Re: Numb Left Hand

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> Being right handed, I have unfortunately experienced that after an
> initial roughing of a bowl blank, especially the next day, that my left
> hand, the one guiding the gouge on the toolrest, suffers from numbness
> due to the shock of the tool hitting the the uneven surface of the
> blank.  The sensation is that of how hands feel after a session with a
> weedwacker.  Am I clenching the tool too tightly, maybe lighter cuts??
> The wood I was turning was semi dry pine, sticky and hard as a rock.
> The bowl by the way came out fine.  Maybe there is a shock reducing
> glove thats made for this purpose????  Thanks in advance.
>
>
> STEMO
>
If the tool is against the toolrest where it belongs,  left hand holding it
down while resting against the back of the rest,  it is hard to imagine why
any major vibration is being transmitted to that hand. Given a long-handled
bowl gouge held in the right hand and braced against the body that hand
shouldn't receive much either. Could be that you really are holding it in a
death grip. Or that it isn't really firmly against the rest. Or that your
left hand has some undetected damage that is pinching the nerves. Or some
combination of the above...
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John McGaw
[Knoxville, TN, USA]

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