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A corollary to the "too hot / too cold", this past Monday I was changing the air filter on my car in 5 degree weather. Snapped off a clip due to the cold / brittle plastic. Argh!
 
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This is a fine thread. Careless, yes but humorous,interesting and informative . Possibly cathartic.
 
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When working on a 6-71 GM diesel engine make sure you have the air cutoff cable attached to the blower intake. Failure to do so leaves you with a unstoppable force .
two shop rags and a three ringed manual binder and it stops trying to climb out of the back of a bus
very embarrassing moment
 
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My dad had a cabinet shop. He always told us to stand to the side of the table saw as you put wood through the saw. Lesson was very clear when a 1 foot piece was thrown out the back and stuck in a wall 20 feet away. Still not the dumbest thing I have ever done.
 
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Jerry said:
My dad had a cabinet shop. He always told us to stand to the side of the table saw as you put wood through the saw. Lesson was very clear when a 1 foot piece was thrown out the back and stuck in a wall 20 feet away. Still not the dumbest thing I have ever done.
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I use a table saw all the time, but I hate it. At least these days most table saws have an anti-kickback guard.
 
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