Hand help

Craig Van De Walker · 06-10-2006, 05:27 AM

I don't know if others use this but I was peeling and cutting off my calluses for years and discovered if I use a dremel tool on low speed with the grinding wheel it works great! The sanding wheel is a little too agressive on soft areas but the grinding wheel seems to somewhat spare softer areas while being more agressive on the dry hard areas.

I keep the wheel moving so I don't get a burn but for me this works great.

I thought I'd pass it on

Jerimiah Childress · 06-10-2006, 12:43 PM

ok maybe this is a dumb question and maybe Im the only person that doesn't, but why would you cut off your calluses?

Mike Neill · 06-10-2006, 08:09 PM

Craig, are you a safecracker?

Guest2 · 06-10-2006, 08:16 PM

jeremiah - because if you let your callouses get out of control, they'll catch on things and get torn off involuntarily. keep them smooth.

Jerimiah Childress · 06-10-2006, 08:43 PM

ok, I see keeping them smooth, I misunderstood I guess, I thought he was removing them completely.

Craig Van De Walker · 06-10-2006, 08:52 PM

In the past if I let my calluses get too thick they ripped into the meat of my hand, making my hands, not work too well. I just shaved them off with a straight razor, or as gross as it sounds chewed them off. My wife was not amused!

Even after grinding them I still have plenty of callus.

Safe cracking is a long way off for me, although it sounds fun.

Larry Lindenman · 06-11-2006, 06:57 AM

I use a callous file almost daily. I try to keep them flat or even indented a little. If you do rip, medicated chapstick helps with healing and prevents cracking.

Dan MacDougald · 06-11-2006, 05:52 PM

Being something of a woodworker, I prefer the round 3" Microplane
http://www.microplane.com/html/tools/snapin31104.html

http://www.crossfit.com/discus/messages/27/25634.jpg

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06-10-2006, 05:27 AM	#1
Craig Van De Walker Member Profile: Join Date: May 2005 Location: Beaverton OR Posts: 872	I don't know if others use this but I was peeling and cutting off my calluses for years and discovered if I use a dremel tool on low speed with the grinding wheel it works great! The sanding wheel is a little too agressive on soft areas but the grinding wheel seems to somewhat spare softer areas while being more agressive on the dry hard areas. I keep the wheel moving so I don't get a burn but for me this works great. I thought I'd pass it on

06-10-2006, 12:43 PM	#2
Jerimiah Childress Member Profile: Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Tulsa OK Posts: 375	ok maybe this is a dumb question and maybe Im the only person that doesn't, but why would you cut off your calluses?

06-10-2006, 08:09 PM	#3
Mike Neill Member Profile: Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Seattle WA Posts: 242	Craig, are you a safecracker?

06-10-2006, 08:16 PM	#4
Guest2 Departed Profile: Join Date: Jan 1970 Posts: 1,095	jeremiah - because if you let your callouses get out of control, they'll catch on things and get torn off involuntarily. keep them smooth.

06-10-2006, 08:43 PM	#5
Jerimiah Childress Member Profile: Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Tulsa OK Posts: 375	ok, I see keeping them smooth, I misunderstood I guess, I thought he was removing them completely.

06-10-2006, 08:52 PM	#6
Craig Van De Walker Member Profile: Join Date: May 2005 Location: Beaverton OR Posts: 872	In the past if I let my calluses get too thick they ripped into the meat of my hand, making my hands, not work too well. I just shaved them off with a straight razor, or as gross as it sounds chewed them off. My wife was not amused! Even after grinding them I still have plenty of callus. Safe cracking is a long way off for me, although it sounds fun.

06-11-2006, 06:57 AM	#7
Larry Lindenman Affiliate Profile: Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Chicago Illinois Posts: 2,769	I use a callous file almost daily. I try to keep them flat or even indented a little. If you do rip, medicated chapstick helps with healing and prevents cracking.

06-11-2006, 05:52 PM	#8
Dan MacDougald CrossFit Staff Profile: Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: Atlanta GA Posts: 275	Being something of a woodworker, I prefer the round 3" Microplane http://www.microplane.com/html/tools/snapin31104.html http://www.crossfit.com/discus/messages/27/25634.jpg