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Goofs & Blunders You Should Avoid.
- Thread starter David S
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they took down the video of the guy getting sucked into the lathe. but it is on Instagram with music and laughing emoijs! what is wrong with people.
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WHAT!!!! Sorry but that is "F"d up. Sometimes people disgust and disappointed me. What could possibly be so funny.
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My friend asked me to weld a handle on a hex driver for an emergency tool. No bid deal right?!
The damn socket turned out to be Zamac plated with chrome and it melted! I know it was from a cheap import set but Zamac? Seriously? After this happened I checked it and it is non-magnetic.
Robert
The damn socket turned out to be Zamac plated with chrome and it melted! I know it was from a cheap import set but Zamac? Seriously? After this happened I checked it and it is non-magnetic.
Robert
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Probably made of that high tech alloy known as Chinesium.
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At any age, but especially for we gomers, write the dimension(s) on a 3x5 card and have it at hand while measuring.
If converting inches to metric or fractions to decimals, use a calculator, do the math twice and write it down.
Unless you're the only one using metrology instruments, verify the accuracy with a standard. Verify the level is still indicating correctly.
Have torque wrenches calibrated annually. As much as I hate to admit it, the digital torque adapter from Harbor Freight is dead accurate and can replace torque wrenches or at the least make home shop calibration possible.
Bright, well-placed shop lighting is the least expensive safety feature one can have. What you can't see can hurt you and sometimes kill you.
If any machine part is moving, keep hands well away from it; slow can still eat fingers.
Belt/blade guards/interlocks/safety glasses are the seat belts of the machine shop. They're there because no one can concentrate and be focused 100% of a lifetime of shop work.
jack vines
If converting inches to metric or fractions to decimals, use a calculator, do the math twice and write it down.
Unless you're the only one using metrology instruments, verify the accuracy with a standard. Verify the level is still indicating correctly.
Have torque wrenches calibrated annually. As much as I hate to admit it, the digital torque adapter from Harbor Freight is dead accurate and can replace torque wrenches or at the least make home shop calibration possible.
Bright, well-placed shop lighting is the least expensive safety feature one can have. What you can't see can hurt you and sometimes kill you.
If any machine part is moving, keep hands well away from it; slow can still eat fingers.
Belt/blade guards/interlocks/safety glasses are the seat belts of the machine shop. They're there because no one can concentrate and be focused 100% of a lifetime of shop work.
jack vines
I'm not going to worry too much about it. Around here, 72F qualifies as a record low temperature!
Amen. When I bought my house, my shop (formerly the garage) had two lights in it. Now it has ten.
No, but some fairly serious damage to that tool chest and whatever was in it. Long material needs to be supported on EITHER side of the lathe. This guy wasn't paying attention, though. He wasn't even looking at the lathe or the work piece. He was gazing off into space somewhere. The number 1 safety rule, people: PAY ATTENTION! Had he been watching the lathe and the material, he would have had plenty of time to stop the lathe before anything was damaged.