ThomasPowers Posted August 30, 2022 Share Posted August 30, 2022 I'm glad the motor bogged down! I was afraid this going to be another ER story! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frosty Posted August 30, 2022 Share Posted August 30, 2022 Ditto that Thomas! Randy: Back in the day when I worked in Father's shop there was a hard and firing fast rule about work jammed in machinery. "Hands up, step back, machine OFF and don't touch it till it stops moving!" The only time Dad EVER struck me were cuffs for not reacting this way instantly. Machinery is replaceable, fingers hands, lives aren't. An old acquaintance was wire brushing a knife blade, it caught in the wheel, was carried around the wheel shield grit collector, thrown out the front, hit him in the chest and into his heart. He was dead before he hit the floor. Your's wasn't the same situation and he was pretty reckless around equipment the news didn't surprise many of us. Still, "stop step back power off" is a basic safety rule that doesn't hurt to have drummed in to the point of reflex reaction. Frosty The Lucky. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Irondragon Forge ClayWorks Posted August 30, 2022 Author Share Posted August 30, 2022 She pretty much did that, after the initial yank on the magnet, hit the off switch and stepped back to wait for me to get over to her. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frosty Posted August 30, 2022 Share Posted August 30, 2022 Good instincts. Frosty The Lucky. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThomasPowers Posted August 30, 2022 Share Posted August 30, 2022 The swordmaker I worked under had an under powered buffer. He said it was better to take longer buffing than have a chance of it grabbing a sword blade and throwing it at you. I use an slow speed wire wheel for the same reason. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frosty Posted August 31, 2022 Share Posted August 31, 2022 A few years ago I was visiting a friend's place just south of Chicago and his wire wheels and buffers run in reverse. You use them with the work on top of the wheels and any grabbing throws the ballistic project away from you. A plywood pony wall under the wheel stops debris and snagged objects from coming back and the wheels are facing a close wooden wall. I thought he was nuts so he demonstrated to the lot of us by deliberately snagging a piece on the wire wheel and it hit the floor the other side of the wheel from him. He repeated it several times with different random pieces of stock. The buffer was no dirtier than using any buffer without a guard. I still haven't been able to bring myself to working on the wrong side of a wire wheel but I've seen other examples. Does NOT apply to grinders! Frosty The Lucky. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Irondragon Forge ClayWorks Posted September 6, 2022 Author Share Posted September 6, 2022 Today she is back up to speed, with the occasional little ouch. So she decided to go back out to the shop to continue working on the knife grinding jig. It needs about 32 holes drilled and tapped. Here she is at the drill press. I tapped the 8 holes she got drilled 6-32 thread for two hinges. She didn't want to over do it so that's all for today. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frosty Posted September 6, 2022 Share Posted September 6, 2022 Sounds like Debi's coming along nicely. Deb only complains if she's packing stuff up and down the stairs like the last couple days. She's emptying the RV to winterize and park it for winter. Frosty The Lucky. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThomasPowers Posted September 6, 2022 Share Posted September 6, 2022 I thought folks did that by parking them down along the border with Mexico? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TWISTEDWILLOW Posted September 6, 2022 Share Posted September 6, 2022 Thomas, I don’t think Jerry would handle the heat down there to well… he turns his air conditioner on during weather above 50 degrees F glad to see Debi up an moving around! hope to see y’all at tired iron this weekend! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charles R. Stevens Posted September 6, 2022 Share Posted September 6, 2022 We don’t have to drive that far! Around here you just put the dog in for the nite. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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