Grinding Belt ripped apart - slapped me real hard !!!

thats cool
I kind of like it the other way though, so I can see the spine
so I don't get too close to the grind line and mar it up. I normaly slack belt the edge so I get close at times..
:(
 
The worst one I have pulled was with a scotch brite belt. Working on the flat side of a bladee, I just turned it over instead of changing hands so that the edge was up. Thought i could keep the edge out of the belt--not. Those things slap you hard!
 
I'm with you Steve...

My only belt-dislodging-story was with a Scotchbrite belt. I was starting a satin finish on a clip-pointed blade. I noticed a spot on the tip and put it to the belt to get it off. Suddenly...BANG! ...knife on the floor, belt cut nicely in half, and that stinging, smarting feeling in my hands. It was crazy. I went through all the bodycheck stuff too. It was pretty funny though, since my hands were stinging and numbed so bad I couldn't tell if I was hurting anywhere else. I'm sure I danced a fine jig...

I turned off the machine, hung up my respirator and went inside for the rest of the day...:eek:

I only had to learn my lesson once. :D


Dan
 
Glad to hear that you survived that mishap in your workshopl, Jason.
Accidents can and do happen. Take care. At least, you are up and about and are able to talk about it.

It could have been worse.
Not to worry, better and prettier blades ahead!! :D :) ;)
 
Another opportunity I have had is when the belt splice gives out. I had a brand new 36 grit belt once that did that. I let a new belt run at full speed for about minute until I use them.

Not to knock a particular belt but this has only happened to me with Hermes belts, three times. I don't know if the belts had sat on the shelf too long or if their adhesive is more prone to temperature or humidity but that has been my experience. I live not far from the Gulf Coast and those are always factors.

I have never had a problem with Norton, Klingspor or 3M but as mentioned, that is just my experience.

Craig
 
Jason, those years of martial arts just made you tough! See,you didn't even notice being flogged severly about the head and shoulders until about the 30th.wha-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-ck!
 
Jason, i douht it was 20-30 times. it just felt like it :D those super flex Hermes belts are pretty thin. its easy to get a tear started in them.
 
I just spent 2 days and several hundred dollars at a bladesmith auction - after which my wife proceeded to slap me 20-30 times. Does this count?

Tim
 
Originally posted by TimWieneke
I just spent 2 days and several hundred dollars at a bladesmith auction - after which my wife proceeded to slap me 20-30 times. Does this count?

Tim
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At least she stopped after the 20-30 times. Usually after something like that the silence is deafening! :D
 
Knock on wood, it hasn't really happened to me yet. Maybe because I run the belts at a slower speed than many of you and I usually don't tighten them too much. It seems like these things always happen when we're doing something stupid though, doesn't it? :)
 
Too funny - but sound familiar ... :D :D :footinmou

I checked the belt (I keep as a trophy, anything that has tried to hurt me or kill me, and didn't. ;) :p ) The butt splice held up. The strip that came off was "peeled" off from the edge and looks like it actually went around but not as far as the butt splice. I think my biggest mistake was to grind edge up (a no-brainer) and to use the same technique as I would on my edge-down grinding. I think the belt came apart because I usually grind the edge with the belt tracked slightly off the edge of the flat platen and the action of sharp edge and side of platen was like a pair of scissors on the belt.

Anyway, I'm laughing about it now and the abrasions on my forehead have gone. Its also good to know that its happened to others. :p ;) :D Jason.

PS.- I have also experienced an occasion when the butt splice wasn't bonded on and the entire belt came apart. It was a FRESH 36grit belt. I'd turned away for awhile and when it flung out it tore a chunk out of my quenching bucket. So I guess I'm lucky after all.
 
Originally posted by Jason Cutter
I think my biggest mistake was to grind edge up (a no-brainer) and to use the same technique as I would on my edge-down grinding. I think the belt came apart because I usually grind the edge with the belt tracked slightly off the edge of the flat platen and the action of sharp edge and side of platen was like a pair of scissors on the belt.
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I always grind edge up, but only sharpen edge down.

I've had a couple let go years ago, but they were factory defects in the first micron belts.:mad: :eek:
 
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