Slightly OT, but I think folks on this subforum will appreciate this

creosote

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Looks like there only salvation is. They don't appear to be under pressure to make a quota.
Back in the 70's I cleaned up the remains of smashed fingers two times. One of them was my setup. I was sure glad I had the guard in place. The lady that is now called stubby kept her boose bottle in the bushes next to where she smoked, it gave the shop owner a reason to send her packing. The shop looked the same. (Well,,, not as clean) Punch presses were just a different manufacturer.
Another time a new kid was helping the fork lift driver turn a coil of steel around so it would unwind the right way. It weighed over 2700 lb's. It fell on top of him. He put his arms out behind him to brace the fall. Yup, both arms shattered, both legs smashed. I wasn't there to see it but it was the talk of the week.
 

Brad

Benevolent Overlord and site owner
Staff member
I sent a link to my daughter as she works daily with sheet metal forming and punching. Will be interested to see what she says.
 

smokeywolf

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At MGM Studios, we had a small sheet metal shop behind the machine shop. Weld shop was next door and plating/polishing shop out front.

In an open area between the machine shop and weld shop there was a very large stock/band saw, a likely pre-WW II, Buffalo Universal Iron Worker, medium sized heavy duty bar bender, and a large Buffer

If memory serves, in the sheet metal shop we had a small pan brake, a finger brake and a largish power brake. Also had a smallish (5 or 6 foot) power shear.
I remember having to put a point-of-operation guard on the shear, when I put in for ISO certification on the shops.
 

Pistolero

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The most amazing part to me is hot forging and machining the hook on the mags.
No shoddy operation there. Keeping your fingers clear is the responsibility of the same
dude that pushes the foot pedal.

Ya'll be careful out there!

Pretty neat video, I thought.

Bill
 

Pistolero

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Yeah, Ian, I wonder how the do wind the springs? They just BARELY
showed some mags coming up our of a bluing tank.

Bill
 

Pistolero

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No doubt that they don't have the same regs on machine safety that we do.
But, in my home shop, guess who keeps my fingers out of the lathe, drill press, table saw,
shaper, etc, etc.? We work on the incentive plan. The owner of the fingers has a LOT
of incentive to keep all of them until the end. So far.... but I still am careful as I can
be.
Bill
 
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KHornet

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Yep Bill, OSHA would have a kinipshin fit after review of that
shop. However I did not notice any missing fingers. A lot
of machine shops in this country were very productive prior
to OSHA. Regardless, OSHA has saved lives, limbs, fingers
and toes.

Paul