Did something dumb today.

Crusarius · March 18, 2021, 04:04:57 PM

doc thats funny. the worst thing is till I read what you wrote I thought it was a reverse rotation table saw.

I think I need to get a new job and some sleep!

Walnut Beast · March 18, 2021, 04:19:18 PM

Nice job Doc. I bet she loved it 👍

doc henderson · March 18, 2021, 04:49:53 PM

she will get it this weekend, thanks! we plan to go to a running race in the town she teaches in. we will surprise her with our presence and presents. I hope she does not read this.

lol her husband retired early from Halliburton, and is the guy I went fishing with the last 4 times I went fishing. the girls run, and the guys fish.

aigheadish · March 19, 2021, 08:20:14 AM

Thanks @Crusarius I just saw the paddle switch variety, looking through a catalog, yesterday, and thought that looked like a decent option, maybe not... I also saw the higher quality (name branded, at least) weren't as pricey as I thought, so maybe it's time to go shopping.

Nebraska · March 19, 2021, 09:43:19 AM

@doc henderson I see your friend received a quality education. ;)

Crusarius · March 19, 2021, 09:51:05 AM

I have dewalt grinders. I love them. All of the ones I have ever tried with the paddle switch I hated. Mine all have the slide and lock switch. It takes more work to lock them on than it does to shut them off. This sometimes is a pain but after I had someone elses cheap knockoff grinder get away from me I prefer it.

With the lock switch make sure you always have a good grip on it. I had one get away from me when I was grinding the plasma cut corners of some 16 gauge stainless. The grinder jumped out of my hand took off up my arm across my chest and then down the other arm. I ended up catching it by the cord still running. Only thing that saved me was the flannel I was wearing. From that day I have been much more careful and meticulous about the grinders I buy.

aigheadish · March 19, 2021, 09:56:26 AM

Yeah, that's real sketchy! I'll give it to the HF one I have that it's hard to turn on but it turns off pretty quickly once I release the button. Doesn't slow down that quickly but at least it's on its way if I lose control.

Old Greenhorn · March 19, 2021, 04:51:16 PM

I. CAN'T. EVEN.......

OK, OK. I too have seen photos like this in the past and said to myself, 'how can a person be SO stupid?' Well, now I know. No excuses, really stupid. No, this was NOT my chosen direction of fall. I had just minutes before dropped two other trees right near the tailgate of the truck to make loading easier without issue and spot on target to make bucking and loading easier. These are small trees so not a lot to work with on the stump, the hinge was whisper thin and it wouldn't go over. This one I felled against the lean and got it over the lean point but it just wouldn't fall, then the wind picked up and took it like a kite, tore the hinge and went right into my cab. No biggie, just a tiny ding that is barely visible, but still my humility took a nose dive.
Let he who is without sin cast the first stone.

doc henderson · March 19, 2021, 05:03:29 PM

Now that is a mushroom log logger right there. be honest, you were keeping it up off the ground to avoid contamination with some poisonous variety. you prob. just saved someone's life. DanG, don't be so humble @Old Greenhorn

I sure hope the growers you sell to appreciate the sacrifices you are willing to make. ;) well at least the chain was not on backwards.... right? ;D

firefighter ontheside · March 19, 2021, 05:10:59 PM

Dohhh! Could have been worse for sure.

Old Greenhorn · March 19, 2021, 05:11:40 PM

I note that it took 21 minutes for the first response. Longer than I guessed. ;D No, there were no other buffoon like mistakes today, unless you count my back, but that is normal and not 'dumb related'.

Old Greenhorn · March 19, 2021, 05:13:42 PM

Quote from: firefighter ontheside on March 19, 2021, 05:10:59 PM
Dohhh! Could have been worse for sure.

Yeah, I don't like working in 25 MPH+ winds, and that really was what got me, but I should have known better. I hollered like heck the entire time the tree was falling, but it didn't seem to help much. :D

sawguy21 · March 19, 2021, 09:42:48 PM

It reminds me of a customer who brought his new to him saw in because it wouldn't start. It had obviously been straight gassed, he sucked it up and paid for the rebuild. A few days later he brought it back, no power. I checked it, the saw was running fine but he didn't know to start the chain moving before starting the cut. Fast forward a few weeks. He is back with the saw in a box, biggest part was the carburetor. It seems he came upon his mates trying to drop a large Ponderosa pine, they had gone all the way around leaving a bolt in the middle. No problem, he cut through it with his longer bar. The tree took out the saw and his truck. These guys were from a community of loggers. :

GAB · March 20, 2021, 08:54:36 AM

Quote from: sawguy21 on March 19, 2021, 09:42:48 PM
It reminds me of a customer who brought his new to him saw in because it wouldn't start. It had obviously been straight gassed, he sucked it up and paid for the rebuild. A few days later he brought it back, no power. I checked it, the saw was running fine but he didn't know to start the chain moving before starting the cut. Fast forward a few weeks. He is back with the saw in a box, biggest part was the carburetor. It seems he came upon his mates trying to drop a large Ponderosa pine, they had gone all the way around leaving a bolt in the middle. No problem, he cut through it with his longer bar. The tree took out the saw and his truck. These guys were from a community of loggers. :

