Comments on: Wooden Knives and Forks for Polar Explorers (May, 1939) http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2008/03/23/wooden-knives-and-forks-for-polar-explorers/ Yesterday's tomorrow, today. Fri, 10 Feb 2012 21:07:04 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.4 By: Andrew L. Ayers http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2008/03/23/wooden-knives-and-forks-for-polar-explorers/comment-page-1/#comment-1077798 Andrew L. Ayers Sat, 08 May 2010 08:28:30 +0000 http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2008/03/23/wooden-knives-and-forks-for-polar-explorers/#comment-1077798 My first impression was of the bandsaw; I've seen some large woodworking machinery (my high school woodshop was as old as this article and had machinery from the era), but I've never seen a bandsaw that large... As far as the guy's hand is concerned, that doesn't look like a saw injury; it actually looks like what would be left after having your hand crushed. Whatever it was, it was probably pretty painful. Hope he got plenty of morphine... My first impression was of the bandsaw; I’ve seen some large woodworking machinery (my high school woodshop was as old as this article and had machinery from the era), but I’ve never seen a bandsaw that large…

As far as the guy’s hand is concerned, that doesn’t look like a saw injury; it actually looks like what would be left after having your hand crushed. Whatever it was, it was probably pretty painful. Hope he got plenty of morphine…

]]> By: ian http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2008/03/23/wooden-knives-and-forks-for-polar-explorers/comment-page-1/#comment-1075899 ian Wed, 24 Feb 2010 08:36:15 +0000 http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2008/03/23/wooden-knives-and-forks-for-polar-explorers/#comment-1075899 Notice the guy operatingt he bandsaw.......looks like he didn tknow what he was doing....missing finger.... Notice the guy operatingt he bandsaw…….looks like he didn tknow what he was doing….missing finger….

]]> By: Nick Moffitt http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2008/03/23/wooden-knives-and-forks-for-polar-explorers/comment-page-1/#comment-1049994 Nick Moffitt Sun, 23 Mar 2008 11:13:18 +0000 http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2008/03/23/wooden-knives-and-forks-for-polar-explorers/#comment-1049994 Looks like this is one Oregonian who's lost a few knuckles on his left hand. Looks like this is one Oregonian who’s lost a few knuckles on his left hand.

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