Almost Really Hurt Myself

[Douglas Robinson]

I am making a circular table for LOML. She is going to use it on our screened in porch. Since she is going to paint it, I am making in out pof poplar. I glued up the boards and laid the top out. I set up my router-circle jig and attached my PC router with a straight bit. After carefully making a first shallow pass I lowered the bit a little and started a second pass.

I noticed that the cut wasn ot as clean so I shut the router off. It was then that I noticed that the bit was loose. Not thinking I picked up the bit with my left hand between the thumb and forefinger. Guess what happened....I got BURNED :kamahlitu!! The router collet spins at 12000 RPM. With that rubbing against the bit shaft the metal was HOT!! It hurt for a day, but not real visual damage. I dropped it right quick! Today everything is fine.

Just thought I would pass on my lapse as a warning so no one else has to experience it too. Next time I am buying a Router-Stop. :rotflm:

Doug

 

[TracyP]

Didn't take you long to look at that bit , did it?:rotflm:

 

[WoodWrangler]

Not sure Router-stop would have helped here, but I do think a glove might help!~ :rotflm:

Glad to hear it wasn't anything serious ... had posts with this title ... makes you wonder what's next.

 

[Canuck]

Guess what! Must be a bad week for these momentary lapse's :wsmileold age is my excuse:gar-La

I was running my new Bosch jigsaw through some 5/4 oak and noticed it starting to smoke.:elvis: I thought it was time for a blade change:wconfused:. Dang those blades get hot! I've got a good burn blister on my pointer!!:wrolleyes:

Next time .............I'll wait for the blade to cool! Impatient woodworker syndrome!

Heal well!

Wayne

 

[Bigdog72]

I am making a circular table for LOML. She is going to use it on our screened in porch. Since she is going to paint it, I am making in out pof poplar. I glued up the boards and laid the top out. I set up my router-circle jig and attached my PC router with a straight bit. After carefully making a first shallow pass I lowered the bit a little and started a second pass.

I noticed that the cut wasn ot as clean so I shut the router off. It was then that I noticed that the bit was loose. Not thinking I picked up the bit with my left hand between the thumb and forefinger. Guess what happened....I got BURNED :kamahlitu!! The router collet spins at 12000 RPM. With that rubbing against the bit shaft the metal was HOT!! It hurt for a day, but not real visual damage. I dropped it right quick! Today everything is fine.

Just thought I would pass on my lapse as a warning so no one else has to experience it too. Next time I am buying a Router-Stop. :rotflm:

Doug

BTDT!!! Twice!

 

[Douglas Robinson]

Now why can't I read about these types of things BEFORE I do it myself?? :rotflm:

Doug

 

[Bas]

Now why can't I read about these types of things BEFORE I do it myself??

Experience: that what you get, right after you needed it.

And the corollary - Experience: that which helps you recognize you made the same mistake again.

Glad to hear you're OK, and the damage was minor. Alan - we need a helium-cooled router system!

 

[Travis Porter]

Glad to hear it was nothing serious. So you know, drill bits can cause the same experience. DAMHIKT ;-)

 

[sapwood]

Doug,
It may be time to pull out the hockey gloves :mrgreen:
Glad you are ok, we can't be reminded too often of many ways to inflict pain upon ourselves. Another BTDT!

Roger

 

[Ray Martin]

Now why can't I read about these types of things BEFORE I do it myself?? :rotflm:

Doug

Doug,

Sawdust causes a form of amnesia that prevents that kind of memory. I know this from jigsaw blades, drill bits, and router bits.

Ray

 

[jerrye]

Experience: learning from your own mistakes

Knowledge: learning from the mistakes of others

Wisdom: knowing the difference:gar-Bi

Glad you're OK. Similar experience years ago with a hydraulic fitting & acetylene torch!:swoon:

 

[CarvedTones]

I had a similar experience with a Forstner bit. In retrospect, I am not sure what my thought process was. I guess I was checking to see if maybe the smoke had been trapped in the wood and drilling the hole had simply released it. :tinysmile_tongue_t:

 

[toolman]

WOW!! :gar-Cr I know it hurt!!! :slap: Glad you are ok!!!!!!

 

[McRabbet]

I trust you all won't mind that I moved this to the Safety & Health Forum.

:kamahlitu Hot Bits are NOT touchable! They don't need to be glowing red, either! Glad you weren't burned by it, but obviously, you learned a clear lesson!

 

[LeftyTom]

OUCH is all I can think about.

 

[Robert Arrowood]

Need to get you a McDs cup and wrap that router. CAUTION CONTENTS ARE HOT!!!!!!!!!!:rotflm::rotflm: Glad to hear your ok. Just glad the bit didn't fly out.

 

[JOAT]

Like they used to tell me when I was a kid - don't do that again.

The old blowtorches, the type that took white gas, and used a hand pump, had a semi-circular hook on top, to hold the old style plumber soldering irons for heating. I only tried to turn the hook once, while the torch was burning. Nobody around to tell me not to do that again - but I never did on my own. The scorch mark eventually wore off and the fingerprints eventually recovered too.

 

[Gotcha6]

BTDT too! 'Some folks' that do this often keep an Aloe plant in their shop. Break off a piece & squeeze the juice onto the burn. 'I'm told' it's a little slimy but it works great!:gar-Bi

 

[jeff...]

I keep telling my wife if there is no blood it wasn't really that good of a project. You mean to tell me you guys don't bleed a little every now and then? Be honest now... sharp tools and flesh don't mix well :icon_scra

 

[nelsone]

Sounds like a great law suit! They obviously failed to put the warning label on the bit that would have surely prevented you from burning yourself. That legal council was given pro bono, you can compensate me with a nice Sawstop with your millions of winnings!:rolf: