Leper
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MNorby said:
punched myself in the face CK5
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Anybody ever hit their face with a ratchet?
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punched myself in the face 
dodgedude99 said:
I'll tell you what feels good on the jaw........getting hit by the stabilizer handle on a 1/2" drive power drill.
Yep, I was using the drill to stir some joint compound in a 5 gallon bucket while squatting on my knees. Had my whole body right by the bucket. Was doing something (can't remember exactly) and went to turn the switch on the drill and then WHACK! The handle swung around and hit me right square in the jaw. The joint compound is so thick, if you hold a drill with one hand, you will twist your arm. Two hands are needed and I was dumb enough to do it with one hand and get hit in the jaw.
Needless to say, I was moving my jaw around to make sure nothing was broke.
unclematty
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About a month ago I was trying to bend a cotter pin on a ball joint I had just replaced, the dykes I was using slippid off and hit me across the bridge of my nose. I saw stars for a second then pulled my hand away from my face, freakin blood everywhere, I've broke my nose in the same spot about a dozen times in my life, why can't I leave that spot alone?? 
Ever sneezed while laying under a truck? I had a '79 C10 with headers, I was putting a tranny in it and sneezed. I woke up a few minutes later with a collector flange shaped cut in my head. 
We need a smiley with stars around his head.
We need a smiley with stars around his head.
A few months ago when I was getting ready to rebuild my engine, I took the inspection plate off the bellhousing of the transmission. The bolts were set good, so I was using a 1/2" ratchet with a small cheater pipe. Needless to say as I lay contorted under the truck trying to get proper leverage, the bolt decided to break free just as the top of my head got within whacking position.
I just layed there under my truck for a bit, then rolled out and proceeded to take the snap-on ratchet and beat one of the junk cars with it. Never felt better, bloody head and all.
I just layed there under my truck for a bit, then rolled out and proceeded to take the snap-on ratchet and beat one of the junk cars with it. Never felt better, bloody head and all.
Drills can screw you up fast!
When I was in shop class in high school,our teacher had me drill a series of holes in a steel workbench so we could knock out a 4" hole,so we could bolt lawnmower engines to the bench to make it easier to work on them and start them up after reassembly(why he didn't just let me use the cutting torches a few feet away is a mystery!)...so I went to the "tool crib" and got a huge Rockwell industrial 1/2" drill that had big 1/2" pipes for handles,and procedded to drill the 30+ holes in a circle...
Well,after 10 holes my arms were sore--and it was mostly because I was holding the trigger switch on while trying to control the drill with mostly one arm--so I "locked" the trigger in the "on" position,and now I could use both arms to bear down--much better!---UNTIL!--the 1/2" drill bit got stuck when it broke thru the 1/4" plate on the tabletop--
The torque of the drill was so strong it took my 130 lb body and threw me off the table onto the floor about 5 feet away!
---and the drill,still locked in the "on" position,spun wildly,until the 100ft etxention cord was wrapped around it like spagetti on a fork,and it yanked the cord out of the outlet way across the other side of the shop--it knocked over a "gunk" tank and made a huge mess!.. --the teacher came running over,and asked me if I was hurt--...
I had a good gash in my leg from catching it on a sharp metal peice on the table as I fell!!--then he yells at me for locking the trigger on the drill!...So I told him "its YOUR fault for telling me to DRILL 30 holes,instead of using the RIGHT tools--a CUTTING TORCH!!--OR A HOLE SAW!" --and I told him to go--"F" himself!--he sent me to the school nurse--while I was there she got a phone call--it was my teacher,telling her to send me to the headmasters office after my gash was bandaged! --he didn't say much to me,other than I shouldn't have said what I did--he felt bad I got hurt,and agreed the method of cutting the hole wasn't the best way to do it!-- 
Sometimes I wonder why anyone WANTS to work on machinery and cars,when all you do is get injured most of the time??...
When I was in shop class in high school,our teacher had me drill a series of holes in a steel workbench so we could knock out a 4" hole,so we could bolt lawnmower engines to the bench to make it easier to work on them and start them up after reassembly(why he didn't just let me use the cutting torches a few feet away is a mystery!)...so I went to the "tool crib" and got a huge Rockwell industrial 1/2" drill that had big 1/2" pipes for handles,and procedded to drill the 30+ holes in a circle...
