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  1. Al Smith

    Numb hands

    Carpal tunnel is a problem that absoluetly no body will give a straight answer to .If it were proven in a court of law that it is associated with non safe ergonomics practices it would bankrupt American busineses .In the mean time the wheels of commerce roll steadily on . In other words it's a...
  2. Al Smith

    Numb hands

    This carpal tunnel thing can affect a lot of people ,not just saw operaters .Carpenters,meat cutters ,assembly line workers even barbers . In my sound odd but it affected typists and keybord operators before they came out with more ergonomic type keyboards . It appears though that it affects...
  3. Al Smith

    Numb hands

    Yes but those tough old buzzards in the 70's used a 125 Mac with a 48" to do it. Of course they are all cripled up now and on disabilty but so are the old hardtail Harley riders .
  4. Al Smith

    Numb hands

    The rubber mounts used on saws have a tendency to become hard as a rock after a period of soaking up bar oil much like the engine mounts on a auto engine . I have no clue how a person could avoid getting bar oil on them to prevent this from happening . I do know that the top rear mount on most...
  5. Al Smith

    Numb hands

    A lot of it has to do with the way we grip things .We do it in such a way we feel we must but not always in a good way ergonomically speaking,we just don't know any better .
  6. Al Smith

    Numb hands

    It could be caused by a lot of things.Swinging a hammer,climbing ,running a jack hammer,chainsaw . On the old rigid mounted saws I used to lay on about 4 layers of rubber tape then 4 of Scotch #33 over that on the handles .It helped . Actually the worst I ever got was extended trips on the...
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