richardm6994
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| posted on 25/11/14 at 05:39 PM |
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that lathe link is nasty!!!
It reminds me of a close call I had about 10 years ago getting my teeshirt caught on the freshly greased lead-screw on my colchester student........it
pulled me towards the chuck in the blink of an eye but luckily the force of me pulling against it broke a shear-pin on the lead-screw's drive
gear and released me....bl00dy close call though.
And also a couple of years ago, I caught my finger on an angle grinder cutting disc......just a light tough on the disc but it went into my finger
like a laser-beam....and would of kept going all the way through if luck hadn't of gone my way...
Both my accidents were 100% down to being complacent at the time of them happening...........being a machinist all my life and doing some form of
fabrication most days a week makes it too easy to get ahead of myself in terms of safety.
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The Black Flash
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| posted on 25/11/14 at 10:32 PM |
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I do sometimes wonder if I really should be using the lathe when I'm at home on my own. That link didn't help :-/
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907
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| posted on 26/11/14 at 07:31 AM |
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I'm often amazed by people that watch a lathe from level with the chuck.
( If I have to explain that then I'm waisting oxygen. )
And here's a tip; keep your phone in your top pocket.
( Since mobiles store numbers in alphabetical order my home land line is stored as AAAhome. )
Stay safe.
Paul G
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David Jenkins
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| posted on 26/11/14 at 09:37 AM |
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I read some statistic somewhere* that said that the biggest cause of accidents in a workshop was the pillar drill - after using all the big, obviously
dangerous machines the operator would turn round and use the drill too casually - not enough clamps, no eye protection, etc - and end up being gashed
by spinning work, or get swarf in the eye.
* 98.735% of all statistics are made up. 
[Edited on 26/11/14 by David Jenkins]
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redturner
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| posted on 26/11/14 at 11:22 AM |
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My old metalwork teacher was demonstrating how to use one of those adjustable hole cutters, the type with th drill in the middle and the chisel like
blade that slid in and out. He had a piece of 16swg steel plate and it was held in a vice grip but sadly it grabbed and slashed his hand between thumb
and finger and went in about an inch. There was blood everywhere and we thought his thumb was gone.....Like he said after, It should have been clamped
down.....
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hughpinder
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| posted on 26/11/14 at 11:32 AM |
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I'd get that properly checked/dressed. I had a similar injury from an angle grinder a few years ago that I thought was just a shallow skin
removal on my ankle. Two days later it started really hurting and when I woke the next morning the veins in my leg were bright red half way to my knee
- visit to hospital for the blood poisining, and after the doctors has a casual conversation on whether it was too far gone for antibiotics or if they
should go straight to amputation at the knee (went for the antibiotics I'm glad to say), the doctor explained that infections are quite common
on this sort of injury. The problem is : you get loads of grit blasted into the injury from the grinding disk and they can be quite deep and you dont
realise because the red hot periphy of the disk cauterizes the wound and the burn makes it swell up. When the inflamation on mine went down it was
obviously about 1/4 inch deep.
Regards
Hugh
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The Black Flash
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| posted on 26/11/14 at 02:46 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by David Jenkins
I read some statistic somewhere* that said that the biggest cause of accidents in a workshop was the pillar drill - after using all the big, obviously
dangerous machines the operator would turn round and use the drill too casually - not enough clamps, no eye protection, etc - and end up being gashed
by spinning work, or get swarf in the eye.
* 98.735% of all statistics are made up.
[Edited on 26/11/14 by David Jenkins]
No I think you're right, I've seen stats on that. People holding work rather under a drill, rather than clamping it, was the biggest
cause of accidents IIRC.
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