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Re:Ask HN: If you were to switch career, what would you do? by rl3 on Friday January 06, 2017 @12:32PM (#13338227)
That's incredible. Theoretically you could even wear gloves and the saw would stop as soon as it reached tissue. Although, some sort of conductive work gloves might serve as an additional safety layer so it doesn't even have to hit tissue.
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Re:Ask HN: If you were to switch career, what would you do? by mkching on Friday January 06, 2017 @04:04PM (#13340176)
In general, it's a bad idea to wear gloves when working with spinning tools. If the glove snags the wrong way, it can pull your whole hand into the tool.
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Re:Ask HN: If you were to switch career, what would you do? by rl3 on Friday January 06, 2017 @07:05PM (#13341499)
For sure, but in this scenario I doubt snags pulling anything would be possible. In the video it was stopping the blade before it could even break the skin on fingertips.

If the safety mechanism failed though, the resulting injury would be far worse as a result of the gloves, so it might not be worth it in that regard.

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Re:Ask HN: If you were to switch career, what would you do? by kobeya on Friday January 06, 2017 @08:20PM (#13341811)
The gloves could pull the hand along the trajectory of the blade.
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Re:Ask HN: If you were to switch career, what would you do? by rl3 on Saturday January 07, 2017 @02:36AM (#13342861)
Not if the gloves are conductive too.
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Re:Ask HN: If you were to switch career, what would you do? by kobeya on Saturday January 07, 2017 @12:52PM (#13345466)
Most gloves make a point of not being conductive.
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Re:Ask HN: If you were to switch career, what would you do? by rl3 on Saturday January 07, 2017 @09:21PM (#13347882)
Which would be why I explicitly suggested conductive gloves in my first comment.
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Re:Ask HN: If you were to switch career, what would you do? by AnimalMuppet on Friday January 06, 2017 @04:11PM (#13340238)
Ditto rings, for the same reason.
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Re:Ask HN: If you were to switch career, what would you do? by wrigby on Friday January 06, 2017 @05:26PM (#13340884)
The rules in my dad's wood shop when I was growing up were pretty simple: any jewelry (necklace, bracelet, watch, rings, etc.) had to be removed, and eye protection had to be on before a tool could be turned on.
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