Over the years, due to age and injury, I’ve experienced increasing levels of pain in my hands, so I’m always on the lookout for pain-saving tips and tools. Recently Shiraz Balolia posted a video to this forum in which he used Jorgensen gear clamps. I ordered a couple and, although I haven’t yet had a chance to use them extensively, they seem like a godsend to me. Pistol and screw handle clamps have long been the bane of my existence.
Among other things, I’ve replaced the rod and knob blade tensioner on my old Jet bandsaw (which I can’t seem to bring myself to retire) with a wheel crank and have been convinced by other threads here that I should consider investing in a Festool ETS random orbital sander to reduce vibration. I also now have a strange and probably unnatural urge to buy a hydraulic lift table (every time I read this forum it costs me money!).
I know other Creekers experience hand pain and various physical limitations and that these issues have been discussed in earlier threads. Never-the-less, I thought I would share this in case it was helpful to others. I’d also be interested in hearing about additional solutions people have tried recently and found to be effective.