Hilel Salomon
11-03-2009, 7:44 AM
I thought I'd post two recent incidents in the hopes that it might serve as warnings or provide laughs at my lack of intelligence.
The good news:
The lights in my house were occasionally flickering and my not-so-old microwave was underheating things. Also, my PM 3520B was-every so often-acting funny. Called the local utilities after about a week of being dilatory and they sent someone over Right Away!! I was told that the neutral to my box had slipped off and that I was lucky nothing had burned out and created a fire. Partly, the luck was due-according to him-to the fact that the older houses had a really good ground. Now, my PM is working fine and the microwave oven is also fine. Whew!!! Lesson-don't delay if the house or shop's electricity is acting up.
The not so good news:
Now that my lathe was working fine, I decided to try something different and turn a bowl with a kind of halter/umbrella hanging over. In trying to turn the underside, I hit a catch and the gouge came down on my hand which was over the rest, splitting a finger and causing considerable pain. I won't be trying any sharp little underside curves outside of spindle work. Too dangerous for a mediocre turner like me. I will finish it off and post a picture, since my description of this is shaky.
Regards All,
Hilel.
The good news:
The lights in my house were occasionally flickering and my not-so-old microwave was underheating things. Also, my PM 3520B was-every so often-acting funny. Called the local utilities after about a week of being dilatory and they sent someone over Right Away!! I was told that the neutral to my box had slipped off and that I was lucky nothing had burned out and created a fire. Partly, the luck was due-according to him-to the fact that the older houses had a really good ground. Now, my PM is working fine and the microwave oven is also fine. Whew!!! Lesson-don't delay if the house or shop's electricity is acting up.
The not so good news:
Now that my lathe was working fine, I decided to try something different and turn a bowl with a kind of halter/umbrella hanging over. In trying to turn the underside, I hit a catch and the gouge came down on my hand which was over the rest, splitting a finger and causing considerable pain. I won't be trying any sharp little underside curves outside of spindle work. Too dangerous for a mediocre turner like me. I will finish it off and post a picture, since my description of this is shaky.
Regards All,
Hilel.