On 03 Jun 2004 13:31:20 GMT, otforme (Charlie Self)
wrote:

Got a reminder today. I had the engine crane out and was pulling the head off
my drill press. Almost at full extension when I got it off, with the garage
door closed. Without thinking, I decided to open the door so I could wheel the
crane and DP head outdoors. Yeah, right, as one granddaughter loves to say.

The opening door caught a panel on the upraised end of the crane, tipping it.
.... snip
Basically, that loss of ceiling height as a garage door opens is why I
installed a sliding door on my Bedford shop. Here, I simply forgot about the
clearance difference. Fortunately, no real damage to anything but my wife's
nerves...she was afraid the crane arm would nail my head, which is
slightly--not much--softer than mild steel. I was too busy to worry about it.

Charlie Self
"The test and the use of man's education is that he finds pleasure in the
exercise of his mind." Jacques Barzun

Kind of a strange irony in the above sig line there Charlie.


Not beating on you, we all do things like that every once in a while,
most of us are still alive and mostly un-maimed mostly by the grace of God,
not because we are that all-fired smart or alert 100% of the time. Glad to
hear you weren't injured and that no major damage occured.