Jeremy Blohm 503 Posted August 21 Share Posted August 21 (edited) This is going to touch on many points of safety. First is a short handled drift. The short handle causes your hand to be too close to the the impact point of the hammer. Second is not dressing the drift. This is an obvious one that is mentioned all the time. Third is if you are using a short handled drift like this one use tongs to hold it as you drive it through the workpiece. Fourth is if you are using a drift with a striker....use tongs!!! A combination of these things caused me a serious injury. this is today when I changed the dressing and let it air out for a few. The pruning of the hand makes it look even worse. Edited August 21 by Jeremy Blohm Link to post Share on other sites
billyO 160 Posted August 21 Share Posted August 21 Oy! That probably hurt a bit. You won't do that again..... Link to post Share on other sites
Clifford Brewer 349 Posted August 21 Share Posted August 21 Thanks for the graphic post, it should make anyone more aware of given situations..!! Link to post Share on other sites
Daniel W 76 Posted August 28 Share Posted August 28 For a while I've decided to keep my hands clear of punched tooling. I mostly did it to avoid burns, but that there is a ouch and a half. I started to transition to good set of tongs and a tong clip. Can always make your top tools "rodded" as well. Link to post Share on other sites
Bruno 84 Posted August 30 Share Posted August 30 ouch. No gloves Jeremy? Link to post Share on other sites
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