What workshop tool scares you the most?

[Anonymous No.2389339]

[Anonymous No.2389342]

in the whole shop, or just of the ones I use?
if shop, the big press brake
if strictly my use, it's the ATC in the Super NTX

[Anonymous No.2389344]

>>2389339
Anything handheld.
Of those, probably angle grinder. Or circ saw.
It's too easy to become complacent.

[Anonymous No.2389346]

I say a little prayer every time I have to us a bench grinder

[Anonymous No.2389347]

>>2389339
Coworkers

[Anonymous No.2389355]

myself, I do some dumb shit sometimes.

[Anonymous No.2389359]

>>2389339
The arc welder.

[Anonymous No.2389360]

9" angle grinder AKA the widow maker

[Anonymous No.2389361]

>>2389360
Is there a more based tool?

[Anonymous No.2389362]

>>2389360
with no soft start

[Anonymous No.2389379]

>>2389339
bench grinder with the stupid wire wheel attachment they think is somehow a good idea to put on there for cleaning tiny parts better suited for a hand wire brush
and the retards also dont let me take off the guide on that side because "muh safety", totally ignoring the fact that it turns a minor finger-scraping incident (requiring a band-aid) into a finger-ripping-off hand-degloving incident requiring a trip to the hospital and one or two missing fingers.

[Anonymous No.2389674]

>>2389339
anything rotary demands great respect and big lathes like that can eat you up in a heartbeat without so much as a change in motor pitch.
Add in handheld tools used when turning wood and it's like riding motocross- it's not a matter of if you will be injured but when and how badly.

[Anonymous No.2389678]

>>2389339
My laser
The thought of a mirror coming loose, something falling and hitting one just the right way and just being instantly blind scares me more than any arm ripping.

The thought of suddenly being blind terrifies me to my core

[Anonymous No.2389680]

>>2389379
I love the open wheel small ones exactly because of this

[Anonymous No.2389682]

Bench grinder with a buffing wheel
Wire wheels and grinding wheels aren't too bad, buffing wheels are evil and want nothing more than to throw whatever sharp piece of steel you're polishing across the room at mach 5

[Anonymous No.2389702]

>>2389682
>buffing wheels are evil

I don't think my mechanics would be such an amazing success if you took his buffing wheel away.

https://www.youtube.com/c/mymechanics/videos

[Anonymous No.2389710]

>>2389361
You gotta be shitting me.

Do people really or was this pic just taken for the meme?

[Anonymous No.2389713]

>>2389678
This guy is annoying, because this stupid trolling is actually downplaying the dangers of lasers

[Anonymous No.2389793]

>>2389344
Angle grinder with a wire brush or small sawblade deserves particular caution, imo.

[Anonymous No.2389798]

>>2389361
Best $9.99 money can buy

[Anonymous No.2389806]

>>2389710
It's a picture off the internet from a property auction house. So it was either stolen or used in a crime.

[Anonymous No.2389809]

>>2389339
Acetylene tanks make me nervous. Their potential to become bombs will fuck with your head if you think about it too much.

[Anonymous No.2389815]

>>2389793
>wire brush or small sawblade
These fuckers?

[Anonymous No.2389817]

>>2389815
No. These.
What fucking madman came up with this?

[Anonymous No.2389827]

>>2389817
Nothing on an angle grinder is really that dangerous if it's 125mm or smaller, because if they catch on something and you have a good grip on the tool, the motor will just stall.
If you hold it loosely like a onions enriched faggot then of course it will cause injury.

[Anonymous No.2389863]

>>2389339
Forklifts. They're extremely heavy, have a shitload of torque and the controls and brakes are usually clapped out. It's not hard to pin somebody or go through a bay door and off the loading dock.

[Anonymous No.2389873]

>>2389339
Generally, the lathe scares the shit out of me, but I don't own one.

From the ones I own, probably the circular saw or my angle grinder who doesn't have a dead-man switch cause the kikes at DeWalt wanted me to pay extra for the version with the dead-man switch. The circular saw is powerful and dangerous, but at least I know that if I drop it, the brakes will stop it in like 1s and it would not amputate me. The angle grinder on the other hand will do some road-runner shit if it gets dropped.
Ironically the tool that I don't fear at all (cordless drill) is the one that hurt me so often and so painfully that I lost count. Still not afraid of it.

Fun story: my boomer grandpa who uses only bottom of the barrel tools left his corded angle grinder FACE DOWN on his workbench which was already full of wrenches, screwdrivers and other shit. He got below the bench to plug it in and for some reason I got this feeling that something isn't right and I moved a few steps back. The fucking angle grander had the button on the ON position and when he plugged it in it started throwing wrenches and shit everywhere. Grandpa was already below and they missed him, but they started flying right where I was supposed to be if I hadn't moved. Luckily he pulled the cord in like 2s, otherwise that shit might have landed on his back and I'd have witnessed some Mortal Kombat fatallity gore right there.

Anyway, fuck angle grinders, and especially fuck angle grinders without a dead-man switch.

[Anonymous No.2389904]

>>2389339
Shapers, specially with the big router bits. Old ones send shivers down my spine because they have 0 safety and if the bit explodes (it can happen if it's really old and fucked) you're dead before realizing.

[Anonymous No.2389925]

Definitely angle grinder. And not because DIY at home but because I'm better equipped for what I do at work at my home. I've had so many cutting wheels explode on me, found out we got a bad batch from grainger? At one point. Being complacent and not making sure grinding wheels or flap wheels are actually secured before using it. Get to grinding and it flys off into low earth orbit. Had 3 cutting wheels explode on me in less than an hour one day and now I normally just use my air tools to cut, finally got them to order a cold cut saw recently has helped out a bunch. I can say the little Milwaukee m12 angle grinder has been my best buy the past year or so where I get to a place in the plant where I'd halfto chain 3 air lines together to get shit done. Definitely worth the money.

