I'm glad I got to see that, I've never witnessed a kick back only heard of them. & thats a great example of what not to do! Witch leads me to my next question I'm a lefty & was wondering if there was any other left handed woodworkers & how they adjusted thier shop to better suit them for example did you make any special jigs or alter your tools for left handed operation? I read today that left handed people are more accident prone due to most things being made for right handed people! I can only imagine thats dbl for the workshop!
I'm left handed and, to my knowledge, I have not made
any special jigs to be 'left handed'. I mean, I have made
some jigs for shop use but have never thought about
whether they were 'left handed' or whatever. Just made
what I needed at the time and what worked. other times
I have bought tools (jigs) for a specific purpose without
putting a left/right handed label on them.
While it is true that most things are made "righty", lefty's
have overcome and adapted to a right handed world. As
you pointed out, studies may have shown left handed
people
may be more accident prone due to the fact that
the world revolves around "being right handed". Studies
have also shown that left handed people are more creative
and imaginative than right handed folks. :icon_thum
Don't all you right handed folks respond to me in a negative
way now. I admit that there some
EXTREMELY talented
folks that are using their right hand primarily, and I just wish
I had some of their talent. The thing to me is that they
take most everything they use for granted. That is, they
never think whether or not it will work correctly if it is put
in their right hand for use. Oftentimes, us lefties have to think
of those things. :wink_smil
And by the way, do you also get offended if you are referred
to as 'SOUTH PAW'? I do. To me it is a derogatory term implying
that I do not have hands, but paws like a bear or dog or something.
I can't recall a time when a right handed person was called
a 'NORTH PAW', can you? It's another one of those things
we people in
our right minds have grown to accept as, 'the way it is'. :BangHead:
DaveO, thanks for that posting. Kinda wakes ya up, don't it?
Woodrat (who may have this reply pulled but, it was written in good faith)