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| John Hill:
I guess its a sign of approach old age but I am a lot more careful than I might have once been. There are two switches to control my shaper, one on the machine and one on the wall and although I just use the machine switch to adjust the feed and suchlike if my fingers are going anywhere near the path of the ram I switch off both. For my lathe I have hidden away most of the chuck keys and I am trying to train myself to always check that the key in use is in its place before starting the spindle. I have avoided making a handy shelf above the lathe in case I am tempted to lean over and get clothing tangled and I never allow cleaning rags near the machines when I am working playing. On the other hand, paint brushes live a hazardous existance in the shop as I use them instead of fingers for flicking chips and coolant from where I do not want stuff like that to be. |
| AdeV:
I can only echo everyone else's sentiments and hopes that your hand heals nicely. I got my own wake-up call not long after getting the mill; having changed a cutter, I fired the mill up, and felt a "thwack" on my wrist, and the cutter fell out... I'd managed to leave the spanner on the drawbar. Because after I'd changed the cutter, I went and made myself a coffee... I was lucky - my wristwatch took the impact (killed it stone dead), I got away scot free. The main reason I didn't do any milling tonight was because I'm absolutely knackered; and being tired doesn't mix well with dangerous machine tools... |
| Brass_Machine:
Wow John & John... glad you are both OK. Thanks for the reminder to be safe. We all need it from time to time. Hope you heal fast. Eric |
| usn ret:
Maybe it is time to go back and review "Ouch, that's gonna hurt!!!" Shred had made up a character with attitude and teeth and placed on his mill as a reminder that just about everything in a machine shop can hurt you in a hurry. There are some good safety reminders there also. Heal soon and get back to making swarf. Cliff :beer: http://madmodder.net/index.php?topic=1241.0 |
| doubleboost:
I was buisy cutting a coarse thread on my bantam lathe . It was only 20 mill long so i was cutting it by hand (gear box in neutral turning the chuck manually) The job went very well the nut i was using for a pattern screwed in nice and tight . The last thing to do was to face the job off. I turned the tool post around set up the tool put the lathe in to gear then switched the power on . The lead screw was still engaged. with the spindle running at 800 RPM the result was instantanius the tool crashed in to the chuck i hit the stop button and stood well back , the noise was sickening thank fully the damage was not to bad . The job is scrap the tool finished and the chuck jaws maked (under pants well soiled) It takes only a split second laps in concentration to turn a pleasure in to a disaster. Regards John |
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