Have you ever broke something expensive or caused yourself injury taking a short cut, or failing to take a safety measure you knew to take?
For instance, you were turning something on a lathe but wanted to tool a part and thought you could do so without stopping the lathe and repositioning the tool rest and the gouge catches and goes flying from your hand and smashes the windshield of the truck. Maybe you thought you would stand on the top of an old wood cabinet because the ladder was on the far side of the garage and you were just changing the battery in a smoke detector, it would take less time to swap out than going to get the ladder, but the cabinet collapses causing you a fall where you are injured. Short cuts in those manner where you knew it was not a good idea to do what you did the way you did it, but did not want to take the extra step to do it right; Ever broke something or injured yourself in that manner?
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I’m short, so I’m always using things as impromptu steps tools. I’d say about 17.83% of the time it doesn’t end well. More of a mini heart attack and/or spectacle than major injury though.
But when it comes to tools, I’m pretty anal about safety. I used to work in wood shop. I’ve seen too many short cuts end badly. And when saws and electric tools are involved, it’s a lot worse than just falling on your ass.
I prefer tall cups. ;)
When I was about 20 I knew someone who used a chair as a stepladder (something people do all the time but should not) and she fell off it and did permanent damage to her elbow. Her elbow now cannot move, so the doctor pinned her arm in a slightly bent position permanently. It taught me a lesson. Never use a chair as a stepladder.
My mom also broke her knee a few years ago doing something foolish, and that also taught me, step carefully and move things out of the way if necessary. 30 seconds extra to get a task done is nothing compared to weeks in bed, incapacitated.
There’s no need to clamp the part in the drill press. It’s plastic. I can easily hold it with my fing——. Crap!
I know the tank is at 3000psi, but if I vent it I will have to refill it. That takes too long. I can just switch the quick disconnect fitting by pulling this and——-. Crap! Holy Crap!!!
Glad you’re still with us @Hypocrisy_Central, ya clutz!
I learned not to stick my hand in a glass to clean it.
ROFLOL @LuckyGuy! 3000 psi! Yeah, that’s worth more than a regular crap, for sure. Well worth a holy crap!
@Dutchess_III So you know what that means! Not 30 psi, or 300 psi, but 3000 psi! 200 freaking bar! “Holy crap!” was an understatement! The big, blaze orange, safety label said: “May cause serious injury or death.”
<— And still, the idiot to the left ignored it.
@Dutchess_III Glad you’re still with us @Hypocrisy_Central, ya clutz!
It was more like brain freeze or laziness not taking measures or doing things I knew better not to do, but thought “just this time” or It it won’t be that heavy or it won’t have that much torque, and find out I was wrong….
LOL @LuckyGuy! Well, my husband works in the industrial compressor business. He likes to tell people he sells air. He has some horror stories to share, including one guy that died. Dangerous stuff. I’m glad the idiot to the left is still with us too!
Yes. I am missing a very small piece of my right thumb. I was in pastry school, chopping chocolate when my chef instructor asked me a question. Instead of putting down the knife, or even stopping what I was doing, I turned my head to answer her. And kept chopping. We managed to save most of the chocolate. Great thing about sharp knives, the cut hurt a bit.
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