Yellow Cord on Diamondback

[jsheridan]

Luckily Howard DC had a hand specialist and she sewed them back on, 6 months of therapy but still no feeling in them. They look good though.

I used to work with a guy who lost his thumb in a similar way but was unable to recover the flesh.

the doc asked him what's more important to you, holding a beer or wearing flip flops..

His thumb is now his big toe.

[Get Shirts]

Whatever, you guys are nuts for removing the safety features.  Even if you an still manage to mangle yourself, those things serve as a reminder not to do it.

[Gilligan]

My first thought was I'm too young and handsome to be an amputee what will the ladies think. Vanity top priority.. Luckily Howard DC had a hand specialist and she sewed them back on, 6 months of therapy but still no feeling in them. They look good though.

And really, that's all that matters.

Kev I thought I explained it in my post..
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ApyLZ47YQoo

Touche'

Ever seen that Colbert Report that he started with "Hey Carly Simon, thanks for writing that song about me!"? 

[Lizard]

After a couple people getting arms and them self stuck in the press we improved our safety on our Sportsmans. It will still hurt but at least kill the indexer.

[ZooCity]

I like lasers and I like the bars.  The easier you make it to get into where the operator needs to get without cheating the safety circuit, the more likely the safety system will be used properly. 

[alan802]

After a couple people getting arms and them self stuck in the press we improved our safety on our Sportsmans. It will still hurt but at least kill the indexer.

I think you guys need to increase the standards in the hiring process if that's been a problem

[inkman996]

I agree with Rich the bars are nice but really easy to have a fault. On our press we already had to bar switches have the little tiny allen set screw come loose and render the bar useless. So now we make it a point to occasionally check the set screws for tightness and add a little lock tite to them.

[jvanick]

presses with bars should probably have a 'you need to exercise the bars' function in the startup routines for a once a week test...

if you don't have a way to test things, you'll never know if they're working correctly or not...

[Zelko-4-EVA]

I agree with Rich the bars are nice but really easy to have a fault. On our press we already had to bar switches have the little tiny allen set screw come loose and render the bar useless. So now we make it a point to occasionally check the set screws for tightness and add a little lock tite to them.

my stepdad was a machinist (ww2 vet, navy yard machinist 30 years after that) and told me that if i had a set screw that was coming loose, put a flat set screw on top of it. once its tightened the set screw shouldnt come loose.   avoids the use of a locktite that can settle into the allen socket which might prevent use of an allen wrench.

do not use a conical set screw on top - it will damage the allen socket for the wrench.

this was the way he did it years ago, im not a machinist - maybe things have changed? 

[Binkspot]

Set screw trick is still common practice. Easy solution for inkman is put a little dab of clear silicon on the threads then run the screw in. Creates enough bond to stop the screw from baking out with out the risk of locking it in forever with Loctite.