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Mike5753

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I knew I was tired last night but I got two great indicators that it was time to turn off the lathe:

I was going to drill a blank on the lathe, hadn't change speed from 2800 and did not tighten down blank properly, fortunately blank flew away from me and hit the wall.

I than was wondering if my gouge was still sharp and ran thumb along edge, I guess it was really sharp snce I now have a nice gash on my thumb.

So off went the lathe, out went the lights and I called it a night, didn't even want to know what the third indictor would be.

Mike
 
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Cutting a tenon on the wrong barrel was enough for me the other night. Sigh, that blank look to have a lot of good figure to it also.
 
There is ALWAYS tomorrow!!

When things start going downhill in the shop, or if you just feel a "little drained", why push your luck????

I talked with a guy in the industry the other day who said he was really tired and cutting blanks several years ago, using a push stick at 3 AM. He became very aware of his actions, when he says he pushed his finger into the blade. (Bandsaw) I didn't ask for more information.

All the toys we play with CAN become dangerous---our bodies are easier to sever than the blanks.

TOMORROW, you will be alert and rested---wait till then.
 
If tired or feeling off I find other, non dangerous, things to do. I have read and seen too many accidents happen when tired. When I was an auto mechanic I learned this lesson the hard way and no longer do anything if tired, etc.
Glad that you didn't continue and get hurt even worse.
 
Being a shiftworker, I have made it a rule NEVER to play with sharp rotating machinery after finishing nightshift. I still have all of my fingers but I also have a bucket of blanks that are short one end!

Kev
 
Be Careful

Being a survivor of sticking my left hand into a rotating 10 inch saw blade and nearly losing 3 fingers (thank God for providing a good surgeon - I still have them and they work ok) I can tell you this. Do not fool with this sharp and rotating stuff unless you are fully alert. It can be very darned unforgiving if you get careless.
 
Glad you are OK. I never run any of my tools when I'm not 100%. I may go down in the shop, clean up, sort blanks or mess around but I don't turn anything with a switch on except for the lights.
 
Congrats on surviving intact. A very good move going to rest. I am an electrician and on occasion do get called to work over. If I find my mind ? wandering, I hang it up and get some rest. Otherwise there can be one of those big sparks. Not good!:frown::eek::mad:
 
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