other uses for tools

[behemoth]

i open bottles with my eyes.

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[Rudz]

lol

that movie rocked

[TheAngryDrunkenRussian]

rofl that movie was king in my place until some ninja stole it from me snakes on a plane. I'm allready wasted i think what state am i in?.

[Lohman446]

Why would I have to know how to open a bottle? Isn't it supposed to be open when she brings it to me?

/Yeh, I went there
//

[slade]

Why would I have to know how to open a bottle? Isn't it supposed to be open when she brings it to me?

/Yeh, I went there
//

well, youre going to have to remember how to open it yourself, since you arent married anymore.

...is that WHY you arent married anymore?

[Mango]

Lets see...

my dad has a very large machine shop in our backyard, filled with all kinds of fun toys that I have no clue how to operate. I look like Homer sitting at his control console while trying to figure stuff out.


One time I used a drill press on a 7800 GT video card to notch it so it would fit in my case.

I once used a band saw on my Hybrid shells, I quickly figured out that the shell material can catch on fire.

After putting out that fire, I used a belt sander on said Hybrid shells. They once again caught on fire and I almost DIAF'd.

I had to use a fire extinguisher to save my Camaro and our Corvette that also sits in the shop. I managed to ignite a mystery fluid that was sitting in a bucket near a work bench. I was attempting to grind a peice of aluminum for my custom computer case.

There is this very large pneumatic press in the garage. I one used it to squish an apple out of curiosity.

It is possible to impale sheet rock with the fill nozzle thingy thats used to fill car tires. Be sure to bleed the compressor hose before trying to take those off.

Table Saws are not the ideal tool for cutting aluminum. If you try to, be sure to clamp it down VERY TIGHTLY.

[WenULiVeUdiE]

I have too many damn shop stories. The only one that immediately comes to mind is using the bandsaw to cut off the soggy part of a sandwhich. The blade needed to be replaced and I was bored...

I have used awls and screw drivers to open bottles and cans.

Vices are used in the shop to crush empty water bottles and watch they fly through the shop by my fellow idiot co-workers.

Once used a curcle cutter that was meant for 3/4" stock on a 1" piece of oak. The shop smelled of throw up for a few hours after that.

[slade]

Lets see...

my dad has a very large machine shop in our backyard, filled with all kinds of fun toys that I have no clue how to operate. I look like Homer sitting at his control console while trying to figure stuff out.


One time I used a drill press on a 7800 GT video card to notch it so it would fit in my case.

I once used a band saw on my Hybrid shells, I quickly figured out that the shell material can catch on fire.

After putting out that fire, I used a belt sander on said Hybrid shells. They once again caught on fire and I almost DIAF'd.

I had to use a fire extinguisher to save my Camaro and our Corvette that also sits in the shop. I managed to ignite a mystery fluid that was sitting in a bucket near a work bench. I was attempting to grind a peice of aluminum for my custom computer case.

There is this very large pneumatic press in the garage. I one used it to squish an apple out of curiosity.

It is possible to impale sheet rock with the fill nozzle thingy thats used to fill car tires. Be sure to bleed the compressor hose before trying to take those off.

Table Saws are not the ideal tool for cutting aluminum. If you try to, be sure to clamp it down VERY TIGHTLY.

mango, you are my hero.

a while ago someone showed me a list of tool descriptions, describing essentially every way to hurt yourself with a tool. i promptly printed it off to show my robotics instructor. the first tool on the list was a drill press, and the description was something like this:

"drill press - a handy tool useful for grabbing hold of a metal part you are trying to drill, spinning it around at 3000 RPM, knocking your beer can clear across the room and shredding your arm"

...and then i proceeded to use the drill press to drill out a piece of angle iron, which the drill bit caught and spun around, shredding my arm.

[WenULiVeUdiE]

Slade- It wouldn't be a robotics team if you didn't do everything you were told not to do. The engineers tell me clamp it down real tight and drill slow. I hold it with my hand and go fast. Sure, I got a few cuts, but it got done in half the time!

[slade]

Slade- It wouldn't be a robotics team if you didn't do everything you were told not to do. The engineers tell me clamp it down real tight and drill slow. I hold it with my hand and go fast. Sure, I got a few cuts, but it got done in half the time!

heh, nice.

well, actually the problem is they put a drill press that isnt variable speed in the metal room. the variable speed drill press is in the woodworking room. so i was probably drilling the piece at 4X or more the speed it should have been drilled at, so the bit heated up and caught on the metal.

i have to say it was worth it though, theres a girl on the robotics team that freaks out every time she sees blood. its quite entertaining.

