so today i learned, when breaking down a dryer to not hit it with an axe then try to pull wires out. got a gash down to the bone on my arm... 8 stitches and a trip to the medical supply store later... i'm here talking about it.
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so today i learned, when breaking down a dryer to not hit it with an axe then try to pull wires out. got a gash down to the bone on my arm... 8 stitches and a trip to the medical supply store later... i'm here talking about it.
Ouch!!!! Please be careful, you're going to need that arm.... Feel better soon.
At least you are still here. I cannot count the number of accidents I have created for myself. Best lesson was removing a capacity from a micro wave. Could have learned about it from the forum, but had to learn it through the school of hard knocks.
I'm just curious why you would use an axe to do the 'break down'?
needed to take the stainless drum out. so why not just go crazy and beat the sh*t out of it with an axe or sledge.Quote:
Originally Posted by DiamondN
I guess you found out 'why not'Quote:
Originally Posted by chrmaka
I'm glad you're alright...:)
There are better, safer ways to do what you did. Hopefully you don't make that same costly mistake again.
Glad you still have use of the arm.
Unkiller what happened to your arm. Its alot easyer to take it out with a socket wrench. Did you finish the dryer?
Ditto on the dissasembly points, and throwing caution to the wind, caution sometimes is your friend.
stainless drum vs 8 stitches and a trip to the medical supply store
sometimes it's ok to turn something in dirty (steel, not blood)!
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Originally Posted by greytruck
there is about 1/2 a shell left. the rest got ripped up, and met 38.
Did you check that drum with a magnet before you bled all over it...most are low grade (sticky) stainless.
yeah, it was good n/m stainless. even though my yard will NOW consider it dirty.
Take it easy partner! Glad you're okay. Always remember safety first.
I too like using a bfh when the situation calls for it. However, and iam sure some will disagree, an ax or hatchet is designed to chop wood not metal. The blade can and will break off in chunks. Think about what that can do if it hit your body. Especially your head or eyes. My 2 cents. Safety is job #1. Scrap is never worth injury to yourself or someone else. Glad you are OK. Could have been so much worse.
when you wrestle with major appliances,
always beware of the cheap metal folding chairs if you missed wrestling practice and don't know the acting script 100%.
There is no shame in taking classes at the School of Hard Knocks, so long as your learn.
The problem is when you start retaking classes.
All of us have probably attended the School of Hard Knocks at one time or another, some will acknowledge a class or two. Others seem to never get it and take classes there over and over again.
Insanity: doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results.
Albert Einstein.
Acting script?Quote:
Originally Posted by ChildhoodDream
You mean it's not real?!?!?!?
Say it isn't so!Quote:
always beware of the cheap metal folding chairs if you missed wrestling practice and don't know the acting script 100%.
Full article at Scrap Metal Forum: http://www.scrapmetalforum.com/scrap...#ixzz3j1b532de
Most of my injuries have been due to stupidity/carelessness.
Sadly, I doubt I'll ever graduate from the School of Hard Knocks. I just keep taking new classes!
PHOTOS? !!
Yah gotta have photos.....
But, yes Stainless steel has a 600% or more chance of cutting, slicing, dicing, you.
I try and stay away from Stainless steel. Though today I sold off all my Stainless and got just over NZ$40 for it @ NZ$1.15 a Kg.
Im glad its gone.
Using a BFH is also a good way to get sliced... Put that together with Stainless and the results normally long deep and bloody.
I , if doing Stainless, make up some arm sleeves to protect wrists and arms, and gloves too.
Yes, caution is your friend. It doesn't take more than three or four cuts on the arm to the bone to use up an entire proceeds from a pick up load of shred steel. Do you have insurance or do you fall outside of the "system?" You know, non minority, English speaking working person.
All good discussion but for this specific case, check out when he posted about the injury, June, 2013. He has probably learned his lesson and moved on...
If he didn't have medical insurance he's probably still paying for it.......Quote:
Originally Posted by DakotaRog
I don't mind the old "oops I almost got seriously injured" threads being brought back to the top. Good reminder for all of us.
Sunday I was out unloading the stuff I brought home to break down. Was standing on the bed of my truck. As I went to step off it, I slipped or tripped or something. Ended up falling on my back side and hitting my noggin on a bucket of aluminum I had sitting there.
Just a couple inches to the left and I would have had a piece of hard-drawn aluminum wire stuck in my skull or neck.
As we get older we get less nimble and don't have the cat-like reflexes we once had!!!
You got to be like that "Dream Car" happy guy in the Chitown burbs who always wears his hard hat taking stuff in. Yep, gravity and hitting sharp high specific gravity stuff makes bad combos...
You learned the hard way . But great to know that you are okay. By the way what is the proper way of breaking down a dryer ie without injuring yourself much. Does anybody know? And what type of dryer were you trying to break down?
MelvinS- Probably not using an axe like he did 2 1/2 years ago. You're probably not going to get a reply about what brand of dryer it was. Dryers usually aren't that dangerous to dismantle...
I do use an axe or hatchet at times dismantling stuff but I use it to crack open the plastic housings instead of pulling dozens of screws... never on metal items... this is just a case of using the proper tool for the job. i also always wear safety glasses / steel toe leather boots, leather riding chaps and other suitable safety gear when required.
laugh about the riding chaps if you want... they have save me and my legs and jewels many a painful moment handling sharp or rusty metal. not to mention saved on clothing budget for pants.
many of us get lazy and some getting lucky taking short cuts to make a few pennies. you just were reminded the hard way to use a proper tool or weigh gain vs risk.
hope your injury serves to keep others from repeating it. even if you had to bleed for it.
hope you heal up quick.
axes are too dangerous because they are sharp,,hatchets are too dangerous because they have a short handle and are too close to a soft part of your body, i use a long handled splitting maul,,its dull even new, and has a sledge hammer on one end,,length and distance are good,, the farther away the better..i can usually get 2 crow bars in the side of a dryer and then pop the side off,,or u can go online and see how these thing are supposed to be taken apart by the repair man, its really easy some of them..
I prefer using a cordless drill and removing screws and bolts in the opposite order in which it was assembled.
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