Vent: My old way of holding clippers was giving me wrist pain for years

For the longest time, I held my clippers with a super tight grip, thinking I needed total control. About three months ago, a barber visiting from Chicago watched me work and said, 'Man, you're fighting that tool.' He showed me a looser, more relaxed hold, letting the weight of the Wahl Seniors do more of the work. My cuts got smoother almost right away, and that constant ache in my right wrist is finally gone. Anyone else have a simple change that fixed a nagging physical issue?

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the_derek1mo ago

My buddy had the same "fighting that tool" thing happen with his drill until he learned to relax his grip.

parker_rivera831mo ago

My first time using a circular saw I white-knuckled it so hard I nearly threw the thing across the garage. @the_derek is right, you really do have to chill out and let the tool do the work. I mean, I was fighting it like it was actively trying to hurt me, which maybe it was. Took a bent cut line and a lot of deep breaths to figure that one out.

the_quinn1mo ago

Remember that feeling with a hand plane? I was trying to smooth a board and just pushing with all my might, sweating bullets. My grandpa finally took it from me and made one slow, easy pass... a perfect, thin curl just rolled right off. I was basically trying to bully the wood into being flat instead of just setting up the tool right.