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floydjer

May 07, 2019, 07:03:30 AM
Yes, I know better..But baggy sweatshirts and a running lathe are a bad combination.  Got some bruises, a little missing skin and a rather stylish friction burn where the spinning metal rubbed along my  arm while I reached for the power switch.  Happened REALLY fast.   End of lecture. :oops:
I`d never advocate drugs,alcohol,violence or insanity to anyone...But they work for me.

Lemming Motors

#1
May 07, 2019, 07:22:07 AM
Ouch, I do sympathise and it sounds like you got lucky.

I made the mistake of using a wire brush attachment on an angle grinder with engineers gloves instead of leather gauntlets.
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Stainless1

#2
May 07, 2019, 07:35:17 AM
Watch the long tailings as well... they can leave a mark if they catch on the chuck and start whipping
Stainless
Red Hat 228.039, 2001, 65ci, Bockscar Lakester #1000 with a little N2O

Peter Jack

#3
May 07, 2019, 09:52:56 AM
And never wear gloves while operating around larger rotating machinery such as a drill press, lathe or mill. I don't have a picture but I have seen the results. I always cringe when I see someone holding a piece of material with a gloved hand while operating a drill press. Things happen really quickly.

As an aside I get a haircut every three or so years. I usually happens after I'm working on the lathe and I start imagining what might happen if my ponytail gets caught up in the turning. That would be a really uncomfortable way to get scalped.  :roll: :roll: :roll:

Pete

floydjer

#4
May 07, 2019, 10:17:23 AM
I`m just happy I was running my lowly 13X60 Southbend and not the 16X84 Monarch with it`s 7 h.p. motor...You guy`s would start calling me " Lefty"..And we don`t want that. :roll:
I`d never advocate drugs,alcohol,violence or insanity to anyone...But they work for me.

wheelrdealer

#5
May 07, 2019, 12:13:37 PM
Quote from: Peter Jack on May 07, 2019, 09:52:56 AM
And never wear gloves while operating around larger rotating machinery such as a drill press, lathe or mill. I don't have a picture but I have seen the results. I always cringe when I see someone holding a piece of material with a gloved hand while operating a drill press. Things happen really quickly.

As an aside I get a haircut every three or so years. I usually happens after I'm working on the lathe and I start imagining what might happen if my ponytail gets caught up in the turning. That would be a really uncomfortable way to get scalped.  :roll: :roll: :roll:

Pete

Peter: 
I learned this lesson the hard way at 2:00 am in Matt Scranton's shop. I was getting ready to tack something and realized I had not drilled the needed hole. Rushed over to the drill press with my tig gloves still on...you know the rest. I remember slapping the red stop button with my left hand-glove wound around the chuck.. I had to take the cover off the belts and turn the pulley backwards with my right hand to untwist my glove and hand. Very lucky I did not loose my thumb. The bad part is I knew better from working around mills and lathes. I just got in a hurry and failed to think of removing my gloves. Makes you really made when you forget to remember something that important.

BR   

manta22

#6
May 07, 2019, 01:23:07 PM
Quote from: floydjer on May 07, 2019, 07:03:30 AM
Yes, I know better..But baggy sweatshirts and a running lathe are a bad combination.  Got some bruises, a little missing skin and a rather stylish friction burn where the spinning metal rubbed along my  arm while I reached for the power switch.  Happened REALLY fast.   End of lecture. :oops:

Baggy sweatshirts are also not a good idea when rappelling; getting it jammed up in your carabiner means you're stuck- can't go down & can't go up.

Regards, Neil  Tucson, AZ
Regards, Neil  Tucson, AZ

JR'S PAPA

#7
May 07, 2019, 04:51:12 PM
I'll add my true confessions about scars and close calls. In a younger time, I found out you DO NOT use acetylene to cut the top off an empty 55 gallon antifreeze drum. Rode that drum, astraddle, clear across the parking lot, spewing a very long-bright blue flame, at scary acceleration.
Been there, seen that! And now I can say I participate, with my kid and his kid, J.R...........

Jack Gifford

#8
May 07, 2019, 10:13:56 PM
Thanks for the reminders.
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floydjer

#9
May 15, 2020, 02:43:29 PM
Wow! Over a year since I did something stupid in the shop! :cheers:
I`d never advocate drugs,alcohol,violence or insanity to anyone...But they work for me.

Peter Jack

#10
May 15, 2020, 04:41:10 PM
And it was a great reminder for all of us Jerry!  :cheers: :cheers: :cheers:

Pete

Stainless1

#11
May 15, 2020, 08:26:30 PM
OK then, you're out of the penalty box... you can now go back into the shop....   lol8
Stainless
Red Hat 228.039, 2001, 65ci, Bockscar Lakester #1000 with a little N2O

tallguy

#12
February 07, 2024, 11:55:25 PM
What was said about gloves also applies to long sleeves, long hair, and neckties (in my opinion).  As Richard Noble once said
to me, "Safety Fast".

tallguy

#13
March 09, 2024, 11:35:07 PM
About wire wheels . . .

Some die grinders (typically having a collet that will accept a 1/4" dia arbor) can spin at about 20,000 rpm, which is not
recommended when a wire wheel is mounted in that die grinder.  And those little wires, when they fly off, can easily embed
themselves into an operator's forehead.  I was, of course, wearing eye protection when this happened to me.  Total facial protection would have been better.

I share this information so someone else can learn the easy way, instead of the hard way -- like I did.

mtkawboy

#14
March 10, 2024, 11:56:20 AM
In high school auto shop a buddy just about denutted himself with a 1/2 inch drill and some baggy coveralls
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