[Anonymous No.2389927]

>>2389339
Lathe chuck key.

[Anonymous No.2389937]

>>2389339
I did shop class for two years under an old guy who got sacked for throwing chalk at a kid. New teacher first day caught a kid hitting a running drill bit with a hammer to scare a girl.
Anyway he calmly drills some wood masks us before during and after what speed we think the drill is doing, if it slows down and everyone says no, so he says correct, it doesn't matter if its wood, your hand, your hair, this machine will keep turning regardless. And just having fucked around for a couple of years it kind of dawned on me we could have had a serious incident very easily, crazy that we didn't.
I think what scares me most is noise. Most turning machines have guards for shrapnel or you can stand aside. But it's easy to use a grinder thinking it's just a quickie and end up with your ears ringing. Insidious.

[Anonymous No.2389940]

>>2389925
Yup I always cross myself before using the 9 inch angle grinders. Just one second away from getting your shit fucked up.

[Anonymous No.2390009]

chinaman_lathe.mp4

[Anonymous No.2390029]

>>2389713
>saying being scared to your core is downplaying

[Anonymous No.2390034]

Yeah just retract that wild flying, razor thin metal ribbon inches from my face and arms, thanks.

[Anonymous No.2390071]

This is a stationary belt sander. It uses those long belts you can see hanging in the background.

[Anonymous No.2390075]

To use it you lay your pannel under the belt and apply pressure on it with this wood block. Thankfully I didn't have to use it yet but I cringe everytime I see someone do it. On newer models this is done with a lever system so you don't have to fucking stick your hand in the middle of a sanding belt running at 1 million rpm holly shit.

[Anonymous No.2390082]

>>2389678
Yeah, the laser can even find its way under your door from another room.

[Anonymous No.2390104]

>>2390075
the wear on that push block is kinda funny

[Anonymous No.2390131]

>>2389927
I was taking a shop class once and our instructor said some guy in the previous class left the chuck key in and turned it on. Luckily no one was hurt, but he showed us the key in two pieces. Those stories you hear in shop class are all true.

[Anonymous No.2390222]

>>2389339

[Anonymous No.2390256]

>>2389339
Not as much as the tool itself, but retards using angle grinders with too high RPM. Plus points if it's a large grinder or damaged wheel.

[Anonymous No.2390303]

jack, jackstands, forklifts, any sort of lifting equipment

[Anonymous No.2390306]

>>2389339
I use my lathe a lot and it still scares me. Not really a shop tool but I also use a chain saw all the time and have a fearful respect for it. I've never witnessed it but know a lot of people who were gravely injured by them

[Anonymous No.2390323]

>>2389863
Daily. Inspections.
Also, not being an USAsian helps tremendously.

[Anonymous No.2390329]

>>2389925
>>2389940
Face shields and first aid kits + training or experience. Don't just stock the retarded peroxide and "compress" cuckshit the govt mandates your kits to have. Keep them compliant and unused. Build your own for major bleeding, plus other shit that's genuinely useful like:

aspirin chewables
glucose
note-taking materials
trauma shears

Also, don't be in a 3rd world shithole that doesn't have an aed. Inspected recently, mind you.

[Anonymous No.2390404]

>>2389817
Those are handy as fuck if you are doing large scale wood carving.

[Anonymous No.2390409]

>>2390131
Guy in my class did it twice in the same day. Luckily he was only running at about 400rpm. After the second time he got kicked from the class permanently.

[Anonymous No.2390410]

>>2390222
You sick fuck. No one should have to look at that.

[Anonymous No.2390416]

>>2389827
Flat knotted wire wheels beg to differ. Cone style are much safer. I only keep flats for cleaning grooves/weld beads.

[Anonymous No.2390423]

>>2389925
I've run through hundreds of 6" cutting discs (only decent SAIT, Pferd etc) and never had one come apart but I always run full guards and use a very light touch which also saves discs. I replace or mod my 4-1/2" guards to take 6" discs too.

[Anonymous No.2390452]

>>2390131
In a Community College shop course and I was standing next to a fellow student using the lathe to try to turn down a 4x4x4 block of aluminum. But he had weakly chucked the thing so I'm like 'alright this I gotta see'. Next thing I know he's aggressively feeding the bit into the work and the block leaps off the lathe and hits him square in the chest, hard. I laffed.

[Anonymous No.2390454]

>>2389339
>what workshop tool scares you the most
my coworker
hes a complete fucking tool for sure

[Anonymous No.2390504]

>>2389678
>My laser
Ohh fuck yeah that's a whole other level of terrifying I hadn't considered when asked for "workshop tool."

[Anonymous No.2390508]

>>2390222
have a (you)

[Anonymous No.2390566]

>>2389339
For me, it’s a chop saw with any attachment.

It’s a loaded ninja star I put at eye level

[Anonymous No.2390639]

Not exactly a workshop tool, I do lots of field service. Terrified of those cheap shitty aluminum "all in one" ladders. Just gimme a fucking extension ladder ffs

[Anonymous No.2390742]

Anything with flame. I only run torches when the shop is closed and I am alone. Easy to turn and light the world in fire.

Buffers are real dangerous. I only wear short sleeves and a heavy work apron around buffers, sanders, grinders. No rings, watches or gloves either. Not worth getting fucked up on a $7. job. No rush jobs either. Even faster way to fuck yourself up for nothing.

