Death of My Shop Fan

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tom mayo

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well, this happened last week and at first i was hesitant to put it out there for the world to see...because some of you are going to ask..why did the knife break...and others, why are you so stupid...but most of you are going to laugh...and so this is for you....because in life you have to choose.. and id rather laugh than cry.....on to the story....many of you probably saw the skelontized talonite knife pic i stuck up a few weeks ago...and so i got stoked on the design, and the ease in making a knife with no handle or guard, and made up about 6 in 440c and ats....so i got them back from the heat treater and finished up 3 of them..nice satin finish...put my logo on...and put them on the white doctors stool that i have sitting in front of my mill....and left for the other side (i have two rooms in my shop, one for all the dusty jobs) of my shop..turning on my BIG fan as i left...little did i know but the fan was touching the stool...and after about 3 or 4 minutes i heard this big twaaaaannnnnngggg.. i looked around and saw nothing amiss, so i went back to work....finishing up whatever i was doing in about 30 min, i came back into the other room and noticed that where i had left three knives, there were only two, and the BIG shop fan was wobbling rather severely. i turned it off and noticed a big hole in one of the fan blades, and the back of it was all wacked up....the light went on, and i looked around and found the handle of the neck knife, made from .125 stock and hollow ground very thinly, with about one inch of the blade left....i still havent found the rest of the blade, but if you have ever been in my shop that wont surprise you. my fan still works.....but not very well.one thing for sure....as you go thru life, anything can happen...and usually does...tom

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Sounds like something that might happend to me (if I made knives). At least no one got hurt.
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Hope you can patch up that fan.
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~Mitch
 
Tom,
Maybe you can get NASA or one of the turbine engine companies to do the "frozen chicken thru the impellers" test on your shop fan! Who knows, they may want to buy it from you if it can stand up to hardened steel.
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Maybe we are in the wrong business and should be making fan "blades"!!!
~or~
Maybe this does prove Mayo's Theory that Murphy's Law always presents itself at the most inopportune times!

I must apologise, the above is meant in jest and I just couldn't help myself!

C Wilkins
 
Tom,

We didn't know you had an apprentice working with you. When does Mr Murphy learn enough to make room for the rest of us....
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I always blame DUMBB things on my evil twin, Skippy... Glad you are safe and sound, but I bet you check out strange sounds from now on.

Rick
 
There is a bright side to this. Just think of the story you'd have had to tell the check in nurse at the ER if the tip of that knife had ended up in your ass
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I guess the real bright side is the knife isn't stuck in you anywhere though.
Maybe if you punch a few holes in the other fan blades it will make a reall high pitched whistling sound and convince your neighbors to buy you a new one, or take up guns
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Hi Tom

Thanks for sharing.... the best laugh I have had in a while. Glad the point didn't end up as a regular part of you xrays
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A few years back I was installing new cedar siding on our place, and had my radial arm set up out in the yard. Don't know about anyone else, but radial arms are right up there on my list of things to pay strict attention to.

After a few days I made a cut that missed my fingers by less that 1/16th of an inch.

The next night, my second cut was completely away from my fingers- but scattered teeth from the saw all over the yard. I was using my roofing square to get accurate angles, and had forgotten to move it out of the way, being so careful of my fingers. I had my tape on the board, too, and that tape was flying around like some crazed snake.

I still have all my fingers, and sold that radial arm the week I finished the siding.

It amazes me that men have ANY body parts left
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Again, thanks for the laugh.

Dave

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[This message has been edited by WinDancer (edited 02-07-2000).]
 
ck....fan-tastic pun!!!! hopefully this is the one and only knife that fan will ever get.

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[This message has been edited by tom mayo (edited 02-08-2000).]

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