Silly Survey

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Keith Tompkins

>how about repeatedly hitting your elbow on the center in the tailstock. ouch!

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Mark Kauder, Phenix City, AL

>Just last week, I was piecing together some scraps of veneer to make a larger piece for a bowl. I was straightening up the edges on the belt sander. One of the pieces had a little dried Hot Hide Glue on it from a previous bowl. While working with one piece on the sander, I held that piece in my lips. Well, the moisture from my lips softened glue just enough to bond the glue to my lips, and when I grabbed it, it tore a piece of skin off my lips. Boy, that smarted!!!

Mark

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Raymond Overman in SC

>On numerous occasions I've walked in the house without dusting off the shavings from my clothes. My wife usually finds this agravating and hits me with the broom. The handle end.

Should this go in the silly survey thread or unsafe practices?

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Barry Turner

>Just returned from a Tennessee Association of Woodturners tonight in Nashville, TN. One of the older members told of the first time he used CA glue.........and a trip to the local ER with his forefinger firmly glued to his eyelid! Lesson learned!

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john Lucas

>Gosh which story do I tell. I'm really bad about leaving pencils everywhere. I can never find them so I get another one out of the drawer. By the end of the day I have a pencil on every machine.

Then there's the time I glued the CA bottle to my lip while trying to blow the little bit that always sticks in the tip out.

Sneezed one time with the faceshield on. Sorry I gave you that visual but it happens.

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Dave Lambert

>How about trying to figure out why your freshly sharpened gouge isn't cutting worth a darn, only to realize it's because you left the lathe running in reverse.

Prophetic

John McAtee

>Shortly before you posted this, I was in the shop and reached for a can of WD-40 without looking and inadvertently picked up a can of spray adhesive. Needless to say, the object being sprayed did not slide more smoothly.

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Mike Rubes, Apex, NC

>Hi Barry,

I don't know how many times I've tried to blow dust off something while still wearing my face shield. I laugh at myself every time I do it!

How about when hollowing out a vessel, looking inside to check for shavings and blowing in the compressed air at the same time? Not that I have done that. More than once. On the same piece :)

Good thread,

Mike

Flatwork time in Apex, NC

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john Lucas

>Dave

I had that happen in the last class I was teaching. A student asked for help and I went over and tried her gouge. It wasn't cutting so I sharpened it for her. It still wasn't cutting. I tried several times probably looking flustered, then I noticed she had hit the reverse switch.

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john Lucas

>John

When I was young my dad came out of the shower and he was holding his arms straight out. He said "alright who put the hairspray where my deoderant was".

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mainebowlman

>Got some new radio headphones, but couldn't find them. Knew I had them a moment ago. I KNOW they're right here. Oh well, I'll turn the volume up on the radio while I sand with the shop vac on.

Shutting down for the day, I turned the radio off and heard someone talking...

It was coming from around my neck. Du-u-u-u-h-h-h.

By the way - LOVE those headphones.

Jack

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Mark Mandell - Gone Round In Jersey

>It'll go to COURT!

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Triton Warning & CA glue

ChuckS

>Yes, I glued my fingers together Monday. Yes, I keep a bottle of solvent handy.

I also recently bought a Triton respirator-- helmet supplied with air from a belt unit. Love it. How do I put this delicately?? DO NOT have a big Mexican dinner with lots of refried beans the evening before using your Triton.

Good Thread

ChuckS

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Bill Grumbine, Kutztown PA

>Hi Barry

I could write a book on dumb stuff done in my shop, and it would all have me as the main character! But the first thing you mentioned, trying to blow dust off the tool through a face shield, I can safely say is a universal phenomenon. I have had many many people through my shop and in other teaching venues over the years, and I cannot think of a single person (including myself) who has NOT done this. In fact, I have gotten to the point where I watch for it so I can tell the victim (after I get done laughing) that they are now a member in the club of those who blow through their face shields! The best ones are the ones who get all excited and blow two or three times, harder each time, like they just aren't moving enough air to do the job. The look of realization that comes over each face is a joy to behold. I am laughing now as I type this. None of us are immune. In fact, I will often reassure the person du jour that there are only two types of turners - those who try to blow dust off through their face shields and liars!

Bill

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Ron in Drums PA

>Trying to scratch my nose with a face shield on.

The good news is, I know I'm consistent, I do this just about every time I turn.

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Barry Irby

>I was in a friend's shop. He was spritzing everything with WD-40 and wiping them down. I thought, I have WD-40 and I should do better about this. Went home, grabbed tha can and went to work. A day or two later I realised I was using Spot Shot carpet cleaner.

Actually cleans metal tables pretty well.

Barry Irby

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Andy in Raleigh

>At the risk of admitting to occasional laxes of safety...

When I put something on the faceplate or chuck (I have a 4 jaw independant knuckle breaker that I rarely use and regret purchasing, but that's another story) I like to make sure that it is reasonably well balanced before I really start working on it. So after screwing on the chuck of faceplate, I turn the lathe on, let it get up a little speed and turn it back off to see if it wobbles. A couple of times I had failed to tighten well enough and the chuck kept spinning after I turned the lathe off, unscrewed and chased me around the garage.

When gluing up strakes on my little sailboat, I over extended myself and equipment on one stretch and had a spring clamp where I really needed something more solid. Sure enough, it started to separate a little bit so I tried fidgeting with it and it popped off. Thinking fast, I pushed down at that spot and did it quickly enough to keep anything else from shifting. It's hard to explain, but this was sort of a "domino" situation where there was likely to be additional problems if I walked away and spent time coming up with a better solution. I was using epoxy with a mix of hardeners that only took about an hour to harden sufficiently to hold strakes in place. It was a very long hour!

-Andy

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Charles Bjorgen

>The first time I used a knock out bar to remove a spur drive from the headstock, I drew blood by catching the drive in my hand. That in itself might be considered an accident. What's silly is that after four years of turning, I occasionally make that same mistake.

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OT Wheich Headphones?

Barry Irby

>Which radio head phones do you have? I tried a pair of those Bose Quite Comfort 2 ones. The seemed to cut the noise by ten or twenty percent with the active noise cancellation thng, but I was unimpressed. At least not impressed $300 worth.

I feel like a character in a rock opera. I get the dust mask, the face sheild, the head phone/ shooters muffs on and a glove on my left hand. That deaf, dumb and mostly blind guy sure turns a mean pin ball. If you wear a activated chatcoal filter you can't even smell or taste what you are doing. Splendid isolation.

Barry Irby

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JamieDonaldson

>But it feels so good when she stops!!!

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Raymond Overman in SC

>Thank you, may I have another?

Earlier termed "The Burrito Effect".

Garrett in Victoria

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Mike Schwing from Md.

>Not too long ago I brushed my teeth with A&D ointment...for about 5 seconds.

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Tom Sweeney - Coatesville, PA

>Now Bill,

I only did that 4 or 5 times at your place :-O!