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Thread: What did you learn today?
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30th Mar 2012, 07:16 PM #46Banned
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First Job
When I was about 14 or 15 and in my first job, first thing every morning I had to burn the rubbish. The factory where I worked had an old brick dunny down by the back gate, directly behind that was a 44 gallon rubbish bin/furnace, One morning, unknown to me, the painter emptied lots and lots of thinners into the bin, just before I came outside to do my chore. To help in my endeavours, first I threw in half cup of thinners, stood back and threw in a match. As was my custom, that's exactly what I did, of course there was a huge explosion, followed by an equally large fireball. Now, unknown to me, the painter’s offsider was residing within the dunny at the time, also doing his morning chore, milliseconds after the bang, he came stumbling out, pants around his ankles and something messy running down his leg. The explosion and fireball were so intense they dislodged half a dozen bricks on the back wall and blackened the ceiling inside the dunny. Not long after that incident, the painter’s offsider waited until the painter was doing his chore, then, very quietly latched the door from the outside, threw some thinners under the door and followed that up with a match, the painter didn’t need a shave that day, anywhere. Lesson learnt: For every action there is an opposite re-action.
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30th Mar 2012, 08:45 PM #47Distracted Member
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I learned that for unpowered tailstock work standing at the back of the lathe is an option.
PS: I also was reminded I need to make a tailstock sliding tap holder.Last edited by Bryan; 30th Mar 2012 at 08:51 PM. Reason: pic
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19th Jun 2012, 12:54 AM #48
Thought i'd pull this thread back out after i made a bit of a mess today. What did i learn? A little layout dye goes a long way, and as a bonus it strips paint too!
Yes, I was feeling a little.....blue after i did it.
1915 17"x50" LeBlond heavy duty Lathe, 24" Queen city shaper, 1970's G Vernier FV.3.TO Universal Mill, 1958 Blohm HFS 6 surface grinder, 1942 Rivett 715 Lathe, 14"x40" Antrac Lathe, Startrite H225 Bandsaw, 1949 Hercus Camelback Drill press, 1947 Holbrook C10 Lathe.
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19th Jun 2012, 09:46 AM #49Distracted Member
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Arthur been helping again? Metho works for me. On the dye, not the child.
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19th Jun 2012, 11:21 AM #50Most Valued Member
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Hi Ewan,
Luckily from here I can see the funny side
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19th Jun 2012, 08:28 PM #51Golden Member
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Is that the impression of your cheeks on the floor?
Cheers,
Rod
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19th Jun 2012, 08:32 PM #52Diamond Member
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Hi Bryan,
Is that foam on your headstock there for sound or vibration, and does it work?
Cheers Ben
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19th Jun 2012, 08:36 PM #531915 17"x50" LeBlond heavy duty Lathe, 24" Queen city shaper, 1970's G Vernier FV.3.TO Universal Mill, 1958 Blohm HFS 6 surface grinder, 1942 Rivett 715 Lathe, 14"x40" Antrac Lathe, Startrite H225 Bandsaw, 1949 Hercus Camelback Drill press, 1947 Holbrook C10 Lathe.
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19th Jun 2012, 09:20 PM #54Distracted Member
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21st Jun 2012, 01:39 AM #55Senior Member
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What have I learned?
Learned to expect the unexpected! Took out my old walk-behind slasher to cut some dry grass and scrub. Set it up to start and pulled the start rope a few times with no result. Ignition shutoff is a bit cranky, so decided to check for spark. Pulled out sparkplug, connected HT lead and laid it on the frame near the (horizontal) plug hole. Heaved on the rope again and a jet of fuel shot out of the cylinder across the plug and showered the mower deck and nearby dry grass with burning fuel. Yanked the machine back onto bare ground and did some fancy footwork stamping out burning grass to avoid a bushfire. Then a few handsfull of dry dirt on the mower deck before the panic was over.
Seems the fuel tap and the carby float valve were both a bit tired and over time on a vertical shaft motor, leaking fuel had gravitated from the carby via an open intake valve into the cylinder, ready to scare the cr---- out of me when I cranked it over. Will approach the old beast with caution next time! Combustor.
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21st Jun 2012, 04:11 PM #56Most Valued Member
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21st Jun 2012, 08:17 PM #57Andy Mac Guest
Some pretty amusing stuff in there!
I try to push my more embarrassing shed moments to the back of my mind, but there have been many. One I wish I could have reversed is the fate of my flannel shirt. Working in the mines in Kalgoorlie in the late 80's everyone seemed to wear a miner's flannel shirt. Pure wool, made by Onkaparinga in South Aust they weren't cheap but you could expect a good life span from them.
Yes I bought one, but was wearing it in the workshop while using a 9" grinder. The sparks were directed at my belly, with predictable results! Smouldering great hole right across the shirt...so much for wool not burning!
Cheers
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21st Jun 2012, 08:22 PM #58I break stuff...
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21st Jun 2012, 11:47 PM #591915 17"x50" LeBlond heavy duty Lathe, 24" Queen city shaper, 1970's G Vernier FV.3.TO Universal Mill, 1958 Blohm HFS 6 surface grinder, 1942 Rivett 715 Lathe, 14"x40" Antrac Lathe, Startrite H225 Bandsaw, 1949 Hercus Camelback Drill press, 1947 Holbrook C10 Lathe.
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22nd Jun 2012, 12:30 AM #60Most Valued Member
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When you do a fair bit of welding you tend to cop the odd burn here and there, particularly when you do overheads, but what tends to happen is you grit your teeth and keep welding while something is cooking its way into you because you don't want to stuff up that beautiful bead your pulling, it just becomes a natural thing not to wince at a little burn.
When your welding you can't see that your on fire, normally !
But a few weeks ago my shirt sleeve caught on fire and I kept welding thinking it's just a bit hot sh#t, it will stop burning in a sec next thing fire and flames inside my welding helmet, my beard caught on fire hahaha everything went flying, helmet hit the roof I think and the mig would have if it had a longer lead.
john