Turned my Jet mini VS off with a spindle between centers. Left an
inquisitive young child in the shop for just a second while I went into
the house. Came back within a minute. The child was happily watching
the spindle revolve at 1500 rpm. Whew! Memo to me and maybe some of you:
Most on-off switches are NOT enough.


Turn to Safety, Arch
Fortiter


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Arch wrote:
Turned my Jet mini VS off with a spindle between centers. Left an
inquisitive young child in the shop for just a second while I went into
the house. Came back within a minute. The child was happily watching
the spindle revolve at 1500 rpm. Whew! Memo to me and maybe some of you:
Most on-off switches are NOT enough.


Turn to Safety, Arch
Fortiter

Fortunately I'm old enough that all my children are grown. :)


--
Gerald Ross
Cochran, GA

There are a lot more cowboy boots than
there are cowboys.

Gerald Ross wrote:
Arch wrote:
Turned my Jet mini VS off with a spindle between centers. Left an
inquisitive young child in the shop for just a second while I went into
the house. Came back within a minute. The child was happily watching
the spindle revolve at 1500 rpm. Whew! Memo to me and maybe some of you:
Most on-off switches are NOT enough.

Turn to Safety, Arch
Fortiter

Fortunately I'm old enough that all my children are grown. :)


I have a little 2 year old that likes to go into "grampes" shop and play
with the switches on the tools with or without him around so I unplug
everything. Once she can open doors they will stay locked but I will
still leave all the tools unplugged when not attended.

On Fri, 12 Oct 2007 16:01:16 -0400, Gerald Ross wrote:

Arch wrote:
Turned my Jet mini VS off with a spindle between centers. Left an
inquisitive young child in the shop for just a second while I went into
the house. Came back within a minute. The child was happily watching
the spindle revolve at 1500 rpm. Whew! Memo to me and maybe some of you:
Most on-off switches are NOT enough.


Turn to Safety, Arch
Fortiter

Fortunately I'm old enough that all my children are grown. :)

My grand kids KNOW not to touch anything in the shop and usually follow my
"hands in the pockets" rule, but I try to lock out things when kids are around..
It's a PITA to pull the little yellow handles out of switches, but I try to
remember them when kids are around..

One feature that I really like on the Shopsmith is that the power switch has
sort of "ears" around it to prevent accidental starting, and holes in the ears
for a padlock... I've got a 20 year old habit of putting that long allan wrench
that comes with it through the holes when I power it off..


mac

Please remove splinters before emailing

Gerald Ross wrote:
Arch wrote:
Turned my Jet mini VS off with a spindle between centers. Left an
inquisitive young child in the shop for just a second while I went into
the house. Came back within a minute. The child was happily watching
the spindle revolve at 1500 rpm. Whew! Memo to me and maybe some of you:
Most on-off switches are NOT enough.

Turn to Safety, Arch
Fortiter

Fortunately I'm old enough that all my children are grown. :)


My kids are grown too. But now there is the grandkid. She is 3 1/2
right now and we have had to start dead bolting the doors because
sometimes she just goes where she wants to go, even if it is out the
front door. She doesn't like going into the garage (shop) right now
because when she was out there once (while her grandma was carrying her)
one of my tools made more noise than she did, and she didn't like
that. I also keep it a little dirty out there (there is a 2" thick
pile of sawdust under the table saw as I write this) and she doesn't
like that either. Don't know how long that will last though.

Wayne

Good advice.
We have our 4 year old grandson here and even though I trust him to stay out
of the shop, one can never be too careful.
Thanks for the reminder.

Kate

"Arch" wrote in message
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Turned my Jet mini VS off with a spindle between centers. Left an
inquisitive young child in the shop for just a second while I went into
the house. Came back within a minute. The child was happily watching
the spindle revolve at 1500 rpm. Whew! Memo to me and maybe some of you:
Most on-off switches are NOT enough.


Turn to Safety, Arch
Fortiter


http://community.webtv.net/almcc/MacsMusings

"Arch" wrote in message

Turned my Jet mini VS off with a spindle between centers. Left an inquisitive young child in the shop for just a second while I went into the house. Came back within a minute. The child was happily watching
the spindle revolve at 1500 rpm. Whew! Memo to me and maybe some of you:
Most on-off switches are NOT enough.

Turn to Safety, Arch
Fortiter

ALWAYS good to have a reminder like this Arch. I have seen so many
accidents over the years that were simply that... you can never be
too careful.

I know have a nephew (7 yrs.) that wants to be like Uncle Robert and
thinks he should be able to use any tool he feel comfortable with.
And he is one busy boy... really busy. So it is really important to
keep an eye on him all the time, and when we are working on something
together I make sure he is no farther than arm's length away from me.
When we leave the shop, even if it is for me to let a little coffee
out, I find a reason for him to come back into the house with me.

Thanks for the reminder.

Robert