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blazinzuk

blazinzuk

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To everyone using a press.

BE FREAKIN CAREFUL, I have pressed on a whole lotta bearings and it might have been getting to the point where the press was no longer viewed as anything that could hurt me.

Well the 1" long gash on my forehead and the fact that it hasn't stopped bleeding yet prove otherwise.

I have never had a bearing come apart like that before. It must have gotten cockeyed or something, not sure.

Anyway safety notice of the day, a 20 ton press can send small sections of a bearing at your head rapidly enough to make you hurt.
 
glad you are okay man, and defintely agree with you. I dont have tons of experience but im always very careful when i use one.
 
I mounted the hydraulic arm on the side of the press we built. So somewhat of a shield, but yes first time we used it stuff went shootin. Freeky.


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blazinzuk said:
To everyone using a press.

BE FREAKIN CAREFUL, I have pressed on a whole lotta bearings and it might have been getting to the point where the press was no longer viewed as anything that could hurt me.

Well the 1" long gash on my forehead and the fact that it hasn't stopped bleeding yet prove otherwise.

I have never had a bearing come apart like that before. It must have gotten cockeyed or something, not sure.

Anyway safety notice of the day, a 20 ton press can send small sections of a bearing at your head rapidly enough to make you hurt.
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Pics or it didnt happen........:pimp:


you did have your safety glasses on right?:whistle:
 
Why where you running the press at 1:30 in the morning?

Man I give ya credit that's past my bedtime. Even fun wrenching on my own stuff don't go past 10- 10:30. I get to tired and mistakes happen.

Glad your ok.
 
Well got the bandage off bit my balance isn't good enough to take a pic yet
 
Thanks for the reminder. Glad you're okay and that it wasn't worse.

I start to get nervous if I get my press up to anymore than 15 ton to get a bearing to budge.
 
Glad you basically ok Eric. Glad your eyes are all good. Got to be careful brother, ANY machine can and WILL put a hurtin on you.

I've seen three press explosions. All three were like a shotgun going off right next to your ear. One I was pressing, other two other people were doing the pressing. When I was pressing the 14ff carrier bearing the tonage shattered my buddies crappy Harbor Freight cast support blocks that were like 4" thick! Never thought those would let go but they're HF, so I'm not supprised really.

One of the machine shops I worked at a guy was pressing using a precision ground and hardened 1.2.3. block with holes in it. It exploded and sent shrapenel 360 deg all over the shop hitting machines, walls and everything in it's path. Thank god noone was hurt. I was about 20' away and it was that shot gun blast

Last one was a buddy(now ex-buddy) who I helped machine a kick stand for his KTM dirtbike. It needed a bend in it so we proceeded to press it. I had a good setup and we bent it, but it needed just a tad more. He pumped it past the bend we were hoping for due to spring back. Last pump and BOOOM!! explosion. It just snapped in half but you would have sworn by the noise it was a bomb. Scared the shat out of him. I was three feet away watching. Didn't flinch an inch, didn't even blink. I knew what may be coming. I was quit proud of the fact I didn't move. Suprised really lol!
 
Jester1 said:
Why where you running the press at 1:30 in the morning?
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rdn2blazer said:
Glad you basically ok Eric. Glad your eyes are all good. Got to be careful brother, ANY machine can and WILL put a hurtin on you.
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I pretty much start working about 9 pm in the garage work till about 2 or so. I don't get tired till about 3 so I am usually good.

Rob you are so right, respect for these amazing tools we use has to be taught. If its not you learn the hard way. I really need to take Bailey out there and show here what I did wrong, she is very good at making sure I am doing things properly.

I swear if OSHA just employed 6 yr old Daddys girls no one would have any problems conforming to the regulations, cause when a 6 yr old looks at you with scolding eyes and says " Where are your safety glasses ( which I had on Dave)" you pretty much go find a pair and put em on

Anyway I am mostly fine. I figure I have a minor concussion, its not the first I have had and I have most of the symptoms. But I am used to a pain in my head so its not a big deal just gotta take it easy for a couple days. My balance is still not quite there, but no blurry vision so that is good
 
blazinzuk said:
I pretty much start working about 9 pm in the garage work till about 2 or so. I don't get tired till about 3 so I am usually good.

Rob you are so right, respect for these amazing tools we use has to be taught. If its not you learn the hard way. I really need to take Bailey out there and show here what I did wrong, she is very good at making sure I am doing things properly.

I swear if OSHA just employed 6 yr old Daddys girls no one would have any problems conforming to the regulations, cause when a 6 yr old looks at you with scolding eyes and says " Where are your safety glasses ( which I had on Dave)" you pretty much go find a pair and put em on

Anyway I am mostly fine. I figure I have a minor concussion, its not the first I have had and I have most of the symptoms. But I am used to a pain in my head so its not a big deal just gotta take it easy for a couple days. My balance is still not quite there, but no blurry vision so that is good
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Thats crazy man, you could have very easly fractured your skull. Different scinario, but I worked with a couple guy who had precision grinders explode and were hit by the part flying out of the machine. One guy the grind shop lead at me last shop was hit directly in the face/forhead. It did fracture his skull right bethween the eyes. he nearly lost his sight and could have just as easily killed him. Another guy was hit in the arm. The part hit him so hard and had and edge on it to where it shoved hims so hard against the work bench behind him it broke three ribs and nearly severed his arm off at mid forarm, broke both boned in the arm and layed him open. Said only a little muscle and skin was still attached. I saw the scar and the story was coaberated (sp?).


Precision grinders are no joke. Like I said ANY machine can and will kill at the drop of a hat. I've worked with guys who have seen guys killed by lathes, big boring machines. Granted it's not your typical home mechanic or shop type machine tool, but even what we play with at home can kill.
 
Dang Eric! B careful man... Last thing I want is you to get hurt... Whose gonna do my roll cage if you get hurt... Jaja! We needs pics of the gore! Glad your ok:)
 
The head wound is pretty small. It bled alot as most wounds on the forehead do.

But if you sickos insist on a pic here it is

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Still hurts like crazy but that will go away. Getting hit in the head always makes my normal headache that much worse. So its a double wammy. At least today I can touch the wound swelling around it has gone down considerably since yesterday
 
Good thing you had the glasses on Eric....Bailey would ream you a new one!
 
I have but one simple question. Did it knock ANY sense into your head? :D :haha::haha::haha:Remember, chicks dig scars.
 
Dang that is scary.................Gash looks bad too...........

Way back in the day, I needed a new wheel bearing pressed on the rear axle of my old Jeep.
Local Napa owner was a good friend of mine. When I bought the new bearing, I asked him where I could get it pressed on.
He told me that he did it in the back.
We went back, and he set it up. He had a stack of thick steel cups all different sizes. Picked out one and put it around the bearing before pressing it.

I asked him what the cup was for. He showed me a hole in the concrete block wall next to the press. Said that was a roller from a big wheel bearing.

I don't have a set of the cups, but I do have some thick plywood I lean up between me and the bearing when I am pressing one.
I also have a piece of thick Lexan I use when I need to see what I'm doing.
 
Carnage from my last press explosion.





I was pressing a Dana 70 HD large pinoin bearing off of a used pinion. The splitter let go & then the bearing blew up. Srapnel flew everywhere. I was standing behind the side of the press, no injury or other damage occurred. That dude didn't want to leave its home. I wound up scoring it with a cutoff wheel, & smacking it with a hammer to split it.


Notice it is a CHina POS.

I replaced it with a nice large OTC unit. I should have known better, but I bought it when I was low on extra cash & I wasn't using that type of thing regularly.

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fyi look out on otc now . lots of it going china .

and i have a yukon carrier bearing buller set and it does pinion bearings also real nice.
 
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