Technical Little tips and tricks for garage hobbyists.

People do all sorts of weird things. My father (RIP) did almost everything right handed. Except golf. Did that left handed and pretty well at that.

 

I'm mostly lefthanded but I try to use power tools - especially grinders, drills and saws - righthanded because the lock buttons are made for righthanders. Lefties have a tendency to grip those buttons inadvertently and then get torqued out of our grip when they catch on something and keep going when we've tried to let go of the trigger.

 

That’s me! I am right handed, but give me anything with a handle…I grip it left handed! I found out about this in high school base ball! My coach noticed my left hand grip , but I was on the right side of home plate. So he told me to get on the other side! I could bat equally poor on either side! lol





Bones

 

Changin hands is like a new date !

 

That would be me also!

 

I never could figure out left-handed guitar or fiddle players. You are already doing the hardest part with your left hand. I've never see a left-handed accordion player flip one over and play it upside down & backwards.

 

I used to think that too until I started playing and found fretting is the easy part unless you're just strumming. My two cents is it's all about the picking hand.

 

Whoa,,, I got the split duty hands too.
I find that things I was taught ( like baseball ) are right hand.
Eating and writing lefty, since I taught myself. ( Mom was sick Dad was a drunk )
But if I need a glove I'll just put it on the hand I need regardless.

 

@Six Ball the easy part is when you have a solid surface to squeeze against, even with bending.
The finesse part is the picking/strumming hand, which has to move against a string or group of strings at various strengths in air without touching it anywhere else.
https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=guitarists+watch+the+right+hand

 

Only been playing since I was 7. (72 years) Guess I never noticed. Not very good maybe I'm left handed? Both hands are screwed up now but I can fingerpick better than I can press strings.

 

Better than me, I've tried to play a few times over the years and never got past the first few lessons.

 

My youngest son (24) is ambidextrous, he shoots bow lefty, shoots guns righty, writes with both.

As a kid I used to love to watch him draw and color, he'd take 2 different color crayons, one in each hand and go back and forth between them coloring his pics.

My middle daughter is lefty, my oldest boy is right, so I guess the youngest decided to be both....

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Drill press chuck key, instead of a chain put a magnet on the side of the case, slap the chuck key on it.

 

Been a few years since this was posted. I believe this fits the thread

 

Excellent idea, simple and functional.^^^^^^^

 

BEEN THERE,DONE THAT!!!

 

me likey....

 

With enough practice you can manage to gain a stroke, I am told

 

Good idea, I’ll be building one, the way I do it now I always end up with some on the floor.
Dan

 

We got those bins as a freebie. Blue ones are long and the yellow about 3/4 length. The depths in the bench are set for the size of the bin. If we had it to do over, we would have bought all the same depths.

 

That sounds good at first blush. However, most of us, sooner or later, will misplace the key. With the chain it's impossible to misplace it. Both of my drill presses have a little hole at the back to put the key "handle" in. Again, if that was what I used I'd misplace it occasionally.

I prefer the chain. The key is always there. Always.

 

Sandblasted, rattlecanned, and hung over a bench across the shop from the main bench where the rollaround toolboxes are.

 

Here is my "tape tree" that I made about 30 years ago. Just a couple of 2x4s with nails in them. Brought it with me 24 years ago when I moved. Everyone that reads this will have a different way to store tape but this works for me.

 

I often wondered how a left handed person could shift 4 speed or a column shift for that matter.

 

The left handed driver holds the wheel on course very steady- no jerking the wheel, just banging gears with the right hand!

 

Being right handed, if I was left handed and had to shift with my right hand or if I visited a place where they drive on the wrong side of the road and had to shift left handed I’d be grinding gears until they fit.
Dan

 

it's really no different, driven both LHD and RHD floor shift and column shift, what catches me out is indicators and wipers switching sides of the wheel on late model stuff

 

Being left handed in this world means having to adapt. Then consider the automotive-centric space here. Most people will do most tasks with their dominant hand, but will be forced to use the other on certain tasks. V8 spark plugs, is an obvious example. This tends to force you to develop some degree of skill in both hands. Being ambidextrous is not common, but as seen in previous posts, some people switch hit.
https://www.rd.com/list/facts-ambidextrous-people/

 

Says you. You can probably walk and chew gum at the same time. Lol
Dan

 

Any time I use an auto pistol or rifle I'm glad to be right handed. Most every firearm in this category I can think of ejects to the right of the shooter. Plus safe/fire switches, charging handles, and mag release buttons are mostly for right handed people.
Dad used to say ''if you think you're ambidextrous, try shaving left handed ''. I never did. Don't like bleeding!