These guys were from a community of loggers. :

Your customer must have been the newest member, and needed to do a lot more studying.
GAB

Old Greenhorn · March 20, 2021, 09:31:48 AM

Quote from: sawguy21 on March 19, 2021, 09:42:48 PM
It reminds me of a customer who brought his new to him saw in because it wouldn't start. It had obviously been straight gassed, he sucked it up and paid for the rebuild. A few days later he brought it back, no power. I checked it, the saw was running fine but he didn't know to start the chain moving before starting the cut. Fast forward a few weeks. He is back with the saw in a box, biggest part was the carburetor. It seems he came upon his mates trying to drop a large Ponderosa pine, they had gone all the way around leaving a bolt in the middle. No problem, he cut through it with his longer bar. The tree took out the saw and his truck. These guys were from a community of loggers. :

I don't want to sound judgmental, but if I ever did stuff like that I would not show my face ever again. We all learn and make mistakes, but geez!

sawguy21 · March 20, 2021, 11:26:05 AM

:D I thought all of them came out of the womb with a saw in their hands but apparently not. At least he was able to laugh at himself.

Old Greenhorn · March 20, 2021, 11:29:26 AM

Quote from: sawguy21 on March 20, 2021, 11:26:05 AM........ At least he was able to laugh at himself.:D

If he couldn't, he would be alone.
We all do dumb stuff, but that fella seems to have a streak going. Perhaps not the sharpest tool in the shed.

WDH · March 20, 2021, 05:55:38 PM

As you already know OGH, I wrote the book on "Dumb" and published it like 2 weeks ago exactly, almost to the minute. I have recovered quite well. However, on my next edition, OGH, you can have a chapter yourself.

Old Greenhorn · March 20, 2021, 06:05:23 PM

OH, that's not good. Glad to hear you are coming along since your book. I hope I can manage to not reach quite that level.
We all have those moments and no matter how hard we try, occasionally we just mis-think something. In fact, now that I recall, when I was an active fire instructor, I did a session on "non-thinking syndrome: NTS, the silent killer" which illuminated a bunch )with photos and videos) of serious incidents resulting from a simple brain cramp anybody could have had, it just happened at the wrong moment in time.
Nobody is immune.

Silverfoxfintry · March 21, 2021, 04:57:19 AM

Quote from: Old Greenhorn on March 18, 2021, 10:49:49 AM
Quote from: Don P on March 18, 2021, 08:52:52 AM
Wow, how could a wheel not be rated for high speed.
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Don, you would be surprised.. Before I retired a part of my job (do it is your spare time..) was as the Machine Guarding Single Point of Accountability (SPA) (that is corporate speak for 'the guy we blame'). One of our plants had a wheel explosion and found it was an incorrect RPM rating so I have to go around our shop to every buffer, bench grinder, surface grinder, cylindrical grinder, thread grinder, ID grinder, and more to put labels on each one with it's spindle speed, then re-write all the wheel change procedures to include bold type about confirming the wheel speed rating before changing the wheel. (There were somewhere around 90 machines involved.)
As a result, we started to learn a lot of wheels we used routinely did not match or exceed the various machine speeds. We caught and fixed these as we discovered them. I got hammered in an audit later on because they had added two buffer/grinders without telling me and they had no labels. ;D I should have been shot on the spot, according to the auditor. SHAME! (Dang pencil pushers.)
In all my years studying safety issues with wheels and such, the grinding wheels and discs are bad but wire wheels are the worst. Strands come out and find the dangdist places to lodge, like eyeballs, legs, arms, faces, etc. I have had a very healthy respect for all of these bonded wheels since I was about 19 and had a 2" wide x 20" diameter cylindrical grinding wheel explode on me. Part went through the wall behind me, part went through the built up steel roof, and the rest we never found. Once was enough for me. We did have a guy in that shop that would blow up at least one wheel a week, even diamond wheels (which you have to work hard to do), but he drank a lot. :D

One of the Oil Rigs in the North Sea I used to visit had a brand new 10" bench grinder. VERY LARGE SIGN ATTACHED " DO NOT USE" Also the connecting plug removed. Some idiot had specified that it was fitted with a "Quick Stop" The first time it was used the Left hand Grindstone unscrewed and shattered inside the guard. Sometimes health and safety can go too far.

lazyflee · March 21, 2021, 01:37:11 PM

The world slowed down as I just watched this sucker roll right off the other side. Rookie!!

sawguy21 · March 21, 2021, 02:55:22 PM

So THAT'S what those stop thingees are for. :D

terrifictimbersllc · March 21, 2021, 03:01:01 PM

Don't worry you can do that with some experience too.

21incher · March 21, 2021, 04:45:49 PM

OGH I hate to admit it but I did that to my Little John Deer also. Even had a rope tied from it to the tree so the tree would fall in that direction :-[. Found out ROPs are good protection from falling trees when you misjudge the height.