Well,after 10 holes my arms were sore--and it was mostly because I was holding the trigger switch on while trying to control the drill with mostly one arm--so I "locked" the trigger in the "on" position,and now I could use both arms to bear down--much better!---UNTIL!--the 1/2" drill bit got stuck when it broke thru the 1/4" plate on the tabletop--
The torque of the drill was so strong it took my 130 lb body and threw me off the table onto the floor about 5 feet away!
---and the drill,still locked in the "on" position,spun wildly,until the 100ft etxention cord was wrapped around it like spagetti on a fork,and it yanked the cord out of the outlet way across the other side of the shop--it knocked over a "gunk" tank and made a huge mess!.. --the teacher came running over,and asked me if I was hurt--...I had a good gash in my leg from catching it on a sharp metal peice on the table as I fell!!--then he yells at me for locking the trigger on the drill!...So I told him "its YOUR fault for telling me to DRILL 30 holes,instead of using the RIGHT tools--a CUTTING TORCH!!--OR A HOLE SAW!" --and I told him to go--"F" himself!--he sent me to the school nurse--while I was there she got a phone call--it was my teacher,telling her to send me to the headmasters office after my gash was bandaged!
--he didn't say much to me,other than I shouldn't have said what I did--he felt bad I got hurt,and agreed the method of cutting the hole wasn't the best way to do it!-- Sometimes I wonder why anyone WANTS to work on machinery and cars,when all you do is get injured most of the time??...
The list of tools that haven't injured me in some way is pretty damn short.
I refuse to list the items for fear of jinxing myself...
- Whacked in the chest by a 2x4, swinging around in a drill press
- Slashed in various places by various sharp cutting implements
- I once whacked a guy (accidentally) right between the eyes with a pair of safetywire pliers
- Ratchets, wrenches, sockets, etc. to the head, face, neck, shoulders...
I refuse to list the items for fear of jinxing myself...
- Whacked in the chest by a 2x4, swinging around in a drill press
- Slashed in various places by various sharp cutting implements
- I once whacked a guy (accidentally) right between the eyes with a pair of safetywire pliers
- Ratchets, wrenches, sockets, etc. to the head, face, neck, shoulders...
Fubeca
1/2 ton status
jarheadk5 said:
Brought a tear to my eye!
keep using those Crapsman ratchets boys!!! j/k 
i've had a couple incidents.. the most memorable one was stabbing myself in the cheek with some needlenose pulling a cotterpin... still have that scar..
tho i do come home bleeding pretty much daily, its usually from getting stabbed/scraped, etc crawling around in boat bildges...
my other mechanic, all 130 lbs pounds of him, did the 1/2 drill holesaw whack in the head trick once.. needless to say, i do the holesaw work these days with my svelte 230 lbs...
i've had a couple incidents.. the most memorable one was stabbing myself in the cheek with some needlenose pulling a cotterpin... still have that scar..
tho i do come home bleeding pretty much daily, its usually from getting stabbed/scraped, etc crawling around in boat bildges...
my other mechanic, all 130 lbs pounds of him, did the 1/2 drill holesaw whack in the head trick once.. needless to say, i do the holesaw work these days with my svelte
230 lbs...
smalltruckbigcid
1/2 ton status
Tightening a pinion nut on a semi many years ago with no impact my helper was running the cheater pipe (about 6 feet) on the 3/4 inch drive ratchet when it broke hitting me in the nose, 4 stiches and a broken nose.
Working a machine shop honing a block with the old style spring hung setup from the ceiling and an old (very torquey) 1/2 drill powering the hone,it had the pipe sticking out the side to help control it. Hone stuck in the bottom and that pipe hit me in the side of the head as the drill kept rotating. Put me on the floor seeing stars...boss bought a real honing machine the next day.
George
Working a machine shop honing a block with the old style spring hung setup from the ceiling and an old (very torquey) 1/2 drill powering the hone,it had the pipe sticking out the side to help control it. Hone stuck in the bottom and that pipe hit me in the side of the head as the drill kept rotating. Put me on the floor seeing stars...boss bought a real honing machine the next day.
