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Does anyone else still have the skill to use a shape Stanley knife?
Does anyone else use bits of cardboard and insulation tape to stop the flow of the red stuff?
Maybe you're not as skilled with a Stanley as you think.
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Does anyone else still have the skill to use a shape Stanley knife?
Does anyone else use bits of cardboard and insulation tape to stop the flow of the red stuff?
ha, very good.... To be honest I can't remember the last time I slashed myself with a Stanley (I have an obsession with using new blades) .... It's usually the rusty nails under floorboards or blunt screwdrivers I impale myself on!Maybe you're not as skilled with a Stanley as you think.
I wear steelies every day since I lost the end off my big toe when I was 18
I'm 50 now and work in an office but I still wear them!
I also find I wear glasses when grinding...... because I am as blind as a bat without them lol
ha, very good.... To be honest I can't remember the last time I slashed myself with a Stanley (I have an obsession with using new blades) .... It's usually the rusty nails under floorboards or blunt screwdrivers I impale myself on!
I don't think it's anything to do with your age. I have worked under plenty guys who will be in their late 60s/early 70s now who always drummed into me the virtues of ear defenders, gloves, goggles, knife safety, safe isolation, never using ladders unfooted etc.
Mind you, the same guys showed me some working practices never to be repeated on an open forum too.
Back in my day (god I am old) we were taught to check an inspect a wooden ladder to make sure it's safe, no assumptions were to made until you checked it for yourself... Then you used common sense on how to use it safety. It's a trait I still apply today.
Perhaps we are being soft as to who is suitable for the building industry and common sense is no longer a requirement
Do as i say not as i do XD i know the type and i do some of those things as well.
i was 4m up in a unit with legs wrapped around a steel beam while i threw it over the beam before i went down and started to climb a large ladder to connect the high bay lighting.
ive used a battery cherry picker after just being thrown the keys with the famous last words, " you will figure it out" take it out into the carpark to get used to the controls
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Most old plant operators , farm machinery operators etc learned this way, once they had the gist of at least one machine.
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