[Anonymous No.2390745]

>>2389359
10/10 I would bang her

[Anonymous No.2390748]

>>2389339
The one on the stool.

[Anonymous No.2390752]

I've had a bearing explode in my press when removing it from a shaft, not fun

[Anonymous No.2390755]

>>2390131
Yeah that happens all the time, it happened plenty of times in highschool - I think I did it once too.
It's one of the reasons I always spin my little lathe by hand before I turn it on.

[Anonymous No.2390758]

>>2389339
Forklift drivers.

[Anonymous No.2390774]

>>2390758
Lmao those fags always love to "drift" around corners at high speeds

[Anonymous No.2390796]

>>2389678
What kind of laser is this?

[Anonymous No.2390797]

>>2389339
deceptively safe looking, encouraging you to not wear any eye protection and lean closer until
>pop
the disc breaks and rockets into your eyeball at the speed of sound

also check out the serrated discs that are available. they're basically like surgical bone saws; instantly wipe out the tendons, ligaments and nerves in a hand with a slip

[Anonymous No.2390799]

>>2390329
>no psychological support
ah. of course. how toxicly patriarchal.

[Anonymous No.2390849]

>>2390797
Oh these mother fuckers.
I was using a cheap parkside one, perfect for sanding and engraving, but once I tried to cut something with the disc.
I was terrified at first, but after half an hour of nothing, I got confident. Until the disc snapped and disappeared in the wild.
I'm usually scared of circular saws and angle grinders, but these small things take the cake.

[Anonymous No.2390914]

>>2390075
Stroke sanders aren't dangerous in the slightest. Real men fear the double ended tenoning machine.

[Anonymous No.2391320]

>>2390796
just a 30w CO2 right now, will be getting a 180 end of the year though

[Anonymous No.2391329]

>>2390034
You know what yeah, fuck tape measures. At least getting wrapped around a lathe has honor, these fucks will slash your fingers and make you look like a fucking bitch for crying about it.

[Anonymous No.2391353]

>>2389940
>cross myself
*godtards*
Every thread. Every time.
BUT ATHEISTS NEVER SHUT UP REEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE

[Anonymous No.2391376]

>>2389678
put your cnc into an enclosure you cuck
don't open unless the power is off

[Anonymous No.2391411]

>>2389678
a laser killed my dog, fucked my wife, and took a shit in the driver's seat of my work truck.
fuck lasers.

[Anonymous No.2391424]

>>2389339
Anything powered by electricity. I use hand tools exclusively. They're slower, but you're much less likely to lose a limb to them.

[Anonymous No.2391431]

>>2390755
>spin my little lathe by hand before I turn it on
Same here. If the cross slide is too close to the chuck jaw, wham! Better to catch fuckups like that at slow speed.

[Anonymous No.2391436]

>>2390914
looks like something out of a liveleak video

[Anonymous No.2391465]

>>2390504
I toured a factory that had big industrial lasers on arms in little rooms. The wallpaper is all circuits so if the laser points out it cuts the circuit and automatically shuts off. Terrifying to think that’s a necessary feature, but a very cool idea.

[Anonymous No.2391473]

This thing slices through a phone book like its a piece of cheddar

[Anonymous No.2391476]

>>2389815
Even the fucking ad shows the guy holding it with only one hand. Fuck.

>>2389827
You cant deathgrip the fucking thing and expect clean cuts, anon. Soi grip or not.

[Anonymous No.2391516]

>>2391465
>cool idea
actually that's kinda genius

[Anonymous No.2391525]

>>2391473
Kek I used to work at a paper mill which had machines like that. They had this procedure where you had to do something with both hands (like put them on your legs or something) and only then push the pedal with your foot. Those things would just snip off a solid 20cm tall stack of 1x1m heavy card stock like it was nothing

[Anonymous No.2391527]

>>2391476
I have a decent 125mm grinder and once I was cutting on the underside while lying on my back like a retard and it pinched the blade and stalled the motor. Obviously there was a big jerk and the cutting disc cracked but it was nowhere close to jumping out of my hand. Angle grinders are optimized for high speed, low torque - and anyone who "needs" a lot of torque on an angle grinder is using it wrong(TM), since that destroys cutting blades and discs.
Also, the grinders with trigger grip are much more ergonomic and safe, and if you drop one (especially a modern one with electronic nanny protections and motor brake and whatever) it will cause far less damage than one of the cheap chinese one with a toggle switch.

[Anonymous No.2391537]

>>2389339
That one

[Anonymous No.2391545]

>>2389339
Round saw. Those things will fuck you up. Bench mounted rip saws are scary too. But the king of all is the saw blade on an angle grinder.

[Anonymous No.2391557]

>>2390797
>>2390849
I use mine a lot and it will blind me eventually. I wear safties and sometimes a face shield but it vaporizes cutting discs at an alarming rate. I am much more comfortable with an electric grinder or air die grinder. Dremel is very deceptive.

[Anonymous No.2391577]

>>2389339
The fucking tool called Alex.

the lathe has a higher IQ than he does.

[Anonymous No.2391698]

>>2389863
I drive forklifts (reach truck and a pacer) everyday, my biggest worry is somebody else hitting me, not the vehicle itself. Especially when warehouse jobs are so desperate they hire retards to work with multi-ton vehicles in close proximity to racking that can fall and kill people as well.

[Anonymous No.2391703]

>>2391577
Hey, fuck you guy.

