Alright, I may be the only idiot that’s ever done something like this, but just in case there’s anyone else out there as dumb and yet smart enough to learn from my mistake, here’s my story:
I have a Jet DC with outlets for two 4″ hoses (1.5 HP IIRC). I can reach most of the machines in my home shop with the hoses, or sometimes roll the DC closer. I ‘d just finshed making some sawdust with the SC mitre saw. I had to run two 10’ lengths of hose to reach the saw’s collector hood. The hood never really gets more than about 75% of the SCMS dust, so I disconnected the hose at the splice with the machine still running to use like a shop vac and tidy up a bit. Well on a shelf under my saw was a 1/2 pint of walnut gel stain in a can. You guessed it. The hose took the can – even though it was almost full – and before I could run to the DC to hit stop the can hit the fan – literally – and deposited the stain in everywhere from the fan housing to the bag – where the shredded can ended up. It was terrible watching the can move through the clear hose as I knew what was coming and that I wasn’t gonna be able to stop it. No permanent damage to the DC, but the clean-up was tedious to say the least.
Anyone else ever sucked up something accidently? Or am I the only idiot?
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You're the only one.
Yeah, that's what I figured. Hope it was at least good for a chuckle to all you smart guys.
Talk about the s**t hitting the fan! Thanks for giving me a good laugh to start my day. I'll bet that can took about two and a half seconds to reach the blades, but it probably seemed like two and a half hours!
Samson,
Not sure about this...but I don't think you should spray gel stain...better to apply brush or rag and let sit for a while. Thanks for the laugh
Now, it is also advisable not to clean up the workbench with the vac before you attach the piano hinge....
Never did that but I've been a idiot all my life.. Never stopped me a bit!
Samson
from the title, I thought you were about to tell is a cop joke involving corrupt politicians.
David
Seems like pressing the hose end to your table top or shutting the blast gate would effectively stop the suction so you could sprint to the Jet and shut it off, especially if you really have a couple seconds to react.
Anyways that's what I'm planning to try in the event... anyone have that work (or fail)?
There was no blast gate. The pushing the hose to a flat surface idea is a good one though - didn't occur to me at the time. It happened pretty quic - the stop button was four steps away, and I had time to take three kind of thing.
I took a course at LV, "How to make Shaker Boxes". One of the participants was sanding the smallest of the boxes on the belt sander and lost his grip. Threw the thing directly into the dust collector chute. You could hear the little box bouncing down the pipe as it went up the wall across the roof and out into the DC unit.
So he left with two boxes while everybody else left with three!
Sam: The one thing I keep losing is the little Velcro tie wraps for my power cords. Keep vacuuming them up when I clean the bench, not very dramatic tho. Duke
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