And uh, not in a good "busy" way.
Guess this goes out as more of a reminder/warning.
I was grinding down a wrench to make it thinner (read: lotsa sparks) on my upright belt sander. After a bit, my smoke detector goes off. Ok - lotsa sparks, no big deal. Stop to investigate.
There's flames coming out of the sander underneath it! Eek! I'm on fire! (still not busy!).
Rip the machine apart (very quickly I might add), and scoop out what is a glowing ball of gunk of metal dust, plastic, sawdust, and who knows what else.
The dust chute for the vac has a couple of large holes melted in it (plastic part obviously) that are still smoldering at this point.
Take the burning bits outside (good thing we're in the middle of a 80-100mm downpour?) and snuff them out.
Well, it would seem that all the times I *had* been cleaning it out, it really wasn't getting it all! It wasn't until I took it ALL apart, that I found a bunch of hidden pockets. That's where the crud had collected, then the sparks from the wrench were all that it took to finally say 'enough'.
So - if you use your stuff for more than just metal - remember to clean it out. REALLY clean it out! Every now and then anyhow.
Guess this goes out as more of a reminder/warning.
I was grinding down a wrench to make it thinner (read: lotsa sparks) on my upright belt sander. After a bit, my smoke detector goes off. Ok - lotsa sparks, no big deal. Stop to investigate.
There's flames coming out of the sander underneath it! Eek! I'm on fire! (still not busy!).
Rip the machine apart (very quickly I might add), and scoop out what is a glowing ball of gunk of metal dust, plastic, sawdust, and who knows what else.
The dust chute for the vac has a couple of large holes melted in it (plastic part obviously) that are still smoldering at this point.
Take the burning bits outside (good thing we're in the middle of a 80-100mm downpour?) and snuff them out.
Well, it would seem that all the times I *had* been cleaning it out, it really wasn't getting it all! It wasn't until I took it ALL apart, that I found a bunch of hidden pockets. That's where the crud had collected, then the sparks from the wrench were all that it took to finally say 'enough'.
So - if you use your stuff for more than just metal - remember to clean it out. REALLY clean it out! Every now and then anyhow.