[Anonymous No.2391710]

>>2391525
Some of those machines require you to press 2 buttons on either side of the machine to activate them

[Anonymous No.2391754]

>>2389339
lifting any weird ungainly workship tools with straps and cranes, that scares me

[Anonymous No.2391775]

>>2389347
Underrated and based. No other piece of equipment is more unpredictable.

[Anonymous No.2391793]

>>2389904

My dad lost one of his thumbs to these things. He still uses it

[Anonymous No.2391808]

>>2389339
pressure vessels
hydraulic presses

[Anonymous No.2391817]

>>2389682
buffing wheels unironically make me breath harder.
I need one so badly.

[Anonymous No.2391818]

>>2390404
those are handy as fuck if feel like you have too many tendons in your hands. just use a chainsaw ffs

[Anonymous No.2391822]

>>2389925
>>2389940
never had any problems with them

>>2391754
this is fair

[Anonymous No.2391893]

>>2390799
Fair enough. It's hard to keep a sense of humor about these things after you've had to explain shit to a dispatcher on speakerphone with the sound of chest compressions filling the air.

So I'm a safetyfag. And a very aggressive one. I will take pictures of you on my dock if you don't wear reflectors. I will release all my petty wagie rage on the poor soul who dares defy me on the most pointless and pedantic "safety" shit imaginable. And you will all deal with it.

[Anonymous No.2391905]

My arsehole clenches the entire time I have to use an angle grinder

[Anonymous No.2391912]

>>2391703
I'm sorry, Lathe. you're a lot smarter than he is.

[Anonymous No.2391956]

>>2389346
I shot a bolt through the wall at my father in laws shop. Never thought they were dangerous till that moment

[Anonymous No.2392039]

>>2389815
About to lose 1-2 fingers

[Anonymous No.2392134]

>>2389379
My dad's friend lost an eye to a wire wheel. Those wires can and will break free.

[Anonymous No.2392157]

>>2392134
I'm an eyelet and have shortsight, I wear glasses. Saved me from a flying screwdriver once, I still have the big gouge on my right lens to prove it.
Better to have blurry vision than no vision :^)

[Anonymous No.2392188]

>>2391808
>pressure vessels
I have such an unbelievable yet unjustifiable fear of pressure cylinders that I must have been killed in a boiler explosion in a past life.

[Anonymous No.2392235]

>>2391808
Yes. Angle grinder is my main fear but I don't use it much. The compressor I bought off a boomer ten years ago and while I'm autistic about bottom venting it to ensure no rust, I cringe every time it's pressurized because if it pops I'm either deaf or dead.

[Anonymous No.2392292]

>>2391808
I've been thinking about making an air compressor from some junk I have lying around but I'm honestly kind of too afraid to do it. I'd have to shield the shit out of the tank to be able to use it without worrying myself to death before it kills me or my ears.

[Anonymous No.2392296]

>>2392292
Stick a bore scope in there and check out the tank condition. Use an old propane tank if you want something beefier than your standard compressed air tank. If you're still worried about it you can always hydro test them by filling completely with water and adding a gauge and grease fitting to the top. You can easily test up to a thousand psi with a grease gun. If it pops it will just piss out a tiny bit of water since liquids cannot compress.

[Anonymous No.2392304]

>>2389339
nailgun.

[Anonymous No.2392309]

>>2392296
I was actually going to use two steel propane tanks. They look fine from the outside and I know propane tanks should be rated for way more than what I'm going to use them with but pressurized containers are just scary things to diy. I fuck up too often to really trust myself with dangerous things. The grease gun thing sounds like something that would give me some peace of mind. Thanks anon.

[Anonymous No.2392353]

>>2391329
What honor do I receive for being sucked into a lathe like a metal wormhole?

[Anonymous No.2392356]

>>2391710
Honestly thats a good idea imo

[Anonymous No.2392373]

>>2392356
I mean it is pretty standard way to operate machinery that can mangle your hands.

[Anonymous No.2392396]

>>2391698
Warehouse bro here, can confirm. The work pays really well, especially for the area, so I don't understand why it's nothing but morons getting hired. I mostly work on an order picker forklift and it doesn't worry me in the slightest but I'm cautious as fuck when I have to walk around on the floor. Haven't had anything happen in the couple years I've been working here but shortly before I started we had a guy get killed in the yard when a trailer ran over him and someone swerved their forklift the wrong way and pinned a woman against a rack. From what I heard they had to just keep her pinned until the emts arrived so she didn't bleed out and she ended up surviving but had to have a leg amputated.

Makes you real nervous when you see 20 year old kids zooming around on the things.

[Anonymous No.2392419]

>>2389339
have you seen the accident photos on this type of machine

warning dont search it on web

[Anonymous No.2392532]

>>2390452
My grandfather was a machinist for 50 years and died that way (something came out of the chuck and hit him in the chest giving him a heart attack)

I own decent size lathe, my router table scares me more though for some of the stuff I've done in regards to fingers proximity to the bit.

Getting into CNC routers now thank god.

[Anonymous No.2393057]

A hand held hammer. Almost lost a finger with one.

>>2389361
Not the scariest tool when you follow some rules. For example, the cutting disks start to wobble after the first inch of radius is gone and this makes the disk more fragile and they don't even cut as well at this point. A dust may be the worst risk no matter what material is under process. There are also many versions with safety features like a non-stucking clutch etc. on the market.

[Anonymous No.2393064]

>>2393057
>he doesn't use his 9in wheels until they fit on his smaller grinders
ngmi

[Anonymous No.2393065]

>>2389817
Ground a stump with one of those years ago.

