One thing to be very wary of is offering to repair anything powered by
clockwork.
Gramophone motors are notorious for giving people lacerations if the spring
breaks free or indeed just breaks. I once narrowly avoided injury from an
old meccano clockwork motor when the hooked bend retaining it broke and it
shot out like some demented rattle snake.
Brian

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On 08/06/2019 21:07, John Rumm wrote:
So there I was changing the blade on the band saw - took the old one off,
and did that twisty thing to fold it into a quarter sized round for
storage...

Then I found the nice big large tooth re-saw blade I wanted, and went to
uncoil it. Now I was taking all the proper precautions (or so I thought),
cut proof gloves, and keeping it well away from the face etc. First time
it did not "untwang". So I adjusted my position and tried again, and
which point it sprung back into shape rather quickly, and with a whoosh
the bottom bit of it sprung round and hit me in the nuts! (blunt side
fortunately). Had to lay down on the floor for a bit after that!


I thought you were typing in a rather high-pitched, squeaky voice!

Glad to know you've still got all your arms and legs: Band saw injury is a
bit of a scarey title!

Nick