Before you start........Do a SAfety Check

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Heartily agree with your comments but... at the first Triton meeting of the year here we were ripping a board and noticed the blade moving away from us. Ha! Saw not clamped to table. Probably explained why we needed to raise the blade by hand as the winder could not find the hole.
The cleaner at work keeps tripping my power point to the computer. She says her new vacuum cleaner could be doing it. Had points tested and sparkies agree. She then says 'That's why the lights go low in that other room when on turn on the machine and the switch is always really hot when I turn it off!' Don't assume your workmates know what you know.

Any BlockHeads out there this week..................I haven't *&%(^Up or had any near misses lately

Its time for me to hand the torch on again!!

Regards Lou:p

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Originally Posted by NewLou

Any BlockHeads out there this week..................I haven't *&%(^Up or had any near misses lately

Its time for me to hand the torch on again!!

Regards Lou:p

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Does this qualify?

Today for the first time in while I needed to use my TS at about half TC tooth height whaich also meant I had to take the blade guard off. I was cutting the slots for some simple small MDF sliding doors for a cupboard I was building for the shed. Anyway after lowering the blade I turned the saw on and all I could hear was the sound of a slipping belt, no blade going around, nothing, so I turned it off, removed the surround and checked the blade. What Ifound was it was jammed against a whole pile of small bits of wood that had acummulated inside saw shroud. The stuff had accummulated because it was not able to pass through the sawdust vent thereby partially blocking it. After clearing the vent, without thinking I raised the saw blade until it was no longer jammed and started the saw thinking that if I lowered the saw slowly this would mince the remaining bits and clear the shroud - instead the shed and myself copped a dust and bits shower.

Gidday Bob:D

Sure does M8 .............................Heres the Torch!!

Your Officially BLOCKHEAD OF THE WEEK!

Hope the noxious dust cloud n meteorite shower didn't do to much damage

REgards Lou:eek:

Haven't been doing this lark long enough to stuff up to much, but last weekend I kept up changing from drill bit to screwdriver with the drill against me. The bloody thing kept starting when I inadvertently pressed the button.
Luckily the business end was away from me.

I am now the owner of a 650w Makita got yesterday. Never again will I drill through hardwood with a 14.4 cordless GMC and cheap bit combo.

Have

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Originally Posted by havenoideaatall

. . . . I kept up changing from drill bit to screwdriver with the drill against me. The bloody thing kept starting when I inadvertently pressed the button. Luckily the business end was away from me.
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As I currently have the torch I need to fully understand what you were doing before I hand it over.

What do you mean by
1) "with the drill against me"?
and
2) "The bloody thing kept starting when I inadvertently pressed the button." This is no accident as this is what drills are supposed to do!

Cheers

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Originally Posted by vsquizz

A 4" angle grinder with the guard removed is about the most dangerous piece power tool you can own.

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My sister-in-law in Joburg is an ICU specialist. She once told us about a man who was rushed into hospital with half of his face torn and major cranial damage from a large angle grider blade (no guard fitted) that flew off and hit him. She said that mercifully, he died a few hours later. I never put any power tool down or turn my attention away from it until it's stopped turning. I never change my tools unless it's unplugged. If I don't use it I unplug it.

Last week, in my rush to crosscut a piece of pine - 2 min jobI dragged my drop saw on to a flat level at suitable height, accepted I rushed this bit, but nethertheless did a check and completed fixated on the blade. Yep - nowhere near hands and limbs. Nowhere near. What can go wrong. I was still concentrating on blade as it went through the wood like a knife through margarine. Nice result. Next piece of wood. Almost there, in the last mm of cut...

Big flash. I'd cut through the poxy wire, in my rush I'd forgotten to free the wire....and it was a tad gloomy in the shed.

Will cost me an hour's labour (mine or someone elses) somewhere and a new cord. Fixing it will mean the bargain I got is now not such a bargain but still worth fixing.

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Originally Posted by BobL

As I currently have the torch I need to fully understand what you were doing before I hand it over.

What do you mean by
1) "with the drill against me"?
and
2) "The bloody thing kept starting when I inadvertently pressed the button." This is no accident as this is what drills are supposed to do!

Cheers

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lol. For explaining the drill episode it in such a knoblike fashion and cutting through the wire (above) I reckon I should hold the torch for as long a period as you blokes deem fit.

Gidday:D

I've been sick on occasions thinking about my own ignorance and lack of information in regards to some of the materials I use and how I have chosen to use them.....................

