[Jewelry making - Article 00077] - Re: [Orchid] Is lapidary hard on the hands?

[Jim]

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>     What were the changes that helped you? 

    The most important two were putting a new top on my lapidary bench
    so that I could move the machinery to a more comfortable position,
    and buying an adjustable height drafting chair. Between these two I
    was able to find the right body position to, as another poster
    noted, take the strain off my wrists and forearms. There are
    additional changes which helped other problems, like using both skin
    lotion and disposable gloves, always dopping up after preforming,
    and mounting adjustable lighting at each work station. A final
    improvement was at my computer; it turned out the "mouse fatigue"
    was compounding my wrist problems. 

Jim Small
Small Wonders


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