Folks Of Interest GOOD THING I WORE SHOES

I was ****ing around with the car last night, and this morning I heard something s****ing from my shoe and I pulled this thing out. Makes me pucker thinking about that thing going in my foot

 

What is it ?

 

A piece of sheet metal that I cut with snips.

 

Now that's a near miss!

 

Where do those things come from, they are all over my garage floor!

 

Doing sheetmetal work, I've dug a lot of those out of my shoe. I try to keep the floor swept. What I did find that works well if you're working on a gravel driveway or on the lawn, I have the magnetic base of an old CB radio antenna with the mast taken off but the cable still on it. If I've got bits of sheetmetal like that (or cut off bolt heads, nails/screws, etc) in an area I can't sweep up, I drag the CB magnet over the top using the old cable like a fishing line and pick them all up that way. Saves a lot of bent over/hands and knees cleanup and keeps the stabby bits out of my shoe.

 

Sometimes shoes don't help, specially if they are tennis shoes, I was on a 6 foot ladder working on the boxing in the eave of my shop when I disturbed a nest of yellow jackets and as I hammered they decided to attack me, I jumped off the ladder and ran across the back yard trying to escape the swarm, when I stopped I noticed my foot was hurting, I looked down and my white tennis show was a bright red, blood was flowing from the top of the canvas and the shoe felt wet, it is at this time I realized I had landed on a piece of 2" x 4" I had been using as a brace and a 16 penny nail attached to the board had gone through my foot.

Fortunately there was no bone damaged but I went to the emergency t=room and got it checked out and gtt a tet**** shot, that foot stayed sore for months, I did learn a lesson that day, wear boots when I am doing construction,,, and look out for wasp. HRP

 

My Dad use to drive me nut’s sweeping up all the time. Seemed more time doing that than working at times is what I mean. But he had his reason I’d learn years later. He didn’t like the feeling of walking over debris. Said the feeling drove him nut’s.

 

What was the car show that one of the clowns walked around bare footed? Could never figure that one out. Glad you survived the sheet metal attack beast!!

 

I work exclusively on the gr***, or the gravel driveway. I've been thinking about getting some of those magnets and attaching to the front of my tractor for that reason.

 

I use an extra metal adjustable shelf that fits over our wheeled garbage can & do wire wheeling & cut off etc. outside, a pain to drag in & out with the needed equipment but keeps the garage & everything in it clean, this was prompted by a metal shard picked up in a tire.

 

It looked like a funny looking scorpion.

 

Hah, that's me and my son. Every time I make metal chips I clean them up pronto. My son on the other hand always leaves the mess. I hate having chips on the floor and benches.

 

Cleaning the grindings and small cutoffs up in the shop beats having your wife yell at you for dragging them across her hard wood floor. If you've got animals that wander into the shop, having that floor clean beats having to take your dog or cat to the vet.

 

Tire popper

 

I recently saw someone cleaning up metal from grinding on their shop floor with a magnetic sweeper tool (big magnet on wheels with a handle). I never considered one for that use but thought it was smart.

 

Did you ever use one of those nibblers that cut hundreds if not thousands of little crescent moon shapes of sharp metal. Sticks on the sole of your boots. If you're a slob like me and walk in the house they stick in the carpet, then your barefoot wife steps on them. Never could get in the habit of removing my boots unless they were muddy.

 

My kids come strolling out to the garage barefoot all the time, and wonder why dad yells at them to put some shoes on.

 

Last year I dropped a hot chunk of .125 between my tootsies so my wife is on me about it all the time.

 

I had the same thought. I have an air powered nibbler. It's fast but makes a mess. Keep the shop vac running when using it. I do always take my boots off when going in the house though.

 

Someone left an old shopping cart at my house, 4" dia. narrow wheels/tires, tread width about 24".
The frame is rectangular, 3/8" lightweight tubing, with some canvas backing (to support store shopping bags)

I attached 4 rare earth magnets to the under ch***is, (large flat 'brick' type) and use Target bag over/around the magnets. Quick sweep in the shop, then when 'full' (takes a month, LOL) I empty the Target bag by turning it inside out over the recycle bin.

The magnet site offers many sizes, shapes, values, etc. I use small magnets for placing thin balsa wood sticks over plans for scale model aircraft. No pins for me! I also thought that was some southern Scorpion at first glance!

 

Last winter I wire wheeled something I should have sand blasted at my barn, but was already started and said fugg it, I'm gonna finish it. My garage is generally super clean and is heated, so it's like another room in the house basically. Even after a good vac cleaning I pulled wire outta my foot at least four times within a few months, lol...

Worst I ever got was a piece of clear gl*** jammed way up in the bottom of the foot. Doc couldn't see it so had to dig around in my foot with scalpuls and other instruments of destruction for what seemed like forever. That one really ****ed....

 

Magnet, I use to machine a lot of 6061 aluminum and 316 stainless. Now what?

 

Those sheet metal spurs are awfully dangerous. I try to pick them up as I make them but don't always succeed. Most of the shoes I wear in the shop, probably would get punctured by them. Of course, if the shoe gets punctured so do I.

 

Roofers have along bar magnet with a wheel on each end and a handle like a push broom for cleaning up nails from the around houses after a job. One of my kids got me a mini version of it. Probably HF, but I wouldn't swear to it.
The carpentry teacher at the college has a neat trick. He has his magnet on a stick. He puts the magnet in a tin can. All the junk sticks to the can. Hold it over trash can and pull the magnet from the can and all the junk falls into the trash can. No muss, no fuss.

 

If you used to as in past tense, then it's not a problem now!

 

And my ol lady wonders why I ***** about her going barefoot... I done had my share of ouches

 

I'm always pushing my luck, but love my squishy 'not OSHA approved' sandals....

Always exciting when welding, I tell you what...

 

I like the idea of a can or a bag over the magnet to clear it off, I never thought of that. The advantage to having one on a rope or cable is also if you drop a bolt or a tool under the vehicle you can toss the magnet in after it and drag it out without having to climb under the car to reach it. You don't even have to be able to see it, just know approximately where it is and make a few p***es until it clicks on.

 

I wear thick soled tennis shoes. I try not to throw hog rings on the floor. Found a loose old staple in my belly ****on one morning while showering. I wear ****on up shirts.