Before you start........Do a SAfety Check

[Eddie Jones]

OK, I vote for ME as Blockhead of the Week.

Using my Mk 3 Triton in TS mode. Just finished cutting some thin ply, so had the riving knife set close to the blade, which was only around 10mm above the table. Then raised the blade to cut some thicker stock. On with the power, LOUD metallic noises and tungsten tips from a near-new blade flying all over the shed!

Dickhead hadn't moved the riving knife back! Now have a modified riving knife - has a nice slot in it's base, coincidentally just a saw blade thick!

Extra lucky for me, none of the flying tungsten teeth thingys got me!

Probably a good thing, now I check EVERYTHING TWICE before applying the power.

[NewLou]

YUP!!!

Your a worthy Blockhead Eddie!!!!

I'll hand the torch to you....................N thx for a great POST!!! you never know!!!..........you might just save someone else from making the same mistake!!!!!!

OH Yeah...........N welcome to The Aussie Woodwork Forums!!!!!

REgards Lou:eek:

[Iain]

I thought the riving knife assembly was alooominum???

[NewLou]

After taking a gob full a saw dust last week and coughing my clacker up I thought I'd better reclaim the Blockhead of the week award!!!

After not long getting off the smokes I've discovered a new found respect for my Lungs. I've never got the cheapie face masks to work well So I got a proper filtermask that tightly fits round me Gob!!

THis thing is excellent (See Pics) & I haven't so much as smelt sawdust since I began using it. Ya feel a bit like Darth Vader at first but once you get used to it shes no worries. She gets a bit hot and sweaty but other than that thumbs up!!!

....................Best purchase under $50 I've made this year!!!!!

REgards Lou

[Mirboo]

I reckon my mate's next door neighbour is a contender for blockhead of the decade. A few years back he was doing some renovations on his house. One of the tasks to be completed was putting a door through a wall where no door had been before. He removed the cladding where the new door was to go, thus revealing the wall frame beneath. Some of the framing needed to be removed to make way for the door but this bloke didn't have what he thought would be an appropriate saw for the job. He decided he wouldn't let that stop him and proceeded to remove the guard from his angle grinder and fitted a circular saw blade in place of the grinding disk. He fired up the angle grinder/circular saw and started cutting. While holding his "homemade saw" above his head to complete a cut the circular saw blade "grabbed" in the timber frame and the angle grinder kicked towards him. The circular saw blade ended up buried in his forehead. The bloke lived but he wasn't good for a long time. I never heard whether he ended up completing his renovation.

[savage]

G'Day All,

NewLou, have to agree with you, I have the exact same mask and use it for any dusty work (started with it for spray painting). As for the power tools I have seen what a router with a medium roman edge bit can do to a hand (my Dads), he changed the depth of cut and got distracted and forgot to tighted the collar (old B & D), when he put pressure on it the motor jumped out and twisted towards him, instinct took over and he put his hands up to protect himself and opened up the palm of his hand top to bottom. When needed to change a bit in my router I unplug it as the face of my Dad is flashed in my mind!.....:eek:
savage(Eric)

[meerkat]

At this point you would have to assess the cost of medical treatment versus the price of a damaged board
incidentally, been there done that with a broken big toe, god that hurts

I'll raise you one, broke the toe next to the little toe (was out 45degrees) walking accross the decking frame while not paying attention. The fact the back couldv'e been done too as I landed in between the joists on my back was a different story.

I thought I was in pain when I was at home, when the doctor at the hospital tried to straighten it, the only thing that stopped me from beating him to death was that I was to fixated on putting my palm print on the chair arm

Remember, it only hurts while the pain is there !

Andrew

[Skew ChiDAMN!!]

Reminds me of my li'l bro when he was doing his fridgie apprenticeship. He was servicing a factory roof-top system when he decided to check the duct-work... and stepped out onto the ceiling lining.

Fell some 20 odd feet and landed astride one of those concrete filled pipes they use as dividers. Severe testicular damage and severed the urethra, after 15 odd years he still can't take a leak like a normal bloke, but the doc said he was lucky; another few inches and he'd be a para. But in the hossie, every time someone dropped in for a visit he'd throw the sheets aside and proudly show off his grapefruits. Literally! Enough to make any black man jealous.

He ain't dead but he has removed himself from the gene pool... does this mean he qualifies for the Darwin award?

[NewLou]

Oh No!!!:eek:

Today I way crosscutting on the SCMS and thought her she could Rip!!! I got some stock bout 25cm long all confident thinking yer shes a sharp blade................

Lined her up bout 1mm tolerance either side n thought &&&& this is iffy!! If I stuff up here I'm gonna loose a finger or hand!!! I dropped the saw and whoosh Kickback!!!

*$^#%#*$^ my pants counted my finders n hands WHEW! all there!!

I WAS @#$%@# LUCKY!!!

The point being trust your instincts!!! I was willing to risk it today! My fingers, my hands! all to get a quick cut done!!!!

NEVER EVER EVER AGAIN!!.......................PASS me the torch I'm officially


BLOCK HEAD OF THE WEEK!!!!


Regards Luckylou2U

[doug the slug]

Mate, you have had the torch so often, you might as well keep it for good. I dont want it!!!

[Skew ChiDAMN!!]

Anyone else spot this in alt.bin.picture.woodworking?

Ouch!

Edit: Hmmm... attachments seem to be broken at the mo. Try this:

[Carry Pine]

Heartily agree with your comments but... at the first Triton meeting of the year here we were ripping a board and noticed the blade moving away from us. Ha! Saw not clamped to table. Probably explained why we needed to raise the blade by hand as the winder could not find the hole.
The cleaner at work keeps tripping my power point to the computer. She says her new vacuum cleaner could be doing it. Had points tested and sparkies agree. She then says 'That's why the lights go low in that other room when on turn on the machine and the switch is always really hot when I turn it off!' Don't assume your workmates know what you know.

[NewLou]

Any BlockHeads out there this week..................I haven't *&%(^Up or had any near misses lately

Its time for me to hand the torch on again!!

Regards Lou

[BobL]

Any BlockHeads out there this week..................I haven't *&%(^Up or had any near misses lately

Its time for me to hand the torch on again!!

Regards Lou

Does this qualify?

Today for the first time in while I needed to use my TS at about half TC tooth height whaich also meant I had to take the blade guard off. I was cutting the slots for some simple small MDF sliding doors for a cupboard I was building for the shed. Anyway after lowering the blade I turned the saw on and all I could hear was the sound of a slipping belt, no blade going around, nothing, so I turned it off, removed the surround and checked the blade. What Ifound was it was jammed against a whole pile of small bits of wood that had acummulated inside saw shroud. The stuff had accummulated because it was not able to pass through the sawdust vent thereby partially blocking it. After clearing the vent, without thinking I raised the saw blade until it was no longer jammed and started the saw thinking that if I lowered the saw slowly this would mince the remaining bits and clear the shroud - instead the shed and myself copped a dust and bits shower.

[NewLou]

Gidday Bob

Sure does M8 .............................Heres the Torch!!

Your Officially BLOCKHEAD OF THE WEEK!

Hope the noxious dust cloud n meteorite shower didn't do to much damage

REgards Lou:eek: