davidbooth1991
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Man, glad you are ok! Next time, get some one else to do it......
Cheers Jim me too....
and so it begins......
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Cheers Jim me too....
Poboy kartman
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Which is why I was pushing you to post up a pic of the machine......
davidbooth1991
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I posted a pic of a similar machine on page five I think. It very similar but ours has a four inch belt.
I just want to get fixed up so I can get my kart finished.. The sooner the better dude. Only got engine and linkages left. And then this happens just my luck ....
I just want to get fixed up so I can get my kart finished.. The sooner the better dude. Only got engine and linkages left. And then this happens just my luck ....
mckutzy
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I got to to say...... why oh why were you not using any gloves, on basically what can be easily called a meat grinder, that just happends to cut steel.
At my old job in the machine shop, we had one that had a 12" wheel at the back for drive, and a 6" flat rubber for the front, 6" wide belt, overall length was about 5' long, needed to give the machine about 20-45sec to get up to speed.
I never use the belt sander with out gloves period.
I built a bike and a whole host of other work related projects, and have all of my parts together, unscathed by the belt....
Glad to hear you lived to tell the tale, I just hope your able to use more than a pencil to type with, later on.
At my old job in the machine shop, we had one that had a 12" wheel at the back for drive, and a 6" flat rubber for the front, 6" wide belt, overall length was about 5' long, needed to give the machine about 20-45sec to get up to speed.
I never use the belt sander with out gloves period.
I built a bike and a whole host of other work related projects, and have all of my parts together, unscathed by the belt....
Glad to hear you lived to tell the tale, I just hope your able to use more than a pencil to type with, later on.
davidbooth1991
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Your right poboy that's was on a different thread sorry pal........this is a similar machine i can't take a pic of ours Its in pieces...ours is just bigger
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davidbooth1991
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I know what your saying mckutzy.....I was using rubber gloves ( I know I might as well have wore nothing ). But my boss has a strict policy of NEVR EVER EVER EVER wearing loose gloves on a rotational machine. Even though mine were tight on they can still snatch and drag you in..
OzFab
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This is a bit of a grey area; we're always told to use the proper safety equipment but, in this situation, it can be more dangerous to wear gloves; it's a bit like wearing a necktie while running a lathe (not that any intelligent person would do that) or having loose long hair while operating a rotary buffing machine (yes, I've done that...)
davidbooth1991
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Does the amazing fabroman have a ponytail. (Not that there's anything wrong with that).
and that's what my boss said dude. No gloves but i didn't get dragged in via gloves I must have slipped in. I don't know. My friend had a accident a year or so ago on a geared pillar drill inwich involved ripping has overall sleeve, jumper sleeve and tee shirt sleeve off. It was a good thing he left his watch in his locker. He lost a fair bit of skin but no breaks..
karte_m0lim
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brrrrr.... glad you are ok
davidbooth1991
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brrrrr.... glad you are ok
Cheers dude I just need a couple of weeks I don't know what was worse, the accident or the cure ( popping my finger back and splinting it )
OzFab
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Not any more...
Oh yeah, the cure is much worse; think about it, did the linisher say "Hey, I'm gonna mess up your hand in a minute"? No but, the doctor did...
davidbooth1991
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That's the best analogy ever fabroman...im sure break specialists are satanists..."hello I'm Dr.somebody, I know your in pain but I'm afraid I'm going to have to break your finger
....AGAIN HA HA HA...
and there's nothing more manly than a pony tail..(Steven segal, triple h ) lmao.
But hey ho. I'm on the mend and I know one thing for sure...I won't do it bloody again!!!!!!!
Poboy kartman
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Never say never. .....I still can't believe I've stuck my finger in a tablesaw blade twice!!!!!!
And if you do. .....it WILL be bloody......
But I just put bandaids on and went back to work. .... (even though the second time took quite a bit of bone with the flesh.....)
What can I say? ??? Must be the pony-tail!!!!!!
davidbooth1991
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I need to get me one of those !!!!
They possess magical properties !!!!
They possess magical properties !!!!
OzFab
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Ironically, neither of those two has a ponytail anymore
The only reason I don't is because I could no longer maintain it due to a shoulder injury...
Poboy kartman
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Well....I Do.....
davidbooth1991
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I've just had a look at white settlement poboy because I've never heard of it and I'm nosey lol..looks like a peacefull place to live. I think I'd sooner go somewhere like that then .......new York for example. Have you always lived there ???
firemanjim
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Texas is so big and beautiful....... And did you know, because it's so big, we can drive around literally all day, and never see Doug......
Poboy kartman
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No.....I was actually born south of Jim's current hometown. ....in San Antonio Texas and moved to the DFW area when I was 13.......At that time we lived in Benbrook Texas.....on the southwest side of Ft. Worth. There is a Lake Benbrook which was about the only reason there was a Benbrook... (except for the now gone airport. ....that Vernon Castle died at....)
Back then....there was the police station, fire station, barber shop, 2 bait shops, a post office, a grocery store and a Dairy Queen.. (restaurant).
That was about it. .....you didn't have to go far to find wild land in any direction. ....at the end of my street. ..you could see Benbrook Lake dam...
So after I grew up and left home is when I moved to White Settlement. ....wasn't too much here back then either. ...And even though I could see Benbrook dam from my street....it wasn't feasible to walk to it....I can't see the lake from my street....but it's totally possible to walk to Lake Worth from my house. ....maybe 1/4 mile or so.....
firemanjim
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You live THAT close? I love fresh water fishing. I'd have to make a go kart that would float, so I could drive down there to fish, and drive right in at the boat dock.......
You're pretty lucky. I have a couple small lakes about 15 minutes drive from me, but I think they were just designed to drown worms and such. I've never caught anything at either one......
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