George
PhoenixZorn
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thatK30guy said:I'll tell you what feels good on the jaw........getting hit by the stabilizer handle on a 1/2" drive power drill.
Yep, I was using the drill to stir some joint compound in a 5 gallon bucket while squatting on my knees. Had my whole body right by the bucket. Was doing something (can't remember exactly) and went to turn the switch on the drill and then WHACK! The handle swung around and hit me right square in the jaw. The joint compound is so thick, if you hold a drill with one hand, you will twist your arm. Two hands are needed and I was dumb enough to do it with one hand and get hit in the jaw.
Needless to say, I was moving my jaw around to make sure nothing was broke.
Hey bro, try adding some water to your joint compound before you mix it... it sets up the same and it's easier to work with that way. I have a 1/2" drive drill and paddle that I mix mud with, and I can spin the bucket before I twist my arm...
PhoenixZorn said:
I did. Thing was, the JC was fresh in the bucket and I was softening it up for texturing walls.
BTW, I was self-employed as a drywaller for about 5 years here in town before I hung up the tools. So I know what to expect with the white crap.
Lately, I've been missing the "joys" of doing the home remodeling stuff and have been thinking of getting back into it. Gotta wait til the wife finishes her schooling first which won't be for another 4 years tops.
jeeptuff
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Yep them ratchets will kick your behind, I was torquing rods and mains on a Cummins N-14 with a 1" drive torque wrench when it slipped and busted me in the chops. Tore about half of my upper lip from the right side to the point it was hanging below my lower lip. 26 stitches later was back at work to finish an inframe on that friggin Kenworth..
Man, must be that bad if you had to post that 3 times.
jeeptuff
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The site was doing funky things, yeah it was painfull will fix the triple post.
mouse
1/2 ton status
I managed to hit myself without a tool! As an aircraft air conditioning (among other things) mechanic, I was installing a piece os aluminum tubing for the AC (cargo area of a C-5). The tubing was about 6 inches in diameter. To connect it to the adjacent tube, we used a rubber boot with a large tie-strap - plastic type. On a 10 foot ladder I was installing this ducting, and finishing it up with the last tie-strap. So I was pulling on the strap to finish tightening it up, when WHACK!...The strap broke and I clobbered myself square in the jaw. I fell of the ladder to enjoy a secondary impact. From that point on I made sure the direction I pulled the straps in was away from me!
For some reason, if I'm going to hit myself it's usually in the head... right in the temple. That way I get to feel the numbing and the blinding effect. I can't remember how many times i've hit myself in the right temple with the back of my right hand pulling really hard on a ratchet or ratchet/breaker bar.
I'd say probably the worst was when I was trying to put my box back on my pickup. It fell down on the ground off the stands I had it on because we were getting a storm and the wind was blowing hard. So, I pick it up and carry it to the stairs to my back porch to use the stairs to hold it up so I can drive the truck under it. I've now got the back of the box sitting on the stairs. I've got to lift the front of the box (by far the heaviest end of an 8' box) up to chest height and put wood under it so I can then get it supported off some 55 gallon drums so I can drive up to it. Well, somehow the wind managed to blow it over, I trip over some more wood, and it lands on top of me. It knocked the wind right out of me and it took a good 20 minutes for me to get it lifted up enough so I could take full breaths. It was raining hard and the drain holes were plugged so the box was filling with water. That sucked.
I'd say probably the worst was when I was trying to put my box back on my pickup. It fell down on the ground off the stands I had it on because we were getting a storm and the wind was blowing hard. So, I pick it up and carry it to the stairs to my back porch to use the stairs to hold it up so I can drive the truck under it. I've now got the back of the box sitting on the stairs. I've got to lift the front of the box (by far the heaviest end of an 8' box) up to chest height and put wood under it so I can then get it supported off some 55 gallon drums so I can drive up to it. Well, somehow the wind managed to blow it over, I trip over some more wood, and it lands on top of me. It knocked the wind right out of me and it took a good 20 minutes for me to get it lifted up enough so I could take full breaths. It was raining hard and the drain holes were plugged so the box was filling with water. That sucked.
mouse
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CyberSniper said:
It sounds like Murphy was in control of your fate a bit too long!
