[TheForge] Freak accident

[Jerry Frost]

I'm sure glad you're only banged up Ron. Falls hurt a lot more for us growd 
up folk.

Safety caps are kind of weird that way, they can be hard to screw on or off 
AND rattle loose at the worse time. Making the threads match too well would 
I assume have less knowledgeable folk oiling the threads and that can be 
B-A-D.

You might try what I do teaching, do a demo then pull up my comfy stool and 
kibitz, correct and sip a beverage while the student works.

Jer
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Ron Childers" <ron at munlaw.net>
To: "Blacksmithing List Sponsored by ABANA" <theforge at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Tuesday, September 20, 2011 12:48 PM
Subject: [TheForge] Freak accident


> Guys, please accept a word of admonition from an old buzzard: Yesterday
> I was moving some large oxygen cylinders and since I had to  drag them
> over some clutter I inserted a "T" hook into the slot in the cap and
> proceeded to haul one out. Just as I had all my weight pulling on it the
> cap came off and I fell backward into a junk pile.  The cap looked brand
> new and tightened down just fine. It was the same cap that was on it
> when it came from the welding supply place (a shiny new red one), but
> the lateral movement must have disengaged the threads. When my buddy got
> there he screwed the cap down tight and the same thing happened but he
> was ready for it. Anyway, it really racked my frame. Bad timing; I have
> three classes to teach at the conference in Barberville, Fl the 2nd
> weekend in October. Ron C
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