[billybob_81067]

Lol... remind me to never invite you guys to my shop. You'd definately kill yourselves!

We've got a grinder powered by a 1HP motor. That thing will tear your arm off if you drop your guard for a second! It's nasty! You can take chunks of steel and push them into the grinder as hard as you want to and it'll just eat it up...

Also our smaller drill press used to be blet driven but the pulleys were getting so worn that the belt would slip whenever you were about to punch through the end of the hole you were drilling, so we got some sprockets and roller chain and fixed it up so it won't slip ever again! You'd damn well better clamp things down now or something's gonna give!

We put 6 inch grinding wheels in our 4.5 inch angle grinders... We also take our worn out chop saw blades and put them on our angle grinders as well for cutting welds.

Oh and one of the sweetest things I ever rigged was a tiny makita saw blade... it's probably 2.5-3 inches in diameter. Anyways I took a washer and spot welded it to the blade to reduce the arbor down so it will fit on a die grinder. That thing will eat up plastic and wood like no other!

[slade]

Lol... remind me to never invite you guys to my shop. You'd definately kill yourselves!

We've got a grinder powered by a 1HP motor. That thing will tear your arm off if you drop your guard for a second! It's nasty! You can take chunks of steel and push them into the grinder as hard as you want to and it'll just eat it up...

Also our smaller drill press used to be blet driven but the pulleys were getting so worn that the belt would slip whenever you were about to punch through the end of the hole you were drilling, so we got some sprockets and roller chain and fixed it up so it won't slip ever again! You'd damn well better clamp things down now or something's gonna give!

We put 6 inch grinding wheels in our 4.5 inch angle grinders... We also take our worn out chop saw blades and put them on our angle grinders as well for cutting welds.

Oh and one of the sweetest things I ever rigged was a tiny makita saw blade... it's probably 2.5-3 inches in diameter. Anyways I took a washer and spot welded it to the blade to reduce the arbor down so it will fit on a die grinder. That thing will eat up plastic and wood like no other!

pssh, you think im afraid of a sissy 1 HP grinder or a small drill press?

my school has a a grinder, 2 huge bandsaws (like, 9 feet tall 5 feet wide) 2 drill presses, a manual mill and lathe, 3 small CNC machines, a MIG welder, plasma cutter, and, well, im not going to go into the rest of the standard machines in the wood shop.

...and i just got a job at a place where most of the machines are in the range of $100,000 to $500,000. i start monday. if im not online monday night, well... maybe i did kill myself. or maybe im just tired.

[billybob_81067]

pssh, you think im afraid of a sissy 1 HP grinder or a small drill press?

my school has a a grinder, 2 huge bandsaws (like, 9 feet tall 5 feet wide) 2 drill presses, a manual mill and lathe, 3 small CNC machines, a MIG welder, plasma cutter, and, well, im not going to go into the rest of the standard machines in the wood shop.

...and i just got a job at a place where most of the machines are in the range of $100,000 to $500,000. i start monday. if im not online monday night, well... maybe i did kill myself. or maybe im just tired.

I don't think you quite understand... that grinder would eat you alive. We've atually got 3 drill presses, the one I was talking about was the smallest one, the other two are huge and powerfed. The medium sized one is like 8 feet tall and I'm sure you could drill damn near any size hole you wanted to on it as long as you had a bit that would fit the taper. The biggest one has a freaking four speed transmission to select the speed! We need to get the biggest one going as it's got a 3 phase motor and our shop is on single phase lines.

We also have a miller 250 mig welder, a thermo dynamics 50XL (i think that's the number) plasma cutter, 3 arc welders (Lincoln, Miller, and Century), 2 generator/welders (An old Lincoln that needs engine work currently and a brand new Miller Bobcat with less than 50 hours on it now), a 10 inch atlas lathe, and a 16 inch South Bend turret lathe, two huge hydraulic presses... etc, etc.

I'm hoping to pick up a bridgeport milling machine one of these days to use on all my projects.

[billybob_81067]

Oh and I checked out that grinder this afternoon and what I thought was a big old 1HP motor on it is actually a big old 2 HP motor. lol

[WenULiVeUdiE]

Pfft, we have a drill press that is close to 50 years old. Still has the original belts and everything. It uses your standard light switch for the On/Off. We also have a grinder that has tripped the breaker many many times. We're all scared to use it as it is close to 30 years old and the wheels are about to shatter.