This post is my own personal opinion and is not meant to be a criticism of how anyone else does things.
"I am looking for ear muff type protection. I do not want anything that plays music or radio stations. When in the shop I really enjoy the peace and solitude. I do want something that reduces the decibel level but does allow some hearing. The sound of the tool lets me know immediately if something is not just right.
Comfort as you might expect is of prime consideration. Also a material that does not cause me to sweat. Summer heat and humidity are just around the corner."
In quotes above is a post I made a couple of weeks ago. I sure wish I had stuck with what I said in the post. Typing with one hand is a PITA.
First let me admit I did some really stupid things which have placed me in the situation I am now in. However, these stupid things I did would not have mattered if I had stuck to my normal way of doing things. I will try to explain this in the story that follows.
After thinking about what type of hearing protection to buy I decided to buy the ear muff, with FM radio, style. I decided there were times, on the tractor, weed eating, when it would be nice to be able to listen to the radio.
We had a very bad electrical storm several days ago. I went into the shop and unplugged everything. The next time I went into the shop I had my new hearing protection. After going around and plugging everything back in I decided to try the radio in the ear muffs out. I say this because I plugged everything back in before I put on the hearing protection. Nothing was running. Can you guess where this is heading? I began by cutting the boards I needed to rough length and ripping them. Next came face jointing. As I was about to start planning the boards I decided I should wax the surfaces of the planner. I raised the head a little and starting waxing. I reached under the planner head and the next thing I new I was covered with blood and looking at my hand trying to figure out what had happened. The planner was running. Without even realizing what I was doing I had my son take me to the emergency room. I am a very lucky man. I still have all my fingers and associated parts and they will end up functioning normally after all is said and done. After racking my brain I now realize I will never know why that planner was running.
Now the reason for this post. IMHO anything that interferes with hearing and seeing the normal operation of a tool has no place in the shop. I am not talking about hearing protection that simply reduces the decibel level. I stated earlier that if I had done things my normal way all of the other stupid things I did would not have mattered. I normally do not have a radio on. If I had not been trying out the radio I would have heard the planner running.
While lying in the emergency room I decided I would sell everything in my shop. Today I am trying to figure out how to obtain more of the $10 off coupons from Lowes so I can buy the Bessey K body clamps before they change the style and raise the price. Anybody that feels sorry for me and wants to email me their coupon, yeah right, forget it.:eusa_danc
Hopefully someone will learn a little from my mistakes. When your wife asks you how many stitches it took and you have to tell her that anything that could have been stitched back together is in the bottom of the dust collector it is not a good feeling.
Be safe folks!
"I am looking for ear muff type protection. I do not want anything that plays music or radio stations. When in the shop I really enjoy the peace and solitude. I do want something that reduces the decibel level but does allow some hearing. The sound of the tool lets me know immediately if something is not just right.
Comfort as you might expect is of prime consideration. Also a material that does not cause me to sweat. Summer heat and humidity are just around the corner."
In quotes above is a post I made a couple of weeks ago. I sure wish I had stuck with what I said in the post. Typing with one hand is a PITA.
First let me admit I did some really stupid things which have placed me in the situation I am now in. However, these stupid things I did would not have mattered if I had stuck to my normal way of doing things. I will try to explain this in the story that follows.
After thinking about what type of hearing protection to buy I decided to buy the ear muff, with FM radio, style. I decided there were times, on the tractor, weed eating, when it would be nice to be able to listen to the radio.
We had a very bad electrical storm several days ago. I went into the shop and unplugged everything. The next time I went into the shop I had my new hearing protection. After going around and plugging everything back in I decided to try the radio in the ear muffs out. I say this because I plugged everything back in before I put on the hearing protection. Nothing was running. Can you guess where this is heading? I began by cutting the boards I needed to rough length and ripping them. Next came face jointing. As I was about to start planning the boards I decided I should wax the surfaces of the planner. I raised the head a little and starting waxing. I reached under the planner head and the next thing I new I was covered with blood and looking at my hand trying to figure out what had happened. The planner was running. Without even realizing what I was doing I had my son take me to the emergency room. I am a very lucky man. I still have all my fingers and associated parts and they will end up functioning normally after all is said and done. After racking my brain I now realize I will never know why that planner was running.
Now the reason for this post. IMHO anything that interferes with hearing and seeing the normal operation of a tool has no place in the shop. I am not talking about hearing protection that simply reduces the decibel level. I stated earlier that if I had done things my normal way all of the other stupid things I did would not have mattered. I normally do not have a radio on. If I had not been trying out the radio I would have heard the planner running.
While lying in the emergency room I decided I would sell everything in my shop. Today I am trying to figure out how to obtain more of the $10 off coupons from Lowes so I can buy the Bessey K body clamps before they change the style and raise the price. Anybody that feels sorry for me and wants to email me their coupon, yeah right, forget it.:eusa_danc
Hopefully someone will learn a little from my mistakes. When your wife asks you how many stitches it took and you have to tell her that anything that could have been stitched back together is in the bottom of the dust collector it is not a good feeling.
Be safe folks!