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Author:  Don Williams [ Sun Mar 20, 2005 11:17 pm ]
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FYI - You can sand off several layers of fingerprint area skin, and still have the fingerprint pattern in deeper layers of skin. Yesterday's experiment failed.

Ouch.
Author:  Matt Gage [ Mon Mar 21, 2005 12:03 am ]
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your not returning to a life of crime are you??
Author:  Don Williams [ Mon Mar 21, 2005 2:34 am ]
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I wasn't planning on it. Especially after this lesson. Edge sanders are great, except when you do stupid things with them.
Author:  crazymanmichael [ Mon Mar 21, 2005 2:50 am ]
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don

have you tried the grip tape available from the woodworking houses. works well at holding things and keeping your finger ends intact.

even cheaper if you know a friendly vet who'll sell you a roll cheap, then you can cut the roll to whatever smaller width rolls you like.

michael mcclain
Author:  jfrench [ Mon Mar 21, 2005 3:36 am ]
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I usually put superglue on my fingertips before any major heists.
Author:  Terry Stowell [ Mon Mar 21, 2005 4:23 am ]
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yep, finger protector tape-'tis good stuff. It's hard to play guitar when you're missing layers of skin. YOUCH!
Author:  Colin S [ Mon Mar 21, 2005 4:38 am ]
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I sanded the finger nails on my picking hand right down two days before one of our biggest folk festivals. The girl in the local nail bar was a bit surprised to see a bearded man sitting in front of her to have acrylics put on only three fingers and a thumb!

Colin
Author:  Michael Dale Payne [ Mon Mar 21, 2005 6:01 am ]
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Collin I when I was playing in public regularly I use to have mine done once a month. I always had them use the amber acrylic solvent due to an incident that happened once. I had a gig at a local late night coffee house that had black lights all around. The shop that usually did my nails was close for remodel so I had gone to another. They used the pinkish solvent, and my nails glowed like phosphors. Someone in the crowd asked me if lived next to a nuclear power plant or something.
Author:  bob J [ Mon Mar 21, 2005 6:41 am ]
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Fuuuuuneey
Author:  Colin S [ Mon Mar 21, 2005 7:02 am ]
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Yep, I get mine done regularly now. I love the consistency of the sound, and the range of dynamics they give. My students think it's a bit weird though!

Colin
Author:  CarltonM [ Mon Mar 21, 2005 8:28 am ]
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Don,

I think you've discovered the real reason builders take on apprentices!

Carlton
Author:  bob J [ Mon Mar 21, 2005 9:48 am ]
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May sound weird but I put med. cyno mixed with fine sawdust and put on fingertips. Works great
Author:  EricKeller [ Mon Mar 21, 2005 1:06 pm ]
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In all seriousness, be careful with your fingernails. One of the machinists at work had a minor accident splitting wood. It damaged the cuticle on a number of his fingers. Years later, those fingernails have a weak line down the middle that breaks very easily. It's like having a permanent hangnail.
Author:  PaulB [ Mon Mar 21, 2005 9:55 pm ]
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In woodshop in high school, I got one of my fingers caught in a disk sander. It got sucked down between the table and the disk, took the whole nail off. It grew back and you can't tell it happened, though it took a few years to look normal again.

Now there's a mistake you'll only make once.
Author:  Michael Dale Payne [ Tue Mar 22, 2005 1:11 am ]
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In my tablesaw incounter this year I took off 1/3 of one side of my finger from the tip to the first knuckel all is ok now but I will never have cuticle on the right side of that finger. I have to trim the nail bi-daily to keep from having the nail curl into the finger and cause an ingrown nail.
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