I made a paint shaker out of an old orbital sander that was about worn out. I bolted a block of pine board to the bottom that had a hole drilled into it of the same size as the bottom of a standard Floquil paint bottle. To resuspend the pigments in a bottle that had set up for a while, I would insert the bottom of the bottle into the hole with one hand while turning on the sander held in the other hand. The shaking would usually mix the paint up in short order. I was having trouble with an old bottle of silver paint so desided it needed more help. I inserted two small steel balls into the jar and put the cap back on. When I turned on my home made shacker, the steel balls really got to slamming around inside the glass bottle. It did not take long for the thing to shatter and silver paint erupted out in every direction. I was covered as well as my work bench, the walls, floor and celing with splatters of paint.
My posting my thoughts publicly was on purpose as I wanted the group to see what was I believed improper discussion in a hobby meet, not just the administration of TBoard..I am sorry to the forum for what seemed flaming in content.. But too many times the thread topic is forgotten and posts then go off in a direction not implimented by the original thread starter. If you go back to when Watash was alive and contributing enormous RRing information and stories you saw he never once mentioned in puplic his impending doom, a modeler of top quality who changed all his couplers to Sargents for authenticity.. I wish Mike all the best health and appologize for any embarrasment I might have caused. I do love all those who love trains... Mark
I've done most of the above. Sliced, diced, stabed etc. But my most memerable event was: i had just completed my double trk main. After running a brand SD-80 on both tracks without incedent, i put a 2nd SD-80 on the track. WWell, my HO car racing days came to mind. As the Kato engines came around the curve & headed for the double crossover, I saw something & didn't get there in time. As they crossed over together, one soared into the air & crashed on the hardwood floor.:headspin::crying: It was day I put Kato & Leon on speed dial.
Now that takes the cake. I can't even picture working in boxer shorts. Thitie whities, maybe but then again why work in your underwear LOL Rule #1 Always wear protective clothing when operating power tools. Saves explaining weird body damage to a Doctor or a Nurse. ROFML I crack myself up.
I've limited my self-mutilation mostly to X-acto knives, which IMO are about as sharp as surgeon's scalpels. Seems that I belong to some wierd religion that demands a blood sacrifice every time I do modeling work or any repairs around the house.... I've done the no-eye-protection blunder, involving a Dremel tool and an Athearn chassis. I was cutting into the chassis with a Dremel tool, and some of the metal slivers were flying back at me- I swear I had one land in my eyeball. Judicious flooding with water (coupled with sheer dumb luck) prevented damage. I have also learned that you cannot (let me repeat myself- CANNOT. EVER.) use xylene on plastic shells. I lost a perfectly good Athearn GP38-2 shell trying to clean it with xylene (borrowed it from work). Melted it into an ugly blob, and left streakes of melted styrene in my sink. And, after almost super-gluing my fingers together, I now keep a bottle of nail polish remover handy. Not for my killer nail job (don't have one), but the acetone helps break up the clump of super glue.