[Anonymous No.2393066]

>>2393064
14" chop saw wheels get used for cutting until they fit the 9" grinders or sometimes go straight to the 4 .5" grinder. Yeah the arbor size isnt right but you can eyeball center it pretty well and it runs true after you wear the outside edge off if you don't quite get it centered.

[Anonymous No.2393070]

>>2390797
>the disc breaks and rockets into your eyeball at the speed of sound
Used one to cut the old sway bar bushings on my work van. Wheel shattered and the shards somehow got under my safety glasses, bounced off the glasses and lodged right in the ole' eyeball. Didn't go to the ER (working poor with no health insurance). Went to an optometrist store and the dude removed the shards and put an eye bandage on in less than 10 minutes all for $130.00 USD.

[Anonymous No.2393084]

>>2393070
I know I pay for this in taxes but I'm glad that this kind of stuff is more or less free here. I don't even remember how many times I've had shit scraped off my eyeball.

[Anonymous No.2393117]

>>2392353
If it was caught on camera you might get your 10 seconds of fame on /gif/

[Anonymous No.2393124]

>>2392157
I hear that, I've pondered getting laser eye surgery, but if I hadn't worn glasses in the past there's a solid chance I might have lost sight in at least one eye when the safety squint proved insufficient.

[Anonymous No.2393133]

[Anonymous No.2393134]

These threads are good reminders of keeping safety first. Too bad my father is a boomer that will mock anyone for using any eye, ear, hand, face or other sort of protection. Now he's half-deaf, permanently red skin burnt and missing a finger. Proudly.

[Anonymous No.2393255]

>>2392188
>>2392235
>>2392292
Jesus. Get a grip, guys.
https://www.mcmaster.com/pop-off-valves/asme-code-fast-acting-pressure-relief-valves-for-air-and-inert-gas/

[Anonymous No.2393434]

>>2393134
You may not like it but your father is based.

[Anonymous No.2393447]

>>2390774
Drift? The tires go bald quick and in a dusty warehouse what do you think will happen faggot

[Anonymous No.2393449]

>>2393447
forklift rear steer sort of feels like drifting a car to these fags so they always go around corners at high speeds because they want to relive the feeling of their mommys letting them push the shopping cart

[Anonymous No.2393452]

>>2393447
>>2393449
>be me
>drive forklifts everyday
>one day think up a cool way to exit the forklift:
>get some speed up
>turn the wheels sharp to one side so the back comes out
>lift my legs up
>pull the hand brake
>forklift comes to a sudden stop and I slide out the side
Yeah I thought I was pretty cool doing that infront of my coworker until I heard a big clanging noise behind me and saw the horrified look on my coworkers face - I'm pretty sure she got on two wheels and almost tipped ontop of me.

[Anonymous No.2393488]

>>2393452
sounds like a nice way to get crushed by your forklift

[Anonymous No.2393490]

>>2390222
AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA

[Anonymous No.2393517]

>>2393434
>You may not like it but your father is based.

This. Sounds like a cool dude that I would drink a beer with.

[Anonymous No.2393521]

>>2393434
>>2393517
All in all, it's a very minor thing so it's not like I dislike the man because of it. It just came on my mind when I rolled into the thread. From what I heard, his father was the opposite, probably due to being a fireman. A strange trait to skip a generation.

[Anonymous No.2393524]

>>2389339

[Anonymous No.2393537]

[Anonymous No.2393975]

>>2393537
*snaps*

[Anonymous No.2393979]

>>2389339
The femur breaker, I just don't like the look of it.

[Anonymous No.2394025]

Without a doubt the angle grinder.

No other piece of equipment can be abused in so many ways and has so few safety features.
To top it all off many are badly designed, the safety guards are often removed, and they are compatible with Chinese accessories like carbide cutting disks.

Any is sufficient to have an accident but often retards are doing several at once.
You wouldn't even consider using a bench saw while wearing casual clothes, no eyepro, standing on one leg with a non-rated cutting disk you bought on Ebay.
Something about the bench saw commands respect, you just get the gut feeling not to act like a fool around one.

The angle grinder on the other hand? I see cunts on site not geared up, trying to use them in awkward spaces, not fastening the disks properly, using the wrong disks because they are lazy, with the guard removes, and using them for things entirely unrelated to the tools original purpose.
Regularly.

[Anonymous No.2394110]

Aluminium chop saw, I don't mind the lathe but those teeth spinning at a million rpm is terrifying.

[Anonymous No.2394115]

>>2393255
How about when it's below the vent pressure, i.e. working pressure and the tank degrades via. Rust etc. And it still blows up?

[Anonymous No.2394138]

My boss saw me scraping some corrosion off a part with hand tools and he scoffed and said I was "wasting time and money" and said I should use the bench grinder. I told him to mind his own business so he took the part away from me and did it on the wire wheel from the bench grinder and not 20 seconds later I heard a loud THWACK as the wire wheel grabbed the part and blasted it out the top.
retarded boomer moment, kek

[Anonymous No.2394145]

>>2389798
Why are you paying for $9.99?

[Anonymous No.2394152]

>>2390797
>encouraging you to not wear any eye protection
That’s just you. No offense intended but I never use mine without wearing a full face shield.

[Anonymous No.2394701]

[Anonymous No.2394717]

>>2392532
I bought an auto feeder because routers terrify me. It was a couple hundred bucks, but well worth it.

[Anonymous No.2395649]

>>2394025
>You wouldn't even consider using a bench saw while wearing casual clothes, no eyepro, standing on one leg with a non-rated cutting disk you bought on Ebay.
Uhhh ... not like totally of course not

[Anonymous No.2395932]

>>2389339
hate it when the boss makes me use this.

