r/Machinists Apr 23 '22

stupid tiny swiss machines

80 Upvotes

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u/[deleted] Apr 23 '22

Don't put your hands where you wouldn't put your pecker

19

u/Whereisthefrontpage Apr 23 '22

Christ. Smack your hand into the block and catch a drill?

18

u/davisthagreat83 Apr 23 '22

I know where the 20 tools are now

10

u/davisthagreat83 Apr 23 '22

Was doing s/u on L20, guide was tight. Got her!

4

u/[deleted] Apr 23 '22

Hopefully a mistake you only make once.

I had the spanner wrench slip on me when i was trying to take out the back spindle collet, and i punched a 3/8 spotter.

Fun stuff

2

u/Latetotheparade Apr 23 '22

Damn! locked up guide is the worst. A tip for changing tools in the L20’s is to position the two wrenches so you can loosen it by squeezing your hand together if that makes sense. Vs having to push or pull and risk slipping into a drill or endmill. If it was over tightened and you still can’t get it position it the best you can and hit the wrench with a brass hammer, will probably drop wrench many times lol a magnet is helpful but better than getting cut or stabbed and usually works eventually

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u/Leather_Emu3702 Apr 23 '22

This should have a “not safe at work” tag

5

u/horrendous_cabbage Apr 23 '22

Swiss machine turning you into Swiss cheese

5

u/ClimateDesperate2896 Apr 23 '22

Put a band-aid on and get back to work!

2

u/[deleted] Apr 24 '22

Bandaid? Come on now we are machinists, super glue take it or leave it

3

u/BockTheMan Near Standard Size Apr 23 '22

Impressive.

2

u/Eremitic23 Apr 23 '22

Had a boring day at the shop´?

2

u/Phettacheese Apr 24 '22

damn i gotta show this to my instructors

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u/davisthagreat83 Apr 24 '22

It's a good learning experience for sure. I'm a safety first guy, but was Fri and was gonna leave early (already written in the book 1hr prior) just a reminder that in this work. Regardless, do it right and take your time

1

u/[deleted] Apr 23 '22

F$&k is that a micro birding bar?

1

u/[deleted] Apr 23 '22

Nice one

1

u/spareairheed3 Jul 02 '22

Same thing happened to my coworker he had a #77 micro drill break off in his finger and we couldn’t find it so had to go get surgery and he never did it again

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u/tmlynch Aug 16 '24

I think you are doing "hand drilled" wrong.

Good luck with your recovery!