The 150 ton press at my work. Or any industrial press for that matter. Load them way up and that shit lets go, no thanks.
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What tool are you most afraid of?
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@Truckman4life years ago a friend was new in a shop and couldn't figure out why the whole floor was jumping on each bang . so he went over to the fab corner and found them punching 1" holes in 1" thick plate . 
for me the stuff i get a little crazy about is anything under crazy pressure or tension .
for me the stuff i get a little crazy about is anything under crazy pressure or tension .
When I did my first gear swap, the bearing pressed on the pinion of either my 14b, or d60, can't remember which was stuck.
I put it in the 50 ton at work and held the button until the pump just stopped like "nope".
So I went and got the bottle torch to heat it up.
A few minutes in, it was like a frickin bomb went off.
That one may have almost induced a shart too. Lol.
Pinion shot out the bottom and landed in a big box of rags they keep there for that purpose. Whole damn machine seemed to jump even though it's bolted down.
I put it in the 50 ton at work and held the button until the pump just stopped like "nope".
So I went and got the bottle torch to heat it up.
A few minutes in, it was like a frickin bomb went off.
That one may have almost induced a shart too. Lol.
Pinion shot out the bottom and landed in a big box of rags they keep there for that purpose. Whole damn machine seemed to jump even though it's bolted down.
Radial Arm saw
I was 10 or 11 years old ripping wood through one of those and the board kicked back, barely missed me and put a 4' hole in the sheet rock. I moved one of Dad's posters over and covered the hole so he wouldn't find out.
Ive operated on 2 guys with bowel injuries from kickback
I’m telling ya those things scare me. My dad told me enough stories that I’ve never used one.
My dad built custom cabinets when I was growing up, I was cutting wood one day after school for him and had a sheet of plywood kickback on the table saw, luckily the garage door was open and it went flying out the door.
Screw gun and a deck screw. 
Under that covering is a big hole. Felt it hit the bone. Blood squirting a foot. No feeling in the end of my thumb. Did it yesterday.
In all seriousness, I must be really stupid, because tools do not scare me. I respect them and use them as they should be used. Mostly. Ok, rarely.
Under that covering is a big hole. Felt it hit the bone. Blood squirting a foot. No feeling in the end of my thumb. Did it yesterday.In all seriousness, I must be really stupid, because tools do not scare me. I respect them and use them as they should be used. Mostly. Ok, rarely.
i know a guy and my self that had a gut trama a little but no medical needed .
he was heating a ball joint to help remove it from the control arm and it heated the grease up and had just the right amount of play and POP out of the socket it come and grazed his chest and blew a hole in the shop hand wash sink . i plexiglass the 2 holes shut and red rtv sealed them to remind us all the power of stuff .
mine was a caliper slide pin i was heating to remove and clean up and re-lube . it fired out like a gun in my gut and i had a red circle for a few weeks . every time now i put a big pair of vise-grips on for a dead weight if 1 is to pop again .
Good idea, tripling the the mass of the projectile will slow it down
Jack all…. Use one on the farm quite a bit. Just stand back they can bite! Or smack you in the face!
I have respect for my tools, don’t fear any of them.
I have taken a table saw kickback to the gut (in high school) and also had a floor jack fail on me as I was about to reach and remove the jack stands (car fell back onto the stands).
I have taken a table saw kickback to the gut (in high school) and also had a floor jack fail on me as I was about to reach and remove the jack stands (car fell back onto the stands).
I have one of those and I have used it. Normally I run a trimmer in shorts and sandals, but not with that attachment. I want to get it out next summer to clear the saplings out of the trails, but want to scheme some add-on that prevents it from swinging back.
I didn't know to be afraid of the impact gun until I managed to crush my finger backing a caliper bolt out. I was trapped there by the fingertip trying to figure something out because there was too much friction to turn the socket/bolt by hand. The direction-selector was mashed into my palm and I couldn't see it. Fortunately, my wife heard me calling out and was able to get me a light and a screwdriver so I could get the gun into forward and free myself. I must have sounded like a broken record telling her "don't push the trigger". The fingertip seemed 1/4" thick and twice as wide as the others which freaked me out, but there was no lasting damage other than losing the fingernail and waiting for a new one.
The shoulder strap you can get for trimmers cinched up sorta tight does a good job of keeping it out of your legs. If it grabs and tries to get out of your hands the strap and ground will make it go sideways instead of back into you.
I had one of the thick swingy plastic blade things that I used a strap with. It grabbed some sapplings once and yanked it out of my hands because I wasn't expecting it. Got the strap after that and tried pushing it back into me it wouldn't allow it to get to my legs.
I just used a strap off a duffle bag.
I had it cinched up to where my arms were in a slightly odd position but it worked lol
I had one of the thick swingy plastic blade things that I used a strap with. It grabbed some sapplings once and yanked it out of my hands because I wasn't expecting it. Got the strap after that and tried pushing it back into me it wouldn't allow it to get to my legs.
I just used a strap off a duffle bag.
I had it cinched up to where my arms were in a slightly odd position but it worked lol
Im not scared of many tools, but have a healthy respect. I got too complacent with the table saw a few days ago and luckily just got into the meat on the side of my index finger when the wood kicked out.
If I was going to use this weapon of death there is no way I would be using the one from harbor freight!
I had one of those in the late 80's. Bosch was giving them away as a promo at a wood working expo. I carved a bunch of stuff with it. Sold it with all of my wood working equipment.