[Anonymous No.2395959]

Forklifts.
Only because of the retards that are on them.

[Anonymous No.2395970]

>>2389339
The bosses son.

[Anonymous No.2395989]

>>2389347
^This. I can easily protect myself from machines but roving morons are deadly.

[Anonymous No.2395992]

>>2389359
>The arc welder.

Grinders are far more dangerous. Welders have low OCV (even industrial machines) and are very low risk. How would you injure yourself with a welder other than a burn or two (less common welding than say short order cooking)?

OTOH a flat knotted wire wheel in an angle grinder is a flesh-eating monster (cupped knotted wheels are based).

[Anonymous No.2395994]

>>2389379
You don't hold small parts by hand, do you? That's what visegrips etc are for.

[Anonymous No.2395996]

>>2389678
Wear PPE you stupid fuck. Or better yet, don't.

[Anonymous No.2395999]

>>2389809
Not I but I'm a gas nerd who rebuilds my own equipment per factory tech data. Every car at one time had acetylene lights (motorcycles too hence the MC cylinder today fits early 1900s bikes).

Just store them properly (outdoors is best in a vented cabinet, roofed enclosure or ventilate steel building as done by industry) and follow MSHA (miners are based) safety guidelines.

[Anonymous No.2396001]

>>2389863
>and brakes are usually clapped out

You can tell by the sharp tines from Bubba using them as brakes.

[Anonymous No.2396004]

>>2390797
I wear face shields with those and any grinder because glasses don't protect face. The little stranded wheels are effective but throw strands like mad.

[Anonymous No.2396007]

>>2389815
One-handing an angle grinder is extra stupid.

[Anonymous No.2396016]

>>2393975
These little retards are fantastic for projects around the house but I never know what I’m supposed to do with the chunk of blade once you’ve snapped it off.

[Anonymous No.2396031]

>>2396016
Just toss them in a Gatorade bottle. Takes a long time to fill it up.

[Anonymous No.2396048]

>>2396016
that's what the wall slot is for

[Anonymous No.2396062]

>>2396048
This. If your wall isn't filled with 7 decades of double edge razor blades, why are you still alive

[Anonymous No.2396073]

>>2396016
I rub them on sandpaper to dull the blade then toss them in a bottle

[Anonymous No.2396091]

>>2395996
>nothing ever goes wrong ever when wearing PPE
the thread was what scares you the most, not how sad are you for trying to look tough online faggot

[Anonymous No.2396109]

>>2396016
I fold cardboard over the blade, tape it, trash it

[Anonymous No.2396112]

>>2396091
>getting triggered and being defensive because you know you are on the wrong side of the argument
lel

[Anonymous No.2396120]

For me? It's the humble glove.
>gives you a false sense of security
>gets caught on everything
>only protects against minor injuries
>reinforces bad habits, like grabbing hot things
>dampens feeling in your hands, making you more accident prone

[Anonymous No.2396148]

>>2389339
Not a shop tool, but man did I hate working around wood chippers

[Anonymous No.2396170]

>>2395994
try cleaning a small cylindrical object with vise grips.
it's actually faster and more efficient just to use a screwdriver to scrape off the gunk but idiots insist on using muh wire wheel because power tool = fast and better amirite

[Anonymous No.2396557]

>>2389339
google degloving
wire grinders and terrifying

[Anonymous No.2396559]

>>2396148
I have a grain roller mill and I swear every time I look at the serrated rollers my dick sucks up into my body...

[Anonymous No.2396771]

>>2396112
>wrong side
>of someone asking my opinion
You caught me tough guy

[Anonymous No.2396873]

>>2396007
How else would I go about dual-wielding?

[Anonymous No.2396902]

Any nigger that steps foot in my shop

[Anonymous No.2397121]

>>2394115
What I don't understand is why you guys try so hard to bait these threads?

[Anonymous No.2397523]

This beast goes straight to 50,000 rpm the moment you turn it on. If you aren't holding it firmly it will jump out of your hands and chase you around the room. With an external speed control knob it becomes controllable.

[Anonymous No.2398144]

>>2389339
Tablesaw, I'm way to fucking confident when using it, always catch myself wanting to put my fingers close to the blade. Other than that it's the come along, any winch really.

[Anonymous No.2398148]

>>2389940
Had a pipe fitter struggling with a band saw(blade kept slipping off) so he tried to cut a 4inch pipe with one. Most of the way through the cut the put bent in, seized the grinding real causing him to jerk, then in an instant the pipe bent the otherway and the grinder kicked back into his face. Motor stalled at least but he lost half his teeth and broke his jaw in 3 places. Then he had to climb 30 feet down a scaffold to get in the ambulance.

[Anonymous No.2398334]

>>2389339
What workshop tool scares me the most?

THE FUCKING APPRENTICE

[Anonymous No.2398383]

>>2398334
Turn off the TV then

[Anonymous No.2398396]

>>2398148
He should have cut all way round it to deload it before the final cut. (I can't call myself a real fitter but the only thing ever bit me was a flat knotted wire wheel which are tools of Satan.)

I'd have used my 6" grinder for that but any pipe fitter should keep at least one set of spare tire strips for their portaband in their truck.

[Anonymous No.2399034]

>>2390222
Do they still use these?

[Anonymous No.2399040]

>>2390797
>they're basically like surgical bone saws; instantly wipe out the tendons, ligaments and nerves in a hand with a slip
>>2390849
>the disc snapped and disappeared in the wild.
I used to have a Dremel kit when I was a senior in high school. Used to carve symbols into wood and grand edges of wood down.
Thankfully I lost it.
And Thank God the thought never crossed my mind to try cutting something with it.

