say that I am missing a few pieces. We already know that. Tom. Try not to think of this too much! Is the bucket to keep the blood off the floor in case you slide after the impaling Sorry about the pun? Might need to be a brit to get that one.. Too funny TJR Shouldn't the word be impailing? TJR. Only with Canadian spelling! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jrgpots Posted June 18, 2014 Report Share Posted June 18, 2014 How about grandkids? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TJR Posted June 18, 2014 Report Share Posted June 18, 2014 I believe if you ran hard enough from one end of the studio to the other and landed on it, you could gut yourself.I have a bucket on the shaft. Don't worry, I'll finish it. I think it is missing a few pieces. Don't say that I am missing a few pieces. We already know that. Tom. Try not to think of this too much! Is the bucket to keep the blood off the floor in case you slide after the impaling Sorry about the pun? Might need to be a brit to get that one.. Too funny TJR Shouldn't the word be impailing? TJR. Only with Canadian spelling! Babs; You and I both know that Australian spelling and Canadian spelling are the same. T. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark C. Posted June 18, 2014 Report Share Posted June 18, 2014 Beside myself Dust gas kilns(outside ) pug mill (outside studio) electric kilns(outside) Mark Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pres Posted June 18, 2014 Report Share Posted June 18, 2014 I fall in the 98% category as I am the most dangerous tool in my studio, not only to myself, but to others. Thank goodness I am usually alone. Some days I am stumbling around with vertigo, other days with dizziness from the Niaspin I take. Soft hands from being in water a lot get cut easily, shins get bruised and it seems like my genetic make up makes me a bleeder with thin fragile skin. There are weeks where I am constantly scarred up. But you know, I love the clay, so it is what it is. Sometimes we have a price to pay. Good thing about genetics though, my Dad similar to I in almost every way(except for politics) just drove his 33' motor home pulling a car back from Florida last month. He is 87 and still going strong. I tell him you lead and I'll follow. (I hope) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CarlCravens Posted June 18, 2014 Report Share Posted June 18, 2014 Of the things I use for pottery... probably the flexible stainless steel rib of death. It's the only pottery tool I've cut myself on. I hates it, but even the red Mudtools ribs don't quite do the same job. That can't really do a lot of damage, though. The bench grinder (used to shape and sharpen trim tools) could put an eye out if a grinding wheel shattered. (Stand to the side during startup, wear a face shield.) If we include everything in the shop, my table saw is probably the most dangerous in terms of serious injury. I don't think I'm all that dangerous. I used to work professionally in machine and tooling shops, and I have a lot of respect for stuff that can hurt me, both short term and long term. I have safety rituals for using power equipment, I always unplug power equipment immediately when I'm done with it. I wear safety glasses, face shields, know when not to wear gloves, etc. I make a living with my hands and eyes, and I put a great deal of value on them, and I practically treat tools like they're out to get me. (The worst injury I sustained in a machine shop was from the pop machine, which had lost it's catch basket years before... everyone knew you had to catch the glass bottle on the way out. And I did. And my reflexes tried to catch the second bottle that unexpectedly followed it... I reached it just as it hit the concrete.) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChenowethArts Posted June 18, 2014 Report Share Posted June 18, 2014 Most dangerous things: The particulate mask that doesn't get worn everytime I spray...and the room exhaust fan that doesn't always get turned on when the booth is running. Also, my feet are absolute magnets for pointy things like needle tools and xacto blades. -Paul Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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