Some things are great investments just because; while others are good investments----PERIOD!
The other day I decided to try out a new carving glove made of Kevlar. I have other work gloves but I am planning to try some figure carving so they seemed like a practical investment. Today I cleared off my carving bench and worked on some "Seeds of Hope" where I hand carve a heart in the center are of a bean shape. Then I sand and sand to create a very smooth surface. I use both sand paper with elbow grease and power tools. I was using my Dremel flex shaft attachment to round over the outside edges of the seed. Not an issue. All was going well. Then I gently bumped the spinning bit into the glove which is a bit to big for my small hand. The Kevlar stopped the spinning bit cold - ruined the attachment, but not a nick on me! When on sanding with other power sanders and such, but I am thinking it could have been a serious injury if it had been my skin and not the glove that was involved
Note to self: Kevlar glove works great, but need to find a bit smaller one so there will not be no repeat performance.
Have all 10 fingers! Life is GOOD!
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