Band saw injury

[Jim K..]

Not whilst uncoiling a blade shurely?!?

[John Rumm]

So there I was changing the blade on the band saw - took the old one off, and did that twisty thing to fold it into a quarter sized round for storage...

Then I found the nice big large tooth re-saw blade I wanted, and went to uncoil it. Now I was taking all the proper precautions (or so I thought), cut proof gloves, and keeping it well away from the face etc. First time it did not "untwang". So I adjusted my position and tried again, and which point it sprung back into shape rather quickly, and with a whoosh the bottom bit of it sprung round and hit me in the nuts! (blunt side fortunately). Had to lay down on the floor for a bit after that!

[Nick Odell]

I thought you were typing in a rather high-pitched, squeaky voice!

Glad to know you've still got all your arms and legs: Band saw injury is a bit of a scarey title!

Nick

[spuorgelgoog]

It is a bit.

Someone at the bus stop was talking about someone who'd lost four fingers in one.

Owain

[tabbypurr]

Eek! I'm hiding behind the sofa. I know someone that would say that's an argument for early castration.

NT

[Brian Gaff]

One thing to be very wary of is offering to repair anything powered by clockwork. Gramophone motors are notorious for giving people lacerations if the spring breaks free or indeed just breaks. I once narrowly avoided injury from an old meccano clockwork motor when the hooked bend retaining it broke and it shot out like some demented rattle snake. Brian

[spuorgelgoog]

I hope that was within the digital photography era, and you didn't get them developed in Boots.

Or a Photo-Me booth.

Owain

[Jim GM4DHJ ...]

I compressed my mercedes front spring once prior to replacing it and f*ck me one leg of the compressor sheared and the spring flew down the other end of the garage....very dangerous .......very lucky I was

[ARW]

Your bus stops are weird.

[spuorgelgoog]

There was a man and a women at the bus stop the other week.

I wasn't sure if they were ahead of me in the queue so I politely enquired if he was getting on.

He replied, "I'm banned" and then explained why, "for pishing on the bus". I thought, yes, that would do it.

Owain

[Tim+]

It does rather beg the question, if he was banned, what was he doing at the bus stop?

Tim

[spuorgelgoog]

One or some of

(a) talking to his girlfriend (b) waiting to see if it was a driver who would remember him (c) waiting for the chemist to open for his daily methodone (d) on his way to the Co-op for his morning croissant and Daily Telegraph

Owain

[Steve Walker]

Just changed a rear spring on my Zafira yesterday. I was very pleased that it was no more than jack up car, support on axle stands, support suspension arm on jack, remove lower shock bolt, lower jack, swap spring and reassemble in reverse order. I hate and fear spring compressors!

The downside was that having taken it for an MOT on Friday and finding the spring snapped, I couldn't do it in the afternoon, as I was due at the dentist. So I did it on Saturday morning and took it back in at

12:45, only to to find them shut - despite the signs inside and out saying that there are open 'til 16:00 on a Saturday. Shut today and I've got to take my son to a hospital appointment first thing tomorrow morning, and then start a new job, so I can't take any more time off in the week to get it retested and my wife is currently medically unable to drive, so she can't take it. Grrrr.

Okay, I can use her car in the meantime, but a Matiz is not brilliant for a family of 5 and shopping!

I should have taken mine in earlier (MOT ran out on Saturday), but with my wife unable to work and me being out of work for 2-1/2 months, I was holding off 'til I knew some money was coming in. A month of the wait has been waiting for security clearance to come through.

SteveW

[Jim GM4DHJ ...]

speshly as the matiz only had four seat belts ......

[Steve Walker]

No it has five. That's why we bought it in the first place, when the children were all small. It's one of the few small cars with five belts and although we never normally use it for the whole family, we chose to have a five seater, so that it could serve as a just about useable backup for the family car.

SteveW

[Jim GM4DHJ ...]

I stand corrected......yes I hate small four seaters as well....you feel you are being cheated......cept for the mustang which I had five in on the island of millport as the polis don't care....they were sitting sideways though

[billyorange007]

When unwrapping a bandsaw blade after releasing the last tie I throw it awauy from me to the floor. They're a bastard. Despite watching endless you tube clips still have trouble folding them. Dont like bandsaws anyway. Only fit for making firewood

[The Natural Philosopher]

How else would you turn a tree trunk into planks?

[Marland]

Traction engine and Racksaw

Or Pitsaw

Band saws are a relatively new compared.

GH

[Steve Walker]

Wood? A proper metal cutting one can't be beaten for cutting odd shapes of pieces of steel.

SteveW