Shop Hazard

[Puckdropper]

In recent months, I've had to deal with a new shop hazard. It's about the size of a carbide tooth and just as shiny. Rather than sending a small piece of wood flying, though, it sends itself.

A table saw doesn't have a conscience, and will bite you if you treat it wrong. This shop hazard may or may not have a conscience, but is just plain mean. It'll poke you to see if you're paying attention, it'll walk all over you just to irritate, and very possibly enjoys doing it!

Irradication is proving difficult, as any attempts at irradication just shifts the problem to another location. Attempts to trap it at the other location are usually met with failure. Push sticks, sacrificial blocks, overblade guards are all effective at reducing table saw hazards, but nothing seems to work on this hazard.

If only I could just swat that fly.

[Gerald Ross]

Do you have a dust collector? A hose connected to one is good for grabbing flying insects.

[Larry Jaques]

Full face mask, muffs, and long sleeves will git-r-done, Pucky.

Alternatively, insulate the shop, install a 5kw window A/C unit, and close the bloody door, ya foo.

P.S: It's "eradication"

P.P.S: Or try a window fly trap such as:

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is] the triumph of machine over people. -- Fred Allen

[Leon]

So is this a riddle?

[Puckdropper]

Leon wrote in news: [e-mail]:

Just a whimsical way of complaining about a fly... but if you want to use it as such have fun.

Puckdropper

[Puckdropper]

Gerald Ross wrote in news:DtWdne6tnMkQ3rDTnZ2dnUVZ [e-mail]:

Oh! Is that why Bill Pentz recommends the 6" hose for dust collection? To make it easier to catch flying insects?

Puckdropper

[Han]

Puckdropper wrote in news:4e2d681f$0$19582$c3e8da3$ [e-mail]:

Glad you clarified that. I couldn't figure out what I should be doing different to prevent a carbide tooth flying off my saw from hitting my sensitive parts (eyes, fingers and such - the other stuff I don't care about anymore - hmpfff).

[Robatoy]

Irradication is the same as eradication, except it is done with tiny nuclear devices.

[Leon]

the size of a carbide tooth and just as shiny. The shiny part got me, Idon't see many shiny flys. ;~)

[dpb]

On 7/25/2011 8:45 AM, Leon wrote: ...

I don't see much shine on carbide, typically, either... :)

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[Gerald Ross]

I have a ring made of tungsten carbide and it shines like a new penny. After a week or wearing it the thought hit me:--if I injure the finger and they need to cut the ring off, how will they do it? I'm serious. A standard ring cutter uses a wheel with teeth like hacksaw teeth. Would a big bolt cutter break it? Inquiring minds want to know.

[dpb]

Generally tool carbide isn't so highly polished as would be jewelry, though...

As for the latter question I've no firm knowledge of how an EMT would deal w/ it but I'm sure they would figure it out...

[Gerald Ross]

Shouda looked it up first. Duh! They use a pair of vise-grips. Nice video on U-tube.

[Leon]

You need to clean you blade!

[dpb]

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Brand new picture and the carbide tips are far less "shiny" than the teeth they're attached to...

[Leon]

I only use Forrest blades. The carbide does indeed have a shine if not a bit of sparkle when clean and new. A picture is not going to show squat.

[dpb]

I don't use "only" Forrest blades but I certainly have some in the collection.

The picture "squat" shows there's little light reflection from the carbide tips relative to the blade body and teeth...else't if they were "shiny" they would be the brights, not the darks.

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[Leon]

Even a diamond is not going to sparkle or shine with out proper light.

Try this on, it is my never been cleaned or resharpened 8 month old WWII. The clean resharpened ones reflect even more. Notice the tooth near the bottom. That is a reflection of the fluorescent lamp over head. While the camera picture does not show it with the bare eye you can see the direction that the lamps run in the reflection. Because the teeth have flat surfaces the light has to be just right to see the shiny surface.

[Puckdropper]

Leon wrote in news: [e-mail]:

We've got two (at least) colors of flies around here. One is your standard black housefly (fruit fly?) and the other has a shiny gold back (a rich one?).

Puckdropper

[dpb]

On 7/25/2011 2:24 PM, Leon wrote: ...

And, which reinforces the point--it takes a specific set of lighting conditions hence it's not at all unusual that the other poster to whom I responded also doesn't notice that there's much "shiny" on a carbide tip.

It's the same type of lighting selection that is used to make ordinary steam from stacks or cooling towers frighten the gullible--in general the blade looks much like the marketing picture I linked to rather than anything else...

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