On May 13, 6:52=A0pm, Phisherman <[email protected]> wrote:
> It's my guess most of us have tweezers in the shop. =A0Here's 5 ways to
> remove a splinter...
>
> http://www.wikihow.com/Remove-a-Splinter
That is good information. I always thought squeezing the splinter out
was one way, but I see that it's not.
On May 13, 7:52=A0pm, Phisherman <[email protected]> wrote:
> It's my guess most of us have tweezers in the shop. =A0Here's 5 ways to
> remove a splinter...
>
> http://www.wikihow.com/Remove-a-Splinter
Nice one! A keeper. I will print this out and distribute.
Thanks for that.
r
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On May 13, 4:52 pm, Phisherman <[email protected]> wrote:
> It's my guess most of us have tweezers in the shop. Here's 5 ways to
> remove a splinter...
>
I just had this discussion with some pros I know... standard practice seems
to be that they pull out what they can with their fingers. If anything
remains they let it fester itself out. I've done that with chestnut pod
spines quit a number of times as no mater what method I tried I couldn't
remove them mechanically.
John
"Upscale" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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>
> "Phisherman" <[email protected]> wrote in message
>> http://www.wikihow.com/Remove-a-Splinter
>
> Well, for the regular way with tweezers, the best pair I've ever used came
> from Lee Valley Tools. They advertise them as the best and they are. Or
> course, one needs to be able to see the splinter to use them. The methods
> in
> the video above don't always require sight to work.
>
> http://www.leevalley.com/wood/page.aspx?c=1&p=10434&cat=1,190,43034
>
>
Somewhere I have a pair of tweezers that have an attached magnifying glass.
Rockler has them:
http://www.rockler.com/product.cfm?page=11108&cookietest=1
Upscale wrote:
> "Phisherman" <[email protected]> wrote in message
>> http://www.wikihow.com/Remove-a-Splinter
>
> Well, for the regular way with tweezers, the best pair I've ever used came
> from Lee Valley Tools. They advertise them as the best and they are. Or
> course, one needs to be able to see the splinter to use them. The methods in
> the video above don't always require sight to work.
>
> http://www.leevalley.com/wood/page.aspx?c=1&p=10434&cat=1,190,43034
I've never run across a decent pair of store-bought tweezers in my life,
so one day many years ago I took a pair of Revlons out to the shop and
honed the tips to a fine point, then yanked a sheet of 220 grit
sandpaper through the mating faces while maintaining light gripping
pressure until they were perfectly flat. I got them so finely tuned you
could pull a splinter out of Tinkerbell's pinky. Once my wife tried
them out she was elated, and she made me do the same thing to every pair
of tweezers in the house, and since then, she's loaned out my services
to practically every female we know. I'm thinking of starting a tweezer
honing business. :-)
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Phisherman <[email protected]>spewed forth:
> It's my guess most of us have tweezers in the shop. Here's 5 ways to
> remove a splinter...
>
> http://www.wikihow.com/Remove-a-Splinter
one they forgot is to cover the area with a thin layer of white/yellow
glue, let dry, then peel off along with the splinter.
Similar to the tape method, but if it's a wood splinter the glue can absorb
into the wood, aiding the removal
"LD" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> "Upscale" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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>> "Phisherman" <[email protected]> wrote in message
>>> http://www.wikihow.com/Remove-a-Splinter
>>
>> Well, for the regular way with tweezers, the best pair I've ever used
>> came
>> from Lee Valley Tools. They advertise them as the best and they are. Or
>> course, one needs to be able to see the splinter to use them. The methods
>> in
>> the video above don't always require sight to work.
>>
>> http://www.leevalley.com/wood/page.aspx?c=1&p=10434&cat=1,190,43034
>>
>>
>
>
> Somewhere I have a pair of tweezers that have an attached magnifying
> glass.
>
Somewhere I have a pair of tweezers.... lol
"Phisherman" <[email protected]> wrote in message
> http://www.wikihow.com/Remove-a-Splinter
Well, for the regular way with tweezers, the best pair I've ever used came
from Lee Valley Tools. They advertise them as the best and they are. Or
course, one needs to be able to see the splinter to use them. The methods in
the video above don't always require sight to work.
http://www.leevalley.com/wood/page.aspx?c=1&p=10434&cat=1,190,43034
On May 13, 4:52=A0pm, Phisherman <[email protected]> wrote:
> It's my guess most of us have tweezers in the shop. =A0Here's 5 ways to
> remove a splinter...
>
> http://www.wikihow.com/Remove-a-Splinter
If I have trouble finding the splinter, I put a little wood stain on
it.
No problem seeing it then
karmstrn wrote:
> On May 13, 6:52 pm, Phisherman <[email protected]> wrote:
>> It's my guess most of us have tweezers in the shop. Here's 5 ways to
>> remove a splinter...
>>
>> http://www.wikihow.com/Remove-a-Splinter
>
> That is good information. I always thought squeezing the splinter out
> was one way, but I see that it's not.
If it works for you, do it.
Wiki's are user input sites.. really no different than this newsgroups.
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> That is good information. I always thought squeezing the splinter out
> was one way, but I see that it's not.
It's worked for me. Particularly if it's festered for a day or so.
Otherwise I wipe my pocket knife on my pants to sterilize it and...
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On 2009-05-14, Steve Turner <[email protected]> wrote:
> I've never run across a decent pair of store-bought tweezers in my life,
> I'm thinking of starting a tweezer
> honing business. :-)
Try here:
http://www.2spi.com/catalog/tweezers/
I've got a pair so fine, they will actually cut flesh to aid in getting out
a splinter. When I was a machinist, those pesky steel slivers (splinters)
were devilish to remove. With a mag headset, no splinter is too small.
http://tinyurl.com/qjzqmy
nb
On Thu, 14 May 2009 14:23:56 GMT, notbob <[email protected]> wrote:
>I've got a pair so fine, they will actually cut flesh to aid in getting out
>a splinter. When I was a machinist, those pesky steel slivers (splinters)
>were devilish to remove. With a mag headset, no splinter is too small.
>
30 years in a machine shop has taught me that the easiest way to remove a metal
splinter is with a disk sander. Press the affected area against the spinning
disk and remove when it stops sparking. Self-cauterizing, too. ;)