[Anonymous No.2399044]

>>2392235
My father left his outside for about two years and it still seems to work fine.
Of course, I never have checked for rust along the seems.
I'll have to look up some videos on warning signs just in case.

[Anonymous No.2399068]

>>2391808
And as always, there's the brazing mark where some hillbilly welded it up after it rusted out. Tanks are a consumable.

[Anonymous No.2399141]

>>2391893
based 'noone dies on my shift' anon, maybe a bit extreme, but theres a reason safety shit exists

[Anonymous No.2399169]

>>2399141
I deal with safety shit too God damn much. I forget why it's so important, then Garret comes along last week to remind me. Fuck you Garrett, I got you run off and we are all safer without you.

[Anonymous No.2399171]

>>2390797
These things used to scare me but I've had enough disks explode that it's barely surprising any more. They go fast but but there's so little mass in the fragments that as long as you aren't cupping your hands around the end when it goes the only thing to really worry about is them hitting sensitive places like your eyes. 100% safety glasses required but as long as you do that they seem pretty safe, I've had decent sized disk chunks bounce off my arms and not even leave a mark.
I definitely wouldn't put a solid blade on one though.

[Anonymous No.2399497]

>>2389344
>probably angle grinder
I dropped my cordless without an auto return switch the other day.
It gave me a spook and spit a bunch of sand in my face.

[Anonymous No.2399501]

>>2389360
>>2389361

[Anonymous No.2399503]

>>2399068

[Anonymous No.2399504]

>>2399068
You mad bro?

[Anonymous No.2399523]

>>2399501
I did this with a gas powered weed eater, rev it up until the blade sings and swing it at a tree branch up to 2 inches in diameter, works as well as a light saber.

I put a 10 inch blade on it and used it as a stump grinder, took awhile but the stump is gone.

[Anonymous No.2401321]

>>2390131
My teacher at college always said, never leave the chuck key in the chuck or the key will get chucked and someone will get fucked.

[Anonymous No.2401335]

>>2399523
Based

[Anonymous No.2401515]

>>2390797
i'm far from experienced in most commercial tools but dremels are not something you'd see in a trades environment much so i have more hours than most. The safety is the same as a bigger grinder but they're small so people get cocky with them. Don't put anything in the rotation path (finger, your face, etc) and don't push and let the wheels cool. It's so tempting with so many tools to start putting more pressure and driving it longer. It's not not going easy, you've got the wrong tool. I use them to cut rivets, small bolt heads and plastic/wood. I would spend the extra 10$ and get a variable speed one because I have the on/off one and that fucker has zero safeties or control outside of just dropping it and hoping it doesn't hit some clothing on the way down.

[Anonymous No.2401517]

>>2389339
Angle grinder
Just give me a fucking sawzall
>>2389863
First time driving a reach truck was ducky for me, it just seems like there's no stability to the rudder. But eventually I ended up liking it more than a counterbalance, the extension is just so fucking handy, and the dead man switch is a nice function
>>2390914
I'm terrified but curious
>>2392353
LiveLeak badge of honor
>>2391411
That would be a nigger not a laser
>>2391698
Respect
>>2392396
Same. I've always felt more safe operating. Used hi lifts where you have the camera as well. Order pickers are pretty sweet. I didn't realize how much better I was working at heights than other dudes when I had to help a contractor set up some conduit.
>>2393057
For me a pneumatic nailer. Handy as fuck, but putting together pallets could end up badly if you don't watch where you hold the braces
>>2395932
Lol
>>2396016
Sneak them into the apples at the grocery store

[Anonymous No.2401644]

>>2390329
Aside from the bleeding stuff, how's any of that gonna help you in a shop accident? If you're in hypovolemic-induced arrest, you're history AED or no. Or are you just talking about medical emergencies in general?

[Anonymous No.2401660]

>>2389344
example of how it could go wrong? I was brushing with an angle for the first time today, pulled myself towards the work a few times but nothing unmanageable, plus I didnt really know what I was doing with the collar or handle most of the time

[Anonymous No.2403852]

Every time I have to use this fucker I pray

[Anonymous No.2403890]

[Anonymous No.2403947]

>>2389339
why are people afraid of old lathes like OP pic? I mean the same things will get you hurt/killed on a newer manual lathe no?
t. new to the job

[Anonymous No.2404138]

>>2389339
anything spinning fast

[Anonymous No.2404147]

>static electricity

[Anonymous No.2404153]

[Anonymous No.2404162]

here's your machine bro

[Anonymous No.2404164]

[Anonymous No.2404179]

>>2404162

[Anonymous No.2404181]

>>2393434
a based retard more like

[Anonymous No.2404182]

>>2396120
>gloves
saved my hands more times than I can count.

[Anonymous No.2404195]

>>2404162
don't be a pussy

[Anonymous No.2404196]

I know it’s not big or menacing but I’m always wary around soldering irons

[Anonymous No.2404198]

>>2404196
I'm guessing you refuse to enter a kitchen.

[Anonymous No.2404200]

>safety lasers are disabled so you can work faster

[Anonymous No.2404202]

[Anonymous No.2404262]

>>2403852
I use a metal mesh glove because I know someday it's going to happen.

[Anonymous No.2404479]

>>2389793
One of the first times I ever used an angle grinder, I was cleaning rust off a bunch of steel plate. Didn't really know what I was doing, didn't have a guard on the thing. Every once in a while I'd feel a little sting on my abdomen, figured it was sparks or something going through my shirt, didn't bother looking because I was too occupied with the work.
When I'm done, I look down and there's a little forest of wires embedded in my shirt, about 20 of which were also embedded in me. Some of those surprisingly deep.

