Tom LaRussa
10-16-2004, 12:49 AM
Given that I'm supposed to go to Orlando this weekend to get my dratted pecan tree, I decided early this evening to fire up my chainsaw and make sure it was working correctly. I was not sure if the chain/bar oiling system was working, and some kind and knowledgeable Creeker suggested running it for a few seconds with the chain and bar removed so I could see if oil was coming out the little hole.
Okay, so, I had the chain and bar removed, and was all ready to run the test. All I had to do was open the garage door a few inches to let the exhaust out.
Well I really should have checked things a bit more carefully -- like at all -- before pressing that door button. If I had done so I would have realized that opening the door would topple the stack of 12 sheets of plywood -- plus the recently glued-up 3"+ thick lamintated top of my in progress WW bench -- that was leaning up against it.
But I didn't check.
Just hit the button without looking.
Stupid.
Really, really, really stupid.
Dumb.
Idiotic.
Moronic beyond belief.
Naturally, that entire pile of wood tipped over -- just as I should have known it would -- right onto my table saw/router/planer station, at the large end which functions as both infeed/outfeed table as well as all around assembly/work table.
Snapped both back legs off the chair I sit on while sharpening.
Broke the supports that hold up the outfeed portion of the table.
Crushed all three heavy duty casters on one side of the table, nearly toppling the station thingie itself (which has to weigh close to 600 pounds).
Threw my chain saw, a block plane, a sander, my TS miter guage, my BS fence, plus various and sundry other tools anywhere from five to ten feet across the shop.
In general, ruined my whole day.
Yeah, it could have been worse. The saw station will take some fairly major work to repair but none of my tools was actually destroyed -- just banged up a bit. The chainsaw works fine -- oil pumps like it's supposed to. (Stihl makes a tough saw!) The WW bench top lamination held.
Etc.
Still, I feel like ... um ... how do I put this on a family-oriented forum? I feel as though my entire digestive tract has been filled with the stuff that spalted wood comes out of. :( :( :( :(
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The pic below shows my TS station prior to being crushed. The plywood was leaning against the right-hand end of the left-hand garage door, and hit the TS station about where the blue bucket is in the picture.
Okay, so, I had the chain and bar removed, and was all ready to run the test. All I had to do was open the garage door a few inches to let the exhaust out.
Well I really should have checked things a bit more carefully -- like at all -- before pressing that door button. If I had done so I would have realized that opening the door would topple the stack of 12 sheets of plywood -- plus the recently glued-up 3"+ thick lamintated top of my in progress WW bench -- that was leaning up against it.
But I didn't check.
Just hit the button without looking.
Stupid.
Really, really, really stupid.
Dumb.
Idiotic.
Moronic beyond belief.
Naturally, that entire pile of wood tipped over -- just as I should have known it would -- right onto my table saw/router/planer station, at the large end which functions as both infeed/outfeed table as well as all around assembly/work table.
Snapped both back legs off the chair I sit on while sharpening.
Broke the supports that hold up the outfeed portion of the table.
Crushed all three heavy duty casters on one side of the table, nearly toppling the station thingie itself (which has to weigh close to 600 pounds).
Threw my chain saw, a block plane, a sander, my TS miter guage, my BS fence, plus various and sundry other tools anywhere from five to ten feet across the shop.
In general, ruined my whole day.
Yeah, it could have been worse. The saw station will take some fairly major work to repair but none of my tools was actually destroyed -- just banged up a bit. The chainsaw works fine -- oil pumps like it's supposed to. (Stihl makes a tough saw!) The WW bench top lamination held.
Etc.
Still, I feel like ... um ... how do I put this on a family-oriented forum? I feel as though my entire digestive tract has been filled with the stuff that spalted wood comes out of. :( :( :( :(
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The pic below shows my TS station prior to being crushed. The plywood was leaning against the right-hand end of the left-hand garage door, and hit the TS station about where the blue bucket is in the picture.