: Sorry for the rant... But if we were to limit our tools to only ones that
: can't cause an injury, I think we'd be left with just sandpaper.

Hey, you can take a lot of skin off with sandpaper - especially using coarse
grit to take corners off small bits of wood ! Remember to move the sandpaper
over the wood and not vice versa to minimise this risk :-)

I've cut myself on the paper edges of plans - who needs sharp tools ?

There's a risk to everything. Its no good building a kayak if you aren't
up to the task of assessing risk for yourself - sometime you're going to
want to paddle it and how dangerous can that be ??? I mean there's water
and low temperatures and just being outside of your centrally heated home.
Stay in bed !

Andy