Geeeeeeezzzzzzz I can remember using acetone to wipe my hands & clean them.............. n picking my nose after mixing a 2 pak epoxy n having the hardner all over my fingers...............never thinking is this stuff dangerous to me!!!!!!

This just isn't on! for god sake check the material safety data sheet by googling the name of the product your using followed by material safety data sheet...........................

There really is no need to take unnecessary risks! n these things are the ducks nuts in regards to managing them safely!!!!!!!

Be safe fellas!!!!

REgards Lou:2tsup:

I never do,
except last week after a couple of glasses i decided to go poke somthing to see if it was dry(as one does)
put said fag on bench next to cloth used to wash down with meths
thank christ it was onlt meths.
singed all my fingers:doh:
astrid

Cigarette butts and DC's aren't a good combination. DAMHIKT. :B

Well Ive started getting REALLY paranoid about safety... Im getting so bad I often wont go out the back door to go to the shed without first putting a hard hat on safety specs thick work clothes steel capped boots and gloves on... and thats just to walk there!!! :o

And yet... and yet... I know that yesty I had done my usual as above then when I arrived at the shed I grabbed up the extention lead walked it back to the house and plugged it in... and turned it on... then fed the lead out on the way back... live... then I plugged it into the ready to use forstner bit inserted drill without checking... then I checked it by turning it on... of course at that point I rapidly found out that if a forstner bit IS NOT tight in the chuck it WILL fly out of the chuck at a rate of knots... which it did.

So thats cool didnt want to do the drill job anyways :q

so I unplugged it and jammed the extention lead into the sliding miter saw... grabbed a peice of timber and fed it in found the line my usual dumb way by holding the blade down onto the timber and sliding to the line... problem was my finger was on the trigger... yep it works well... and I realized rather suddenly that kick back is not restricted to the table saw...

so I decided I didnt want to do that job anyways either :doh:

So I decided I would have a go with finishing an nailing job with the air nail gun... so I connected the compressor to the lead and got the air hunting up... got out the bloody great nail gun fed in a strip of nails... 2in should do I thought... and pluged it in... yep finger on trigger again... nothing happened mmm... turn nail gun up and start checking it out...


"DAD!! WHAT THE F ARE YOU BLOODY DOING!!!"... "ummm just seein why the bloody thing isnt working thats all" ... FLAMIN HELL DAD!! You wanna die or what?? TURN THE STINKING THING OFF BEFORE YOU DO THAT"... "ooh right
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Same happened the other day with the lathe I put a peice of 2x2 in between centres and started the machine up 600 700 900 1000 1200 1300... BLAM BANG WAM KAPOOOOOOOWEEEEEEEE! "AH FRIGGIN SHYTE!" yep forgot to tighten and lock the spindle end up tight didnt I? sure did

So even with wearin a hard hat safety specs work clobber reflector jacket steel capped boots dumb things still happen... so Im back to wearin comfy (not loose) clothing bare foots and glasses... and by heck I tell yer what I seem to not do any of that other stuff Im actually MORE aware than when I wore them... so I say be comfortable be aware be safe... and for gawds sake DONT turn the power on until your sure everythings ready :doh:

maybe we should have a segment on stupid things we do
so we all feel good
some days just shut the door:doh:
astrid

Always use BOTH hands when driving a garden fork into the ground with great force and determination....( I didnt ...and yes it did go right through my boot )....and somehow for the life of me I still havent worked out how .....but I managed to nail my finger (right index) into a solid beam ....( I am right handed).....that also smarts a little ......but I reckon the worst I have done .... is be too lazy to turn on a light .....and in the middle of the night, in a foggy haze ....take a wizz into a very live powerpoint .....which is HIGHLY NOT reccomended ....and has absolutely nothing in common with the properties of viagra ..:o:no:

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Always use BOTH hands when driving a garden fork into the ground with great force and determination....( I didnt ...and yes it did go right through my boot )....and somehow for the life of me I still havent worked out how .....but I managed to nail my finger (right index) into a solid beam ....( I am right handed).....that also smarts a little ......but I reckon the worst I have done .... is be too lazy to turn on a light .....and in the middle of the night, in a foggy haze ....take a wizz into a very live powerpoint .....which is HIGHLY NOT reccomended ....and has absolutely nothing in common with the properties of viagra ..:o:no:

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And I though that this was an urban myth,

I managed to drill into my right palm while holding a piece of timber that was a brace for my eldest's bed. Not deep, 3mm, missed all the tendons etc but made a nice curl of meat up the drill,

I can't count the number of times that I have left the shed for other pursuits saying, "I'm too stupid today to be working in the shed."

