Did something dumb today.

Old Greenhorn · July 01, 2024, 04:24:49 PM

You know Lynn, I could never imagine that happening to me, but now that you have planted that photo in my subconscious I think my chances just went up.

firefighter ontheside · July 01, 2024, 05:43:18 PM

I haven't been on in a few weeks, but I'm happy to see you guys are still doing dumb things. I've lost a tacklebox of stuff that was my dad's. It has spare reel spools, spare treble hooks and other useful fishing stuff. We used it several times while fishing in Canada and I thanked dad for having had it. Now that we are home I can't find it. It bothers me because it was dad's and because it is really useful. I hope it turns up somewhere.

jpassardi · July 01, 2024, 07:41:26 PM

Lynn,
It's hard to get good tools these days - and grease guns are no exception...

TimW · July 01, 2024, 10:15:48 PM

Lynn,
Now I see what you meant by swearing off pop tops.

rusticretreater · July 02, 2024, 03:18:35 PM

Yeah something like that can make you go totally berZERKed.

aigheadish · July 03, 2024, 12:46:39 PM

I'm pretending that's a sad trombone emoji for @rusticretreater's comment.

doc henderson · July 03, 2024, 12:54:30 PM

Sad Trombone Wah Wah Wah Fail Sound Effect (youtube.com)

mudfarmer · July 03, 2024, 09:58:28 PM

Dumb... "Quick half day job then can move equipment to the next one in the evening"

Blew a hydraulic line at 6pm July 3rd with 45min of work left to do. Nobody will be able to make one until at least 9am July 5th.

Came home and robbed one from elsewhere, will finish up in the morning. Dumb part is that I can see someone replaced this line already in the past, with one that was too long and it rubbed through but I hadn't noticed. Second dumb part is thinking things would go according to plan

alecs · July 04, 2024, 08:05:22 AM

I did two dumb things recently.

Using my brush hog in the woods, I backed into a concealed stump, which deflected the housing of the brush hog into the spinning blade, and carnage ensued!

Rotating a log on my mill, I thought I could save a few seconds by not (manually) raising the back stops before rotating the piece, and I managed to rotate the log right off the mill! Which landed it in the space between the barn and the mill, which was inaccessible to my tractor. So then I had to move the mill (on a trailer). But I had to move it by hand, because my tractor had the brush hog on it (see dumb thing above) and I didn't want to take it off just to move the mill. And besides, there's this big stack of oak logs that are blocking the hitch end of the mill. So a lot of Armstrong method and the mill is moved, the log is retrieved.... and then I spent the rest of the day cleaning out the pine needles from the barn gutter, which I hadn't done previously because the mill was in the way of putting up the ladder. All good now!

WV Sawmiller · July 04, 2024, 10:49:35 AM

What was dumb about that? If you could have seen the stump there would have been no need to bush hog the area.

As to the log we all need to check various features once in a while to see if we really need things like side supports and such.

(I would never do something like that unless there were at least several witness present.

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aigheadish · July 10, 2024, 05:40:59 PM

My normal Bic lighter just died, so I'm trying to light my cigarette with a torch lighter. I mistakenly forgot that I don't need to block the wind, like I do with the Bic, and burned my hand! Torch from about 3 inches away is hot.

Old Greenhorn · July 10, 2024, 05:44:54 PM

OH MY! that is hysterical! Sorry man, probably too soon.

But geez that's funny!

I can't help it, you made me spit beer up my nose.. I do hope your hand is ok. I suggest treating with alcohol internally (PO as Doc would say).

doc henderson · July 10, 2024, 10:39:38 PM

per orum... drink it!

aigheadish · July 11, 2024, 06:51:52 AM

Haha, I was laughing too, through a bit of pain. It's fine now and yes, immediately on hand (get it?) to soothe the burn, both internally and externally, was my glass of bourbon on the rocks.

firefighter ontheside · July 11, 2024, 10:58:58 PM

In the spirit of the first post of this thread, yesterday I had the mill hit a knot on a log and without I thinking I tried to back up the mill with the blade still turning. Bang and the blade came off. Man that idle side wheel takes a long time to stop spinning. Trashed the blade, but no other damage. My mind was on the tragic death of a fellow firefighter I know and I probably shouldn't have been milling in the first place. I took that as a sign that I should quit for the day.

