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See what I receive when I bare my phono-soul to you guys. From now on I'm only going to be a Gem collector.

I sympathize: no collecting pleasure without its pain. Years ago wheb working on a lovely 1937 Marconi radio I somehow amanged to short one of the filter capacitors in the power supply with my left forefinger...all 200 volts of it. I still have the scar. Mercy, that hurt!
Jim.

I've been giving this some thought, and maybe we should have some kind of accident health cover for poor unfortunate guys like you, and indeed myself as I was smacked across the back of my hand by the handle of a floor standing gramophone once, and struggled to hold a cup of tea for several minutes. Gordon.

Well I have made cylinder wax for many years. My policy is to have PPE on at all times, well, sometimes you are like, It is not even melted! Ill stir it real quick, and so you put the whisk in the pot, not even started to stir.......and........ a nice rooster tail of scalding wax hits your hand and it is all too late, it melted your skin and blistered it and the blister breaks open instantly. In fact I have a burns over a burns!!!! That is why... leave cylinder wax making to the professionals, don't try this at home folks!!! I go in making a batch of wax knowing I will most likely get burned,even with ovegloves on, its gonna happen.

The occasional burn is all part of making
wax cylinders. No pain no gain.

Chuck

For burns, immediately get some soy sauce on the wound (the real stuff in bottles, not the brown salt water in little packets from the local Chinese restaurant) - Army medics have used this in the field, for years. Probably not an "official" treatment, but it always works for me - no pain, no blisters. I've never used it on something like boiling wax burns, but it works fine First and Second Degree burns.

Hey, Feel lucky...

I knew a guy a few years back.. a real old timer in his early 80's that was a real nice guy that made exceptional wooden duck decoys as a side hobby for hunting. One day he was cutting wood with his small band saw...well you know where I am going with this... He only has 9 fingers now... He lost a thumb on his left hand... Lucky for him he was right handed... At least he didn't lose his trigger finger either... )


Be safe! Think first! Safety first!

I have had a mainspring and pawl get away from me at least twice myself..working on Edison Homes... Luckily I pulled away in time! (both times!).

Tony K.

If phono karma does exist then someone I am aware of should be about to be hit from a great height by a gramophone in the very near future.....one of those experimental edison cement cabinet ones. There that should do the trick

Swing Band Heaven wrote:If phono karma does exist then someone I am aware of should be about to be hit from a great height by a gramophone in the very near future.....one of those experimental edison cement cabinet ones. There that should do the trick

A 10-50 would likely work as well.

Edisone wrote:For burns, immediately get some soy sauce...it works fine First and Second Degree burns.

Try telling that to the chicken!