Technically its is all these knives. And out of those it is the 5 skiving knives at the bottom that I’m most respectful of. Not only are they razor sharp but when skiving you aren’t cutting directly down to the work surface and I’ve caught myself putting my hand in really silly places before. Yet, never injured myself even once with any of them… yet.
But in reality the only things I’ve properly injured myself with have been a stitching chisel and a belt/strap cutter pictured below. The chisel I was using, stupidly, to go through that super thick part of the pouch its resting on. Thats a whole centimetre of layers of thick, resin backed leather. And I didn’t have a pull board thing yet. It refused to come out and when I eventually freed it, I scraped it against the web of my left thumb making a big scratch up my hand that bled profusely and took forever to heal.
The belt cutter was the worst cut. I tried to change the blade… you lift that little red cap but the blade is actually secured within it. It is incredibly stiff and when I pulled it the whole thing gave way and I sliced my thumb open on it. That took a really long time to heal and even longer to stop being sensitive, so even when healed I couldn’t do anything because it hurt to much to use a needle.
Maybe my hydrofluoric acid for integrated circuit delayering, but it’s dilute enough to be sold at Walmart as rust remover, so I’m not sure. I’m still taking precautions.
If the metric is injuries so far, then it’s probably my xacto knife, but those have all been minor injuries.
Technically, I have some spare microwaves that I may harvest the transformers out of. Maybe. Microwave oven transformers are really good at killing people who should know better, so I’m not sure I want to risk it even if I know I could take enough precautions to be safe. MOTs are pretty much perfectly optimized for accidental fatal electrocutions.
Chemically, acetone.
Physically, my table saw, statistically speaking.
I don’t have a nail gun, but they can be modified to shoot in air, rather than against wood, that would be pretty dangerous at close range.
I once tripped on the cord of a table saw and nearly fell into it. Definitely one of the most dangerous tools in the shop.
Beyond just cutting off fingers, they can kick back boards hard enough to break ribs.
I’ve got a bottle of goo gone. That’s some pretty nasty stuff.
For cleaning cassette decks:
- MG Chemicals Rubber Renue 408C
- American Recorder S-721H (98% Hexane)
Mine is cobalt based drier, highly toxic. Good thing I never actually paint. XD
Other than that, probably glass. Nasty cuts, awful if you get a chip in your eye. (Wear eye protection! Glasses don’t count)
Linocutters.
I don’t I have anything really dangerous, although the tailoring scissors and the old overlock machine can be rather scary
Mine is Novacan black patina. Don’t drink it, smell it, touch it or look at it.
Oh, and lye.
Me. The human.
Knives, hammers, chemicals, saws, etc, none of them are dangerous until wielded. So ultimately, I’m the danger.
