Right/left hand dominant?

[kcfreeloader]

I, for some reason, still cant use my circular saw with my right hand, and so it seems to blow the sawdust into my face, for example.

Circular saws are a weird duck. A typical sidewinder which is made for righties, exhausts to the right and rests on the keep side of the wood. But to see your line you have to swing your head over the blade to see it. Also if you cut the board without it resting on something (ie holding the board and cutting it) you have to cross your arms and hold the board with the left and cut right. Worm drives are more set up for left handed people. With exhaust to the right, the blade is in a better position to see the line, but the saw rests on the drop side of the wood, which isn't good either. Worm drives are also much bigger and heavier, but if you are left handed they would be the way to go.


As far as games go, my left hand is darn near dyslexic. Though i do all right on stuff like DK using left, when it comes to play games like time pilot, i have to cross my arms to play. Anyone else cross their arms to play games that aren't set up to play ambidextrous?

 

[AUSyTyIN]

Wow, that's quite a few of you. This sample is obviously skewed since most people aren't posting (ie only the people who game with both hands for the most part).

I was forced to write right handed, and still do today. I kick left or right, throw right, and typically shoot right. I'm right eye dominant with my left hand, and left eye dominant with my right hand (at least that's what I've been told, I've never fully understood that). I've shot left handed, and the first time I did was shooting trap when I was 16 and went 9/10.

 

[Tighe]

I'm right handed, but on games that have the stick in the center and buttons on both sides (like Gaplus), I often switch during the game.

One of my biggest issues with Gaplus is the joystick in the center, totally throws me off, I wish it were on the left like Galaxian, Galaga and Galaga '88. I feel so cramped and off center.

 

[Mike Doyle]

I wish someone would have forced me to write with my right hand, because my handwriting looks like crap; sometime I can't even read it.

Back when I was flying R/C planes competitively, I'd purposely eat and drive with my opposite hand to help develop equal coordination. I still can do just about everything with both hands, and I can write neater with my right hand, but much faster with my left.