I was just reading about chop saws and I remembered a time a few years back.I was working a regular job and a friend wanted me to weld him up a trailer. I said he could cut the steel at my shop with my bandsaw and I would help him with the rest. At some point in time he decided it (bandsaw) was too slow and he borrowed a chop saw. Installed it on saw horses and seemed very pleased that he had done this great amount of work while I was at my job. The problem was in another stall was a 57 Chevy, just finished with the Caddy pearl white paint waiting to get sanded and buffed for a real paying customer. You guessed it, the hot brands from the saw had burnt their way into the deck lid and rear 1/4. I spent two weeks fixing the 57 . I don't allow a chop saw anywhere on my property since that. I was fighting for a track championship one year and lost the final race in the second round because a piece of Teflon tape was stuck in a carb needle and seat.Had I won I would have received goodies including free entry all the next year. I since use Rigid brand pipe paste. NO teflon tape on my property. Anyone one else this perverted or is it just me?
I think you should "not" allow anybody to work in your shop while your not there, it's not the tools fault it's the operator.
Hammers are kept on the OTHER side of the garage, that way you have time to think about it while you are walking there and back. Never seize is kept in the fire cabinet, because it is like Gremlins and will multiply and be on everything (and in my hair) if I just look at it. Adjustable wrenches (or as my dad calls em "Crescent Hammers") aren't in the garage, they are in the house so the women folk can use them.
Hey Joe, there's not supposed to be any sealants at all in fuel lines! What's not allowed in my garage? My girlfriend...
I learned the lesson on chopsaws when I was building a steel frame house. We were studding out the interior, and one of my carpenters set the saw up by a window. Well, he showered the window with the sparks, not only did it mess up the wood, but it etched the gl***! I had to replace the entire window. Just be glad he didn't damage the gl*** on your 57!
Ran into the same problem with a truck that I just had new paint job, my dad was outside the shop using clutch machine and happen to be windy out that day. Couple days later I start to see small rust pits appear, it had done burn down to bare metal.
I don't allow smokin' in my garage. I don't allow strangers in my garage unless a good friend can vouch for them. I don't like to loan tools - but do oc***ionally I hate my chop saw, but keep it for specific jobs. I don't let friends run my big tools - sorry fellas - I'm NOT insured and I don't care how good you are - accidents happen. When I was a kid - there was a local motor head who was gracious enough to loan us his cherry picker, but made us sign a waiver. Back then I thought he was just a tad overboard - but now I fully understand and respect him for it.
I use a chop saw, but carefully. It was the time an idiot staying in my garage tried to "help" me and ended up cutting a bunch of aluminum on the chop saw...left a huge mess and nearly ruined everything he touched. He was booted out of my life, not just the shop.
unless it belongs to a reeeally good customer or friend, anything built after 1973. even then, it's kind of like asking me to voluntarily pull some teeth.
Smoking... Take that nasty-*** thing outside, it's givin' me cancer. Running vehicles... especially snowmobiles... (see: Smoking) Snowmobiles with studded tracks... Those carbide tips will scar a floor forever... Safety gl***es with no ear hooks... What the **** dumb ****er came up with that...? Ummm... let's take the things off that hold 'em to our head so they fall off while we're working... Naked men... That goes without sayin' though. This ain't the Cheaters all boy mosh pit. JOE
Chop saws - I don't own one and may never now that those cool carbide metal blades are available. They make me very nervous with all those sparks too. Smoking - of anything Belt buckles More than two kids at a time - I'll teach 'em what they want to know but more than 2 at a time is too much to watch over. Hard liquor A clean floor (that's really my fault) Champion spark plugs Liberace or Madonna music Throwing of anything is not allowed Folks I don't know are taken on a case by case basis And of course - naked men. I almost forgot - spray silicone of any kind.
Snowmobiles????.I saw one on tv once..in arizona we just worry about the damn rattlesnakes lookin' for a warm place to hang out!
bare feet.............I keep things clean but (mainly due to our "mild" climate") friends and/or relatives that drop by in flip-flops or bare footed and within 10 seconds it's...."hey, I got something in my foot". That just pisses me off, like it's my fault!!!!!
I think it would be better to keep people out of your shop who would use a chop saw and shower a painted car with sparks. that dude was just not thinking.
I keep from getting any work done in my shop, so I don't seem to have any problem with "helpers" causing problems. the chop saw lives in the small "welding room" and the sparks are not a problem, nothing in there is flammable or could be damaged by sparks.
Me too... Same goes for dogs. Only then it does feel like my fault. I'm the one who knows there's sharp and pointy things everywhere, not the dog. If a customer comes here and just let's their dog out of the vehicle, then it's their fault... until I step in.... JOE
I don't allow anything with a Ford engine. On chop saws, grinders, etc... I have learned my lesson the hard way. My current ba*****t/garage has adjoining rooms that i do my chop saw and grinder work in. Whenever I move and put a shop together, I'm going finagle some par***ions one way or another.
Dogs, especially mine, my two *****s would walk through a wall of fire if there might be something to smell on the other side. Kids who don't mind their parents. 'cuz if they don't mind me, I'll kick 'em.
Oil dry if there's an engine or trans going together - hell, I hate the stuff any time, really. Hit the drain pan or wipe it up if you miss.
i agree with the cigarettes, it drives me nuts! i dont smoke, nor do i allow smoking in my house, why would my garage be any different?! my (across the street) neighbor thinks its cool to come over and ask stupid questions while puffing away on his gl*** pipe....really, i dont give a rats a$$ what he does at HIS house, but i get drug tested all the time he knows it, and to put me in that situation is ignorant. come to think of it, neighbors arent allowed anymore either!
I would NEVER lick a child- I don't know where they've been! Seriously, I wouldn't paddle another mans kid. I would, however, shake the **** out of 'em! haha.kidding, parentals, kidding.
Reminds me when I used to do roofing, My boss used to say "Be careful, if you fall, you'll be fired BEFORE you hit the ground" Well, I did fall evetually-and it was my fault and didn't hold him responsible (he was a small timer and didn't have insurance or money, but I already knew that.)
Rap Music OR Modern Country. Or ****heads who like to stand and nit-pick and criticize my work but have never picked up a wrench or fab'd anything in their life (mostly nosey neighbors)
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