TimW · July 11, 2024, 11:19:37 PM

Quote from: firefighter ontheside on July 11, 2024, 10:58:58 PMIn the spirit of the first post of this thread, yesterday I had the mill hit a knot on a log and without I thinking I tried to back up the mill with the blade still turning. Bang and the blade came off. Man that idle side wheel takes a long time to stop spinning. Trashed the blade, but no other damage. My mind was on the tragic death of a fellow firefighter I know and I probably shouldn't have been milling in the first place. I took that as a sign that I should quit for the day.

That was a big sign. Reminds me of the electrical workers down here right now fixing Beryl's mess. The power company asked customers not to approach the workers on the job, asking questions when their power will be back on. This for not to distract the worker's from the issues of safely working around the electricity.
If your head isn't completely in the game, it's time to get out while you can. Sawing and working on airliners are in the that category.

oldgraysawyer · July 12, 2024, 03:46:20 AM

I have a cousin that was finishing up a ground on three phase and the hydraulics on the truck malfunctioned and when he let off the control it kept raising the bucket into the live lines. He was killed but they were able to revive him but he lost his arm and part of his shoulder not to mention the host of other medical issues. It's bad enough when equipment fails but if your mind isn't in the right place it pays to step back and rethink it for sure. Sorry to hear about your friend and fellow firefighter.

aigheadish · July 12, 2024, 06:49:22 AM

Yikes y'all! Sorry to hear it FFOTS.

I'm apparently on a roll and will take it back to a lighter side.

Last night was a lovely evening for my Thursday night golf league. It was a sunny 84 degrees or so and an occasional wind blew to keep it mostly reasonable on the course.

On the 15th hole (we only played the back 9) we started seeing it get a bit overcast and thinking that a gentle shower would be a treat to cool things down a bit. On the 16th hole you could see, off in the distance, the rain starting to fall from the clouds. The 17th hole it was starting to get a bit darker over the course. I thought the rain would be nice. On the 18th hole we finished up still mostly dry but it'd started to sprinkle. There's a bit of a walk from the 18th green to the cart and it started raining harder, a nice refreshing rain. As we drove the cart to the car it started raining hard, so we pulled under the roof of the clubhouse and sat there for about 5 minutes while it was really coming down.

That's when I remembered that I'd left my sunroof open.

We raced out to my car and I'd found puddles about a half inch deep in my cloth seats. I'm not positive how I'm going to dry everything out but I've turned the heat on full blast with the windows open, not sure it'll ever be dry again.

Andries · July 12, 2024, 11:32:51 AM

Ahhhh nuts! The joys of a sunroof - wishing you luck with the dry-out.

I need to make a sign for my sawmill that says:

Your stomach has a 'warning: empty' function.
Your brain does not.

Resonator · July 12, 2024, 12:55:04 PM

Dry out the seat and carpet as much as possible ASAP. Steam vac, shampoo, wet dry vac, dehumidifier, fans, throw whatever you got on it. May want to try different cleaners (anti mold-mildew), make sure there color safe for upholstery.

aigheadish · July 12, 2024, 01:39:43 PM

I'm hoping to soak up some of the water with towels and my fat bu... Uh, and some fans, and leave the windows open as much as I can over the weekend. Shop vac is a good idea too.

doc henderson · July 12, 2024, 02:42:03 PM

I would leave them up half a day then open, just like a solar kiln.

aigheadish · July 13, 2024, 10:38:16 AM

I've got windows open, a box fan, on high, pointing down through the sunroof, and it's good and sunny and hot already today. I think it'll dry out nicely. Windows and sunroof were cracked overnight and I get a good amount of hot sunlight through the day in my driveway.

So far no smells.