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  • crokett
    The Full Monte
    • Jan 2003
    • 10627
    • Mebane, NC, USA.
    • Ryobi BT3000
    #1

    I Can Weld!

    Was changing the blades on the mower tonight. I disconnected the positive lead from the battery. Did the blade change, then went to reconnect and got the wrench too close to the mower body. After the sparks were done the wrench was stuck to the mower. Oopsie.
    Last edited by crokett; 04-25-2008, 07:39 PM.
    David

    The chief cause of failure in this life is giving up what you want most for what you want at the moment.
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    • Ed62
      The Full Monte
      • Oct 2006
      • 6021
      • NW Indiana
      • BT3K
      #2
      Congrats on your new found trade.

      Ed
      Do you know about kickback? Ray has a good writeup here... https://www.sawdustzone.org/articles...mare-explained

      For a kickback demonstration video http://www.metacafe.com/watch/910584...demonstration/

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        • TB Roye
          Veteran Member
          • Jan 2004
          • 2969
          • Sacramento, CA, USA.
          • BT3100
          #3
          Been there done and number of times. Isn't it exciting? How did you get the wrench off? and lastly how high did you jump and did you change you shorts?

          Tom

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            • crokett
              The Full Monte
              • Jan 2003
              • 10627
              • Mebane, NC, USA.
              • Ryobi BT3000
              #4
              It is exciting. I wacked it with a wood hammer handle. Figured just in case it was insulated. About 3" and no, didn't have to.

              There is a chunk missing from the mower under the seat. And my socket wrench now has some red metal permanently stuck to it.
              David

              The chief cause of failure in this life is giving up what you want most for what you want at the moment.

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                • Pappy
                  The Full Monte
                  • Dec 2002
                  • 10481
                  • San Marcos, TX, USA.
                  • BT3000 (x2)
                  #5
                  Originally posted by crokett
                  ...my socket wrench now has some red metal permanently stuck to it.
                  Now mark each pice in the set the same way and you can claim it's a custom ID system. Might be hard to explain why you need a new body on the mower...
                  Don, aka Pappy,

                  Wise men talk because they have something to say,
                  Fools because they have to say something.
                  Plato

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                    • gerti
                      Veteran Member
                      • Dec 2003
                      • 2233
                      • Minnetonka, MN, USA.
                      • BT3100 "Frankensaw"
                      #6
                      BTW tip: If you disconnect ground first and reconnect it last, you will not have that problem. Unless you cross the terminals directly...

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                        • LCHIEN
                          Super Moderator
                          • Dec 2002
                          • 21987
                          • Katy, TX, USA.
                          • BT3000 vintage 1999
                          #7
                          Originally posted by gerti
                          BTW tip: If you disconnect ground first and reconnect it last, you will not have that problem. Unless you cross the terminals directly...

                          Exactly. Same technique as should be used on cars...
                          Loring in Katy, TX USA
                          If your only tool is a hammer, you tend to treat all problems as if they were nails.
                          BT3 FAQ - https://www.sawdustzone.org/forum/di...sked-questions

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                            • cabinetman
                              Gone but not Forgotten RIP
                              • Jun 2006
                              • 15216
                              • So. Florida
                              • Delta
                              #8
                              My first welding escapade was installing a screwdriver in a service panel. That was about 25 years ago. I wonder if it's still there.
                              .

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                                • Hellrazor
                                  Veteran Member
                                  • Dec 2003
                                  • 2091
                                  • Abyss, PA
                                  • Ridgid R4512
                                  #9
                                  Originally posted by crokett
                                  Was changing the blades on the mower tonight. I disconnected the positive lead from the battery. Did the blade change, then went to reconnect and got the wrench too close to the mower body. After the sparks were done the wrench was stuck to the mower. Oopsie.

                                  Did that define a shorts changing moment?

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                                    • smorris
                                      Senior Member
                                      • Apr 2003
                                      • 695
                                      • Tampa, Florida, USA.
                                      #10
                                      My son was changing out his battery a year ago and managed to put the wrench right across the terminals. He brought me the wrench all slagged expecting me to yell at him. Instead he got
                                      "Did you learn something today?"
                                      "Yes, I need to pay more attention sometimes."
                                      "You also need to pay for a new wrench, I'll expect the same make and size replaced." He was decidely unhappy.
                                      --
                                      Any sufficiently advanced incompetence is indistinguishable from malice

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                                        • crokett
                                          The Full Monte
                                          • Jan 2003
                                          • 10627
                                          • Mebane, NC, USA.
                                          • Ryobi BT3000
                                          #11
                                          Originally posted by gerti
                                          BTW tip: If you disconnect ground first and reconnect it last, you will not have that problem. Unless you cross the terminals directly...
                                          Yeah I know better. I should have done that.
                                          David

                                          The chief cause of failure in this life is giving up what you want most for what you want at the moment.

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