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05-21-2010, 08:24 AM | #1 | |
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Re: Most dangerous tool in youre shop and why!!!!!!
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05-22-2010, 10:20 AM | #2 |
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Re: Most dangerous tool in your shop and why!!!!!!
mine would have to be the 350 ton Cincinnati break at work. its all computerized but your still like"holy s**t let me get my hands out" oh yea and a 13 amp dewalt 7 1/2 with backing pad for sand paper, snagging on near-by bolts (rips out your hands and go sailing 20' away)
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02-02-2008, 10:53 AM | #3 |
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Re: Most dangerous tool in youre shop and why!!!!!!
If'n I get a mad on then it's anything that I get my hands on to launch acroos the shop/yard
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02-03-2008, 01:04 AM | #4 |
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Re: Most dangerous tool in youre shop and why!!!!!!
American Express Platinum card....it never says "No"
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02-03-2008, 01:15 AM | #5 |
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Re: Most dangerous tool in youre shop and why!!!!!!
Myself...........especially if torches are involved
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02-29-2008, 03:16 AM | #6 |
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Re: Most dangerous tool in youre shop and why!!!!!!
grinders zip cut,flap,wire or what have you. keek them in good repair keep the guard on it & ware eye and face protection. don't drop it.
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08-22-2008, 04:08 PM | #7 |
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Re: Most dangerous tool in youre shop and why!!!!!!
The one that really scares me is the press we use to remove pins. 100 tons on a threaded rod not pretty when a rod breaks. It shoots across the shop and makes lots of noise.
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07-12-2009, 07:41 PM | #8 |
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Re: Most dangerous tool in your shop and why!!!!!!
i don't have much of a "shop" but i wouls have to say its the grinder when i put a cut off wheel on it. one time the wheel broke and when the flat side hit the metal it threw the grinder out of my hand and it started bouncing on the ground right by my head (i was laying down under my truck) and i couldn't turn it off lol because it was moving too fast for me to grab it, but i did anyways when it got closer to my head lol. thats really the only time i have ever came close to getting hurt working on cars though..
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08-17-2008, 11:29 PM | #9 |
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Re: Most dangerous tool in youre shop and why!!!!!!
The jack + the mud + me under the 5000lbs truck with 2 cinder blocks to hold it if it falls...
Other than that, maybe the 6" grinder?
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08-18-2008, 12:03 AM | #10 |
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Re: Most dangerous tool in youre shop and why!!!!!!
Neighbors.
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08-18-2008, 07:32 PM | #11 |
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Re: Most dangerous tool in youre shop and why!!!!!!
mmmmmm Breaker bar
I recall a time when a 4' pipe was used as an extension on a 30something MM socket to remove an axle nut on one of my cars. Abreviated version of the story includes my friend doing chinups on the breaker bar/pipe. you can guess what happened next
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08-20-2008, 01:53 PM | #12 |
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Re: Most dangerous tool in youre shop and why!!!!!!
Radiac wheel on large die grinder - under truck bed - grinding spare tire hanger rod off, coming apart in dozens of pieces - splitting end of operator’s nose.
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08-29-2008, 01:36 PM | #13 |
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Re: Most dangerous tool in youre shop and why!!!!!!
Yeah. No s*%t.
Garage door goes up - instant circus. Why is that an invitation to come over and sponge your time? And they never want to help, or pay for their ideas on "how to make your truck better."
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08-29-2008, 02:17 PM | #14 |
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Re: Most dangerous tool in youre shop and why!!!!!!
WHat i do to combat that is my air chisel on the frame removing the rivets in my garage. that keeps EVERYONE away.
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08-21-2008, 11:21 PM | #15 |
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Re: Most dangerous tool in youre shop and why!!!!!!
id have to say the most dangerous tool we have is a 7 in wheel with chunks of carbide imbeded in it, we use it to grind the tires on our racecar. A few guys that bought one of these ended up in the hospital with their intestines hangin out. Its a pretty gnarly lookin thing.
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08-21-2008, 11:52 PM | #16 |
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Re: Most dangerous tool in youre shop and why!!!!!!
so far it's been by 4 1/2" grinder with a coarse wire wheel... Gotta love 10,000 RPM's coming to a stop on your chest!