[Anonymous No.2404504]

>>2397523
You get used to having a long shaft after awhile.

[Anonymous No.2404509]

>>2397523
FIRMLY GRASP IT

[Anonymous No.2404621]

>>2389339

[Anonymous No.2404631]

>>2403852
Kitchen stuff is pussy shit compared to the workshop death traps in this thread but if there's one kitchen appliance that still makes me nervous it's these fucking industrial kitchen plastic wrappers. When I first started working with one of these every other time I had to use it I would wedge my thumb against the hot metal bar and burn myself. It's a wonder I still have any feeling in my fingertips, 5 years in a kitchen and literally the ONLY way I've ever hurt myself was burning myself on these fucking things.

[Anonymous No.2404745]

>>2389927
>>2390009
>>2390131
someone at my work recently had a ~80lbs four jaw come off at 1200 rpm. retard was doing .700 thou cut and didn't tighten the chuck down. smashed the cutter and tool post into pieces and bent a taper attachment bad enough that it disrupted the cross-slide from working properly. Stayed in the lathe while it was spinning around, and ironically chuck came flying off one time as well at the same place with the same guy a few years ago as well cause he didn't tighten it down then.
>He was fine, looked like he had shell shock though.

[Anonymous No.2404758]

>>2404745
>ironically

so what does that word mean, exactly.

[Anonymous No.2404766]

>>2404758
coincidentally the only two times it happened (unexpectedly) it was the same guy and both times he denied he was at any fault.
.i·ron·i·cal·ly
/īˈränək(ə)lē/
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adverb
adverb: ironically

in an ironic manner.
"“How very noble,” Oliver said ironically"
used to denote a paradoxical, unexpected, or coincidental situation.
copy pasted from google. Saying coincidentally might have been better.

[Anonymous No.2405491]

>>2404162
Ohmygodohmygodohmygod

[Anonymous No.2405502]

>>2391808
>that's a strange looking lawnmo-
oh

[Anonymous No.2405514]

Shit, is it an old thing to not have dead man switches on angle grinders? I thought for sure they'd be more or less universal today.

[Anonymous No.2405549]

>>2405514
You can buy them with deadman switches or with lock on switches depending on what you want or need.

[Anonymous No.2405566]

Chainsaw, I lost a finger and an eyeball, separate incidents

[Anonymous No.2405573]

>>2405566
do continue, anon

[Anonymous No.2405591]

>>2404202
>1 chink at best got a concussion
>another one traumatized
>white suit chink runs away from getting shit only to slip and fall down into the shit puddle
>clean clothes drying above are now all shitty
this is art

[Anonymous No.2405604]

>>2405573 stepped on a rotting stump, went through, no more pinky, was cutting the head off a dear with my chainsaw, snagged the antler and shot a piece of antler into my eyes, it works about 30% good now,

[Anonymous No.2405670]

>>2405604
had a good laugh on this.
what kinda redneck game were you playing to have to cut a head off a deer with a chainsaw?
I guess you were thinking out of the box, so a little credit there. How covered in blood were you from the backspray on the saw, or did you get the antler in the eye early and didn't see the splatter?
Also, make and model of saw

[Anonymous No.2405697]

>>2405604
Did you mount it? Did you put an eyball on one of the times? It would be a great conversation piece.
Babes would be throwing themselves at you to see the eyeball on the rack, and hear the story from what is really a 2022 caveman perspective.
Bless you anon, for basically taking the bullet for the rest of us rednecks. Now I know that when I am cutting the head off a deer with a chainsaw, I shout start at the throat and go up, not the other way around.

[Anonymous No.2405701]

>>2405670
I wanted the head, there was no game, lots of good stuff there. I don't like how you're coming across smug and shitty. Good day, nigger.

[Anonymous No.2405702]

>>2389360
true

[Anonymous No.2405840]

>>2393537
>>2393975
>starts a two decade long war killing 100s of thousands and destroying the lives of millions

Pssh, nothing personal kid.

[Anonymous No.2406613]

>>2405604
That shit is why I wear eyepro. Eyepro is life, especially face shields.

[Anonymous No.2406908]

>>2401660
The wire wheel will shoot the wires out from time to time. Wear proper clothing and eye protection and you'll be fine. They also to tend to suck in any loose clothing so always tuck in your shirt if you don't wanna diy some medical care.

[Anonymous No.2406973]

>>2389710
saw with my very own eyballs a dude coming to the supervisor table, trailing blood. Supervisor did 1st aid and took him to the hospital for stiches.
Later that day they told me that the dumbass took off the guard and mounted an 8'' disk to a 6'' grinder...surprise, surprise - it came apart and cut his hand.

[Anonymous No.2407027]

>>2389339
Angle grinders
fuck those things, I'd rather spend an hour hand sawing something than use the devils magic wand

[Anonymous No.2407030]

>>2390131
I get anxiety just looking at that. It's happened to the guy next to my hand his key flew through the whole shop, through a big window and into a car.

Now I just always keep my hand on it and when I let it go it feels super weird like leaving the house without your wallet

[Anonymous No.2407033]

>>2392356
of course its a good idea, but then you have fucktards bypassing shit because ''them things are made for idiots and im a smart egg who dont mess up, no siree''

[Anonymous No.2407035]

>>2396016
stick them in apples
there's a service every october I think where kids come and collect them for free

[Anonymous No.2407036]

>>2404164
fried rice