That was a satisfyingly methodical and safety conscious procedure to watch, real nice to see a tricky job executed with all due care.
On the other extreme of unbridled chaos, once witnessed a contractor dude rapidly remove a trashy 45lb table saw (stand had been detached), from the surface of second-story porch. He’d been attempting to ill-advisedly rip a small sheet of ply - and when the blade (predictably) binded, it quickly transferred all that rotational energy into the the saw, which dutifully obeyed Newtons Third law - and jumped up through the air somersaulting over the railing onto the lawn below.
In some situations glove are counterintuitively a real hazard - specifically with certain shop equipment having spinning shafts (mills and lathes) and especially any exposed belts. Gloves present more surface friction than bare skin, causing hands to get pulled into the works. It’s not the dexterity reduction that makes it dangerous - but the reduction in sensitivity/reflexive recoil + grabbiness that makes a bad combo, (this is according to some hand-reassembly folks I’ve spoken with, and woodshop people). That said - we should always use appropriate safety gear.
Yep, found that out the hard way when building a 30KV Jacob’s Ladder one time in college using wooden spacers - (even dry wood is a decent (resistive) conductor with enough volts, (and charcoal is even better)). “Hey - where’d my spark go - and what’s that burny smell?” - (…that explains those glass/ceramic standoffs on the power poles).