FYI, buy the angle grinders with the paddle switch so it turns off when it's ripped out of your hands! Mine locks on and goes to town
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08-23-2008, 04:58 PM | #17 |
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Re: Most dangerous tool in youre shop and why!!!!!!
I will have to say grinders/cutoff tools. Air or electric.
And a way to make them a little safer would be spend the extra buck for the name brand cutting/grinding wheels. Harbor freight is not the place to buy them. I bought a stack of 4 1/2 grinder wheels last year and every other one exploded with just a little use on mind steel.
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08-26-2008, 06:56 PM | #18 |
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Re: Most dangerous tool in youre shop and why!!!!!!
Circular saw took my thumb off about about 5 years ago.Got lucky,they were able to sew it back on.Every and any thing gets clamped down now!!
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08-27-2008, 10:17 AM | #19 |
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Re: Most dangerous tool in youre shop and why!!!!!!
I'll have to go with the plain old 4 1/2 inch electric grinder. I don't use the guard cause it's in the way no matter what. I use it more with cut off wheels than for grinding. I HAVE had 2 wheels blow apart in the vicinity of my face, and both times they rendered my safety glasses inoperable.
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09-03-2008, 08:36 PM | #20 |
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Re: Most dangerous tool in youre shop and why!!!!!!
My most dangerous in the garage... Is the contents itself.... I have 3 shelves full of glass and plastic jars full of chemicals that i don't know. No labels... I've found some to be highly corrosive. Very flammable. Below these shelves lays a dozen gross worth of bottle rockets and black cats. Sitting next to the fireworks, is an ashtray.
I don't know why i haven't separated these three from each other, it's just kinda there. I need to call haz-mat and get these jars removed. |
09-04-2008, 01:46 AM | #21 |
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Re: Most dangerous tool in youre shop and why!!!!!!
We had a press back in auto shop waaaaaay back when I was in HS. I have no idea what the max load was "supposed" to be. All I know was it had this very long handle and a pretty big pressure gauge we used to try to max. It had a movable table held in with four very thick pins. It took a couple guys to move the table to a new height. One day me and a buddy decided to see how far we could move the needle if we both hung and bounced on the press handle. Someone stuck a large chunk of solid steel on the table and away we went. We had a bunch of guys standing around laughing and calling out our pressure readings when there was this super loud bang...All four pins sheared off, the table fell to the floor and the gauge face blew off....The scary part was...for a couple of seconds you could hear one of the sheared off pin ends ricocheting off stuff in the shop. We were incredibly lucky no one was hurt.
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11-17-2008, 10:43 PM | #22 |
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Re: Most dangerous tool in youre shop and why!!!!!!
The spring compressor, Nothing's ever happened to me with it, but I've seen what a long ford truck front coil spring does when freed too quickly. I don't like messin with coil springs. Otherwise just me, Dad always told me I could tear up a steelball in a sandbox with a rubber hammer.
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11-18-2008, 12:54 AM | #23 |
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Re: Most dangerous tool in youre shop and why!!!!!!
Gas powered cut off saw,I have set more stuff on fire with that thing including ME.All 3 boys were in the garage when i was cutting some 6" channel when I felt my belly getting hot.Flannel shirt was burning and I beat me out with all 3 laughing their butts off
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11-18-2008, 01:24 PM | #24 |
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Re: Most dangerous tool in youre shop and why!!!!!!
i would have to be the most dangerous tool in my shop, a year and a half ago i was prying on a a/c comp and slipped with a pry bar hyper extended my arm with my neck turned and repturred a disc in my neck, i have sence went throw 2 surgerys and now have a plate in my neck with 6 screws and still cant feel my fingers.
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02-11-2009, 11:10 AM | #25 |
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Re: Most dangerous tool in your shop and why!!!!!!
For me it would be a toss up between my grinder and the razor knife. The grinder I have set myself on fire.....more than once and cut fingers with cut off wheels.....more than once. The razor knife, been nicked and cut several times. The worse so far has been to my wrist. I was shaving the edge of some drywall above my head when it slipped. Ended up jabbing me in the wrist at full depth. Luckily it missed all important parts and only cost me 5 stitches.
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