Bumping this up to the front again. The blockhead of the week happens to be a Police Officer I saw when I visited Jo-Burg South Africa just before Christmas.:D

We were on route to a weekend at a safari park where they had eight to 10 feet electric wire fences for the elephants and other wild game there. Well while traveling a long the main highway to one of these parks I saw a black police officer get out of his car and walk over to the fence and then had a leek on it or really close. :oo::oo::oo::o:o:o

I had visions of a puff of smoke and a black bunger. I wonder what would happen here if a police officer had a leek on a main highway let alone onto an elephant electric fence.:C

The doesn't really qualify cos it wasnt me, but my dear departed Dad.

38 degrees, total fire ban.
Dad decides to random test the boat flairs,
Chorus from smart ???? kids, DAAAD IT A TOTAL FIRE BAN DAY!!!
Dad ignors us till his SWMBO (MUM) tells him to put it out.
so with a picked upon scowl tosses it into the clark pool.
should have seen him chasing it round as it burnt the lining.
and shot across to burn the other side.

Astrid

Doh!:doh:

Hit myself right at the base of the thumb with a lug hammer this week then stepped into a clamp i had set up on a trestle full force and buggered me knee for a few days ...............

Lucky both injuries weren't serious but i'm sure many of you can relate to that lingering pain that chokes u up n nearly bring a tear to the eye.

Followed by either of two natural reflexes total silence or an arry of well chosen favourate swear words linked together in steady succession :roll:

All this happened cause i was out of position and not thinking

Yeah you guessed it Im blockhead of the week ................................. AGAIN!

Regards Lou :2tsup:

Well Lou Im quietly sauntering in about here to claim blockhead/dickhead of the week status if you dont mind

Rather embarressing event today... see I havent spent much time out there over the last few months due to other shyte happening... but Ive got this camper trailer see its a nice wee unit folds out has a large annex thingy and even has a kitchen!! WHACKO eh!! :2tsup:

BUT!! Its got a POMMY subframe ergo bloody pathetic for use in Aussie particularily of road... so Ive decided in me ultimate wisdom to totally change the subframe from the ???? end to the tow hitch... now I went out and priced how much it would cost me to get someone to do this particular change over shat myself rather badly and decided to do it meself... so over the last week or so and got all the bits and bobs to do the job... springs hubs axle tow hitch and... steel... shyteloads of 4x2 RHS... buggars wouldnt sell me the 10 mtrs I need would they? no I had to buy 2 8mtr lengths didnt I!! :doh:

So anyway... I moved the campers subframe back out of the shed having hoisted the camper itself up near the roof so I could make the new one directly under the camper... so far so good... even came here and sought info and knowledge... real good thinkin 99! :2tsup:

so today...


Today smartarse wandered out and set up the steel on some platforms nice and level nice and firm... good one... so out I go and a few hours late I head back in

Now the shed or rather cave as its known doesnt have direct power it has power controlled by the reletive effort Im prepared to put in getting the lead to the house and plugging in lights and machines... so today it was raining wasnt it? yep phissin down it was so I knew in me heart of hearts that very little work would be done in the said shed ala cave... no wukkers he thinks and heads out there anyway... open door and walk into the dark

I did mention I had set the steel up on stands didnt I? mmmm yep guess at what height the stands and therefore the steel was at... right at fambly joowel level

So in I waltz... oops trip surge forward graspin for some sort of support thinkin as Im heading rapidly inside the shed "theres steel somewhere ahead"... just one of those random thoughts one has when one suddenly realizes one MUST hurt something soon... and then... OHHHHHHHHHHHH MY FN GOOOOOOOOODDDDDDDDDD!!! :o

Ever felt 4x2 RHS right in the jollies? Mate you think whackin yer friggin tootsies hurts TRY THAT ONE FOR SIZE!!! :C

Hurt? Im still 4 hours later in AGONY!!

Needless to say tomorrow I am moving the RHS so theres no bloody overhang and to hell with the expense and lawyers and other such flamin crap I AM POWERING UP THIS FRIGGIN SHED!! :~ ...before I bloody neuter meself :doh:

signed blockhead/dickhead of the week
Shane


and yes I probably should have got young Josh to put the bloody spare wheel away in the seatainer instead of letting him roll it just inside the friggin door... but see I thought he had!!! but as usual he was bein his typical 13 year old self and was in a rush to go muck about with his mates... roll inside take of for a muck about tell dad later she'll be right... yeah right! he went over to his mums last night didnt he!! soooo the spare WILL be when I can straighten up enough to fart straight be in the seatainer :doh: