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Now if that was me the draught from the gun would have blown the first one off the cup, or even worse, while spraying the last one, I would have knocked over the first...
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Finished later at work this evening because I've spent a good half our teaching to a new employee how to cut with oxy propane .
Overall satisfied,I guess he has now forgiven me for being little bit bipolar, I've screamed at him when he tried to strike an hammer blow on another one ,in front of his face without glasses.
He unfortunately caught on fire during the teaching session , didn't listen at me when I've said that it was going to happen because he was right in front of the molten steel and sparks stream path .
Overall satisfied,I guess he has now forgiven me for being little bit bipolar, I've screamed at him when he tried to strike an hammer blow on another one ,in front of his face without glasses.
He unfortunately caught on fire during the teaching session , didn't listen at me when I've said that it was going to happen because he was right in front of the molten steel and sparks stream path .
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Done well to bend that three quater round cold
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Munkul
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Trying to teach people stuff can be the most rewarding thing or the most frustrating... And sometimes both!
It is funny when some youths have no common sense and keep making silly mistakes... Eg one guy cutting some plate sat on forklift forks and managing to plasma halfway through one of the forks...
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It's funnier that I'm not younger in the shop but almost , and the apprentice is 10 years older than me.
Anyways it happened something similar to the forks , the bucket was on the stands, slightly tilted to not touch directly on them and not interfering with the cutting .
The stand deflected the spark stream directly towards him.
But there is an huge amount of things we have pay attention every single day.
It's not fun but I found myself saying to the least experienced what not to do safety wise , or correct the more experience mistakes or bad abits obviously without pronouncing a word, like when they left the key on the lathe chuck with motor turned permanently on .
I just pass by ,turn off the lathe and remove the key , I hate to see that.
Then after an half hour or more you can here someone "who turned off the lathe?"
The lathe used by the oldest and most experienced man at work doesn't have a clutch lever but an electric clutch.
Things fails once in a while ... And if I can reduce the probability of someone getting hurt by a flying key because a lathe was left on and the clutch failed....
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I agree. One of the first things machinists are taught - never leave the key in the chuck. Its a habit that is taught that takes a second and makes everyone a bit safer.
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I remember back as an apprentice on the turning section a fellow apprentice forgot to remove the key before starting the lathe.
It went with two big bangs, left a dent in the back guard and exited through the cement board roof. Left a hole the size of a basketball in the sheet, never did hear of where it ended up!
Good skills for removing it @Memmeddu before it does some damage!
It went with two big bangs, left a dent in the back guard and exited through the cement board roof. Left a hole the size of a basketball in the sheet, never did hear of where it ended up!
Good skills for removing it @Memmeddu before it does some damage!
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Bit of weld, soon sort that...
Only kidding, but it's the kind of thing that happens, then somebody pays the price.
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I'm a bit chunky kind of a kid....leaned into it.....
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Either weld the chuck key to a big lump of metal after taking it out the chuck or take it out and chuck it in a bucket of dirty oil or if there is one the cutting fluid tank.
Then tell them why it happened .
As an apprentice leaving the key in the chuck of the lathe or drill was a safety offence ,usually punished by the loss of a weeks wages & weeks restriction of privileges , along with loads of menial tasks around the barracks or cook house in your own time . Out in the regular adult army it usually got dealt with by having to volunteer for four extra 24 hour duties , two on a Saturday or Friday night or lose a weeks wage & have your cards marked for such an offence .
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Now with paint !
It's a sheet lifter, I got in 10-15 sheets of 16 ga for the plasma (4' x 10') and the magnet
won't lift them, too thin for the magnet.
The cross arms are 42" wide, I figure this will position the chains 3" on a side with the chains set shorter, will provide a good angle to
keep the hooks on the sheet edges.
On 5' wide sheets, it will be 9" on a side, so hang the chains out a bit longer to not stress the sheet with too much side pull.
It's a sheet lifter, I got in 10-15 sheets of 16 ga for the plasma (4' x 10') and the magnet
won't lift them, too thin for the magnet.
The cross arms are 42" wide, I figure this will position the chains 3" on a side with the chains set shorter, will provide a good angle to
keep the hooks on the sheet edges.
On 5' wide sheets, it will be 9" on a side, so hang the chains out a bit longer to not stress the sheet with too much side pull.
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Fire is soooo over rated.....No worries until it smells like a steak on the grill in the shop.
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Yesterday Fizzy made magic smoke when he fired up his welder . At first he didn't see it as he was masked up about to carry on welding . I got him to stop within a second or so and the welder sent out enough smoke signals to tell the guys at the battle of little big horn to go home and not bother . Tonight the smoke machine refused to come apart , tomorrow Mr Dremel will take charge and grind at the corroded nuts & bolts holding the casings together
Do you mean from CO poisoning, explosion, both?
I do use a CO monitor/alarm & gas dropouts, and the rear of the fridge & exhaust are properly ventilated.
I've used one (this one and one other i still have) over an 11-year period (not continuously of course) without any issues so far.
I know lots of people building campers don't use gas & prefer to spend an absolute fortune on induction hobs, compressor fridges, huge inverters, solar arrays & huge Lithium Battery banks instead, while I use an lpg hob/grill & fridge - but I think the (managed) risks of lpg are preferable to a possible Chinesium Lithium Battery fire.
