Most dangerous tool in your shop and why!!!!!!

[Allan8100]

Razor blade,
very sharp...can be harmful anyone...

[phipp13]

#1 Television, you have one of those in your shop nothing gets done!
#2 My wife, something will get done but, it won't be my truck!lol

[midniteblues]

my kid ,just about any tool you put in his hands he hurts himself

[truckdude239]

most dangerous tool is me

[Mr. 250r]

Someone else mentioned welders so ill add to it when i was at school a friend of mine was mig welding and im not quite sure what happened but i saw most of it, the wire managed to wrap around his neck while it was still red hot which i am not sure how he got it that way but it left a good burn ring around his neck

[dougf]

Alcohol, I used to fart around with my truck while drinking beer, dont do it anymore at ALL. One time I just plain slipped/tripped and grabbed onto a piece of sheet metal that sliced my hand open.

[ETsC10]

I have a few choice things in the garage that have it out for me...

Die grinders I love but they slice'n'dice.
Bench grinders grab my stuff then toss it like a little kid.
Bench tops whack me while passing them...sharp buggers.
Glass objects (like jars of paint) commit suicide.
Cords lasso my feet, drill motors hop off tables
Doors close prematurely where my fingers always are...

Worst of all is the computer and chair team that shuts down any
productive project I'm racing to complete (kinda like right now)


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[JointTech]

ripping some boards today and shot one across the room when it bound up. Nearly took my hand off. I went back to using my pusher stick...

[ETsC10]

Originally Posted by JointTech

ripping some boards today and shot one across the room when it bound up. Nearly took my hand off. I went back to using my pusher stick...

VERY good decision!!!
I was married to a guy that was missing fingers on both hands...5 fingers!
Once a table saw and once a band saw....both very dangerous tools.

He used to tell little kids he spoke in shorthand...






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[SeniorVerde]

If a tool says Harbor Freight on it, I treat it like it was 1000 degrees.

That stuff scares the poop outta me.

[1moretime]

Got be my handheld grinder. It got away last time and kicked back hitting me in the forehead, leaving a nice grinding mark.
Before that I was using a wirewheel on it and it got away and the wirewheel rolled up my chest and down my back. These two accidents happened about 5 years apart. I still try to be really carefull when using it.

[ETsC10]

Originally Posted by 1moretime

Got be my handheld grinder. It got away last time and kicked back hitting me in the forehead, leaving a nice grinding mark.
Before that I was using a wirewheel on it and it got away and the wirewheel rolled up my chest and down my back. These two accidents happened about 5 years apart. I still try to be really carefull when using it.

sorry that happened but couldn't help laugh...just the visual...

[GMtrucknut!!]

My buddies who stop by and drink while we are working !!!

[ya it is a classic]

Originally Posted by ERASER5

84? That would be 6.9 like mine. So what, where, and how? After reading one story, I keep a closer check on the oil level.

That 86 F250 might be my dangerous tool. ANYTHING suspension related is painful! If I did not make pain during the fix, the pain will come by morning. Sometimes I just take the Aleeve before hand.

well lets just say i was young and dumb and thought i knew what i was doing. i bought the diesel from my neighbor for $100 and dropped 400 into it and one of the things was a new clutch slave cylinder. well it wasn't properly bled so you had to pump it a few times to get it to work. and my buddy suggested i should turn up the fuel pump so i pulled the cover but i couldnt get the screw to turn so it was dark out and i put the cover back on the pump after filling it with diesel but i didnt notice that the fuel lever was in the wrong position (wide open) so the next day the pickup was pointed at the shop and my dad was cranking it over while we were bleeding the lines. well i jumped in and i couldnt get it out of second gear because the clutch wasnt bled (kinda bad if it had started) well i put it in neutral and it fired up and ran full throttle for about 2 minutes. i unhooked the batteries, pulled the wires on the fuel pump, and shut off the key. the only thing that could have stopped it was covering the intake but i didnt think of it. and it ran like a bat out of hell before it blew. my dad called me a (add a choice word) dumbass and walked away. so i sold it to the salvage yard for $500 and kept the new batteries i put in it. and i brought home the 48 international kb2 i just got cause i could only have 3 vehicles at the house at a time.....so it all worked out in the end except me learning i was an idiot haha and instead of driving a f250 diesel that i just registered and was going to drive it to school the next day i ended up driving my 55 chevy pickup that was way cooler but so impractical