Goofs & Blunders You Should Avoid.

dlane said:
Did they stink when they crashed your lathe
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Most definitely. But I ignored it. They are such a nuisance and camp out everywhere that one ceases to be amazed.
I fired up my bandsaw for the first time in over a year and they were falling out of the motor housing. *stench*
And those tarps you have stashed up on a shelf? They had better be double bagged in plastic bags else you have a boat load.
I've had my fill of them that is for sure.
 
I was splitting some kindling for my shop wood stove yesterday morning. Yep the old hatchet was very sharp, and no I didn’nt know the dog had followed me on to the shop.
Results. One cold nose to my butt and one nasty cut to my left thumb. Then the day just got worse.
Thanks ron
 
Guess ya shouldn'ta been out chopping wood with your nether regions exposed :) Safety equipment should include pants.

Then again, there was the country granny who usedta chop wood by propping it up with her slippered feet. Some busybody told her she oughta be using safety shoes. She replied that she'd tried them once, but they dulled her axe.

OK, sorry to be off topic ... but I just couldn't resist.
 
This past Thursday a guy was drilling holes in 4" wide 1/4" thick stainless channels, the last op was drilling the holes in the leg sides. Holding them in 3 Kurt vices. They are nearly 100" long so he had the side door panels off so they would fit.

Long story short the first part made a 200 IPM rapid to the first position and hit the yellow roof post in the background and bent the part.
Do not try this at home. This Fadal is a stout machine.
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remote start ... Wont have one....

I came home one day and my neighbor was out plowing snow with his plow
truck. He had the hood open and was doing something. i ask if he needed
help. He said his truck ran low on tranny fluid and need to go to town to get
some. i said hop in I'll take you... when I got back I pulled my Jeep Wrangler
up along side his truck. He dumped the fluid in and pushed his remote switch.
The truck was having a hard time starting. he said give it some gas. I reached
over to the carb and pulled back the throttle. The truck started and the carb
stuck wide open, The truck was in gear and was also in 4 wheel drive. With
all 4 tires spinning it started to move and slide towards me. I had no place to
go. I was between the jeep and his truck. I was getting rolled between the two.
I remember flattening out my mirror on my jeep. The only thing that saved me
was the trucks plow hooked on the end of my bumper and made the truck
slide away from my jeep opening up a space so I could run. My friend had to
jump over a large bank to get away from the truck. He climbed back up the
bank and said there she goes... Yep... Wide open down the road. The truck
climbed a steep bank and flipped over. No one was hurt...
 
Apparently a poorly installed aftermarket remote starter, as any decent one would have to have the emergency brake engaged and it would have to be in neutral when shut off to start the vehicle the next time. Door lock sequence comes into play also. Lucky you weren't killed!


KBeitz said:
remote start ... Wont have one....

I came home one day and my neighbor was out plowing snow with his plow
truck. He had the hood open and was doing something. i ask if he needed
help. He said his truck ran low on tranny fluid and need to go to town to get
some. i said hop in I'll take you... when I got back I pulled my Jeep Wrangler
up along side his truck. He dumped the fluid in and pushed his remote switch.
The truck was having a hard time starting. he said give it some gas. I reached
over to the carb and pulled back the throttle. The truck started and the carb
stuck wide open, The truck was in gear and was also in 4 wheel drive. With
all 4 tires spinning it started to move and slide towards me. I had no place to
go. I was between the jeep and his truck. I was getting rolled between the two.
I remember flattening out my mirror on my jeep. The only thing that saved me
was the trucks plow hooked on the end of my bumper and made the truck
slide away from my jeep opening up a space so I could run. My friend had to
jump over a large bank to get away from the truck. He climbed back up the
bank and said there she goes... Yep... Wide open down the road. The truck
climbed a steep bank and flipped over. No one was hurt...
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jmhoying said:
Apparently a poorly installed aftermarket remote starter
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Agreed. Even my el-cheapo unit had a lock-off switch when the hood was open.
Safety switches are required on these; I accidentally started the truck several times just having the remote in my pocket when I bent over.
-brino
 
Holy crap, glad you're okay, that was a close one! Too close!


KBeitz said:
remote start ... Wont have one....

I came home one day and my neighbor was out plowing snow with his plow
truck. He had the hood open and was doing something. i ask if he needed
help. He said his truck ran low on tranny fluid and need to go to town to get
some. i said hop in I'll take you... when I got back I pulled my Jeep Wrangler
up along side his truck. He dumped the fluid in and pushed his remote switch.
The truck was having a hard time starting. he said give it some gas. I reached
over to the carb and pulled back the throttle. The truck started and the carb
stuck wide open, The truck was in gear and was also in 4 wheel drive. With
all 4 tires spinning it started to move and slide towards me. I had no place to
go. I was between the jeep and his truck. I was getting rolled between the two.
I remember flattening out my mirror on my jeep. The only thing that saved me
was the trucks plow hooked on the end of my bumper and made the truck
slide away from my jeep opening up a space so I could run. My friend had to
jump over a large bank to get away from the truck. He climbed back up the
bank and said there she goes... Yep... Wide open down the road. The truck
climbed a steep bank and flipped over. No one was hurt...
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