Goofs & Blunders You Should Avoid.

[Randall Marx]

I don't know...I seem to have not hit that magical number of times yet!

 

[kvt]

Well the Nitrile gloves do not help any more than the bare fingers. and I have not hit the magic number either,

 

[george wilson]

wawoodman: Re:Teleporting; Also watch a cat jump onto a hot stove!!

 

[booker]

I was removing that part on the machine in my avitar using a crane with a sling hook that was missing the safety catch. The strap jumped out of the hook as I pulled it over to let down to the floor and the part was free falling... except for my knee that it knocked out of the way. Cut me down to the bone, but never cut my Dickies dual layer pants. 27 stitches later I was in good shape.

Always make sure your equipment is maintained properly....

 

[Glenn Brooks]

Goofs and blunder to avoid. OK. Here is one to definitely avoid: don't stare at the cutter or threading dial to hard when single point threading round stock.

I just finished cutting a bunch of 6" long threads in 4 pieces of 3/4" round stock. Iam using the round stock to mount an adjustable center pivot plate in a concrete foundation to support and turn a 12' LOA turntable for a 12" gauge miniature railroad. See photo above.

On my third piece of stock, I became so focused and proud to have cut two perfect sets of threads that , on the last pass on the third piece - a .003" finishing cut- I very carefully slipped the half nut in play, and moments latter, noticed the cutter wiping out the entirety of my threads - cleaned them right off the stock. Rather than engaging the half nut, I threw the power feed handle next to it, by mistake, do to being mesmerized by the threading dial turning around to the proper mark, and thinking to much about the perfect job I had just done cutting the previous threads in the first two pieces of stock. So whilst I was reflecting on my proficiency and genius as a machinist, I cut all the threads off my third piece.

Fortunately the other end of the stick came out OK ( see top end of the round stock in the photo. The mistaken ends will be buried feet first in cement - where they belong.)

 

[Tony Wells]

Glenn, those are design features to make sure the piece is oriented correctly in the concrete. Timing marks, if you will.

 

[tq60]

No they are gripping rings to insure solid footing in the concrete.

Just modify your drawing to indicate it is designed that way then it becomes perfect...

That is how the feds do it...

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[Superburban]

Not a great pic, but it shows how not to lift a mill. We were removing it from the trailer. After I pulled the trailer forward, the mill proved to me how the center of gravity really works.

 

[jpfabricator]

How to make a vertical mill a horizontal mill.

Sent from somwhere in east Texas by Jake!

 

[kingmt01]

if I had a dollar for every person that grabbed something aluminum that I just got done welding....they learn quick

So far I've picked them up 3x. I don't know how long it will take me to figure out my ATGW gloves aren't my MMA gloves.

If you ever master that one, explain it in a sticky thread....I am sure we could all use it.

-brino

I've mastered it. & don't want to ever do it again.

I used to power my gate from my fencer by hooking a wire from the fence to a wire I had wrapped around the gate. It was a heavy fog on that morning & I had the wires unhooked hanging. I bent over & the top of my head touched that wire. I don't know where I went but it was really dark there & it seemed an eternity before I came back. I really thought I'd died.

I don't have any stories from fast spinning blades. Probably because I go into high altar around them. I usually don't use guards or anti kickbacks because I found them to get in the way & cause safety problems themselves. So I'm paying really close attention to my body & where it is along with anyone else around. I have some very dangerous tools that have to be well under control all the time that they are powered.

I did have a day that I really shouldn't have been anywhere but bed. I was riding my bike home from work early morning & hit a deer. I hit it square on then it came down the side of my bike hitting my leg & bouncing my leg off the engine block. Nothing I could have done about that but the stupid part of this story is when I got home I started running my Sawmill & as I was loading a log I forgot to chulk the others. I have my mill at the bottom of a hill & roll the logs to it by hand down the hill. As I was putting one on the mill my wife started yelling "honny". No idea why she doesn't ever speak what the danger is but this time she didn't have to because I already knew what that sound was so I started running for the nearest escape without wasting any time to turn around & look where they was at. I had some waste piled up at the end of the mill & jumped to clear it. I almost made it. The log caught my ankle while I was in the air. I got lucky & nothing got broken that day even though I felt like both times that same leg got broken. The only damage was a bent break control & a bent loading ramp. The ramp works fine as is & I actually like the position on the brake control on my bike better now. My leg has even quit hurting.