Ken Fitzgerald
02-13-2015, 6:47 PM
I hadn't turned for a couple years.
2 weeks ago, a neighbor asked me to turn a spindle for a chair he was restoring for his FIL. I enjoyed copying the spindle for him.
On FB, a friend challenged me to display 5 of my turnings in 5 days. I posted some of my old turnings which resulted in another friend asking me to do some turning for him. The 3 grandkids under the age of 5 we have been babysitting left this morning. This afternoon, I chucked up a piece of wood and made a minor turning and practiced a couple different finishing techniques on it.
As I was buffing it on the lathe, I leaned near the tool rest which was positioned out of the way and began drawing arcs through my t-shirt. I have a cochlear implant which provides my hearing. CIs, like most electronics, are sensitive to static electricity discharges. They can damage it even to the point of rendering it unusable.
As a field engineer installing and maintaining MR and CT scanners, I carried and used an electrostatic discharge kit. I will be wearing the conductive wristband and be wired to ground from now on when I am buffing!
2 weeks ago, a neighbor asked me to turn a spindle for a chair he was restoring for his FIL. I enjoyed copying the spindle for him.
On FB, a friend challenged me to display 5 of my turnings in 5 days. I posted some of my old turnings which resulted in another friend asking me to do some turning for him. The 3 grandkids under the age of 5 we have been babysitting left this morning. This afternoon, I chucked up a piece of wood and made a minor turning and practiced a couple different finishing techniques on it.
As I was buffing it on the lathe, I leaned near the tool rest which was positioned out of the way and began drawing arcs through my t-shirt. I have a cochlear implant which provides my hearing. CIs, like most electronics, are sensitive to static electricity discharges. They can damage it even to the point of rendering it unusable.
As a field engineer installing and maintaining MR and CT scanners, I carried and used an electrostatic discharge kit. I will be wearing the conductive wristband and be wired to ground from now on when I am buffing!