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How the spindle moulder ...nearly ...regained its notoriety

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How the spindle moulder ...nearly ...regained its notoriety

Postby RogerS » 21 Oct 2021, 16:43

And now I will 'fess up to some stupidity around my own spindle moulder on the combi-machine as a suggestion to others to focus...focus....focus.

Towards the end of the day.....hell of a lot of other non-wood related stuff...like mentally-unstable neighbouring farmer and the effect on my wife...but we press on. Decided that a few minutes thicknessing down the homemade ply ring fence would be a useful 10 minute job. Set-up the thicknesser table. Hit the on button, heard a spinning whooshing sound but ear defenders on so not that distinctive. Tried to feed in the ply. Wouldn't go. :eusa-think: Switch off. :eusa-think: Crouch down to see if the feed rollers are turning and switch back on. Same whooshing sound. Rollers not turning. Rats. Don't tell me my machine has developed a fault.

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What position is the selector switch in ? Spindle moulder mode. :oops: Where is the cutter block? Just like this...

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Luckily nothing touching. Nothing nearby to get drawn in. Lucky. :oops:

Spinning away. All those sharp cutters totally exposed.
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Re: How the spindle moulder ...nearly ...regained its notori

Postby clogs » 21 Oct 2021, 17:15

it's said tiredness kills...

when I start to feel tired I just stop using machines....
take the opertunity to put tools away and tidy up....

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Re: How the spindle moulder ...nearly ...regained its notori

Postby RogerS » 21 Oct 2021, 18:18

True but the thing is that I wasn't tired. Just simply not focussing on the job in hand.
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Re: How the spindle moulder ...nearly ...regained its notori

Postby Trevanion » 21 Oct 2021, 19:17

Eep! I suppose the surfacing tables were pretty close to the cutter block if they were flipped up?
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Re: How the spindle moulder ...nearly ...regained its notori

Postby RogerS » 21 Oct 2021, 20:46

Trevanion wrote:Eep! I suppose the surfacing tables were pretty close to the cutter block if they were flipped up?



Actually a fair way away. Gave me reassurance then any flying missiles would have bounced off the cast iron !
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Re: How the spindle moulder ...nearly ...regained its notori

Postby kirkpoore1 » 22 Oct 2021, 05:14

Wow! I guess that's a drawback to a multitool that I hadn't considered...

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Re: How the spindle moulder ...nearly ...regained its notori

Postby Guineafowl21 » 22 Oct 2021, 11:37

One of those moments when you wonder what could have happened...

If it’s any consolation, I ran my metal lathe backwards the other day, and wondered why it wasn’t cutting. I even changed the carbide tip before realising. No wonder the robots are winning :eusa-whistle:
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Re: How the spindle moulder ...nearly ...regained its notori

Postby TrimTheKing » 28 Oct 2021, 16:42

I always assumed these multi-beasts had sensors meaning only one function could be used at any given time...
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Re: How the spindle moulder ...nearly ...regained its notori

Postby Woodster » 28 Oct 2021, 17:16

clogs wrote:
when I start to feel tired I just stop using machines....
take the opertunity to put tools away and tidy up....



Yes, same here. It’s easy to ruin a job with a silly mistake just because you’re tired.
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Re: How the spindle moulder ...nearly ...regained its notori

Postby RogerS » 28 Oct 2021, 17:45

TrimTheKing wrote:I always assumed these multi-beasts had sensors meaning only one function could be used at any given time...


They do. It's a great big rotary switch that only supplies power to any one motor at a time. It assumes that the person owning the hand that turns the switch is fully compos mentis !
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