MarkEagleUSA
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Why would you let her in there in the first place?Don't leave girlfriend in garage bad things can happen
Things we have learned the hard way
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And only come flying off when your hand is over the only opening in the recoil cover there is. At about 11,000 it nicked my finger and took me about a year to figure what happened . One time I was putting a wheel back on and saw a tiny washer stuck to the magnet just waiting to come flying off. Hurts too.
Wow 17 years to go for me that sucks maybe I should drop out ! probably less expensive and painful
old-cat
Fir Man
I think the lessons learned this way are more valuable than the institution brain fed stuff. I'm nobodys robot!
machinisttx
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What are the chances that a carb spring can land almost exactly where I found the mag release spring for my Mini-14? The good news was that it didn't take ++2hrs to find the carb spring.
Oh, that reminds me of a hint an armorer made about wearing safety glasses and pulling a sheet over himself to catch the "flack" when working on delicate parts. I think its over rated
Don't try to replace the hammer spring on a mini 30 with an extra power version unless you've got grip strength like a gorilla and a bench vise.
richard t
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Never trust an old frail grandpa looking guy at the flea market when he says i forgot to load the clutch cover and bar & chains in the trailer I'll bring them next week 
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to day I learned not to touch a paddle bit in a drill while mixing thinset, if you are wearing nitrate gloves.the gloves might catch and spin around with the bit, pull your hand in around the bit, and break your finger.
oh well
machinisttx
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It's generally not advisable to wear gloves or jewelry when working around anything that could grab them. A fellow at the last place I worked got his hand mangled up by a cutter in a vertical mill. A half second of brainfart was all it took.
ClassicSWC
ArboristSite Lurker
Don't try to start the saw with the scabbard on it. It doesn't hurt anything except for the drawers you're wearing.
TheManOfStihl
Half man, half bear, half pig.
Don't remove the fuel cap to look in the tank for debris, and then forget to recap the tank before flipping the saw back over to look at the carburetor again!
dec-1
ArboristSite Member
Work Saw Collector
GTG Coffee Maker
On just rebuilt saw that cold died mid cut, don't just take jug off worried about new piston. Those flywheel keys are cheap and easy changed.
I knew it sounded funny for a second before it quit, I should have checked it out before taking jug off.
I knew it sounded funny for a second before it quit, I should have checked it out before taking jug off.
Knobby57
Peeing outdoors
Don't drive your dads van with a roof ac unit into a garage with a 7 foot door :-(
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weedkilla
Ain't no guru of nuthin'
This whole thread reminds me of a saying I heard recently - "You start life with a full bag of luck, and an empty bag of experience. The trick is to fill the bag of experience, before you empty the bag of luck"
Steve NW WI
Unwanted Riff Raff.
I'll just say this: If you're filling up a half dozen saws the morning of a GTG, and they're all lined up with the fuel and oil caps off - make DARN sure you're putting the right product in the right reservoir. Caught myself after 3 saws, did a lot of draining and dumping in the truck tank, but the saws (and truck) still smoked real heavy for a while.
At least I didn't get to the point of dumping fuel in the oil tanks too.
I swear - on a stack of bibles - that this is the ONLY time I've done this! I just waited for the most possible publicly humiliating time to do it!
And don't forget - no matter how "gently" you're tossing those chunks of wood in the truck - that back window doesn't think it was "gentle". 14ga steel is now on guard duty behind my back window. I hate cold drafty rides home with shards of glass trying to massage my nether regions.
At least I didn't get to the point of dumping fuel in the oil tanks too.
I swear - on a stack of bibles - that this is the ONLY time I've done this! I just waited for the most possible publicly humiliating time to do it!
And don't forget - no matter how "gently" you're tossing those chunks of wood in the truck - that back window doesn't think it was "gentle". 14ga steel is now on guard duty behind my back window. I hate cold drafty rides home with shards of glass trying to massage my nether regions.
TheManOfStihl
Half man, half bear, half pig.
Something I have learned recently - Chinese flippy caps suck. They don't always seat properly, and if you're not checking when you install them, they will pop out of the tank in the cut. Pay the price for OEM when it comes to flippy caps!
if a huge giant skunk digs a hole next to your basement wall.........don't shoot it.
the smell will not only penetrate the cement block wall, but will penetrate sealed Rubbermaid containers that are stored in the basement. A year later they will still stink when opened 200 miles away at your new house.
and by all means don't do this the day the real-estate appraiser is coming over to value your house for the company relocation program. It is difficult to fill out the forms with tears in your eyes.
Was at a party in Beckley, WV one Christmas when the host said he had some skunk. I said, What? You couldn't afford any better? He said, No son. It means that next time you drive past a dead skunk you'll roll yer windows DOWN. He was rite. Been that way for 15 years now.
flyboy553
Oakaholic
Had a VW Bug back in the partying days. I called it my skunkmobile. We would sit around drinkin beer then go get in that thing and go looking for skunks to run over. That thing never smelled good the entire time I had it! lol
Ted
