[sdiy] Cutting rotary encoder shafts??

[harrybissell]

Otoh... this would be the one mod that would bring me closest to Stevie
Wonder...  :^P
My horror story.. I was drilling a hole through hardened steel angle (a bed
frame)
and noticed the drill bit "bending" a little from side to side (did I mention
HARDENED
steel ???)...

so I stopped, and put on my SAFETY GLASSES !!!

The next minute... that drill bit snapped and bounced right into my EYE... dead
center
on the glasses and left a BIG chip right where my x-pupil would have been.

THANK YOU GOD  (and thank God for giving me the wisdom to stop RIGHT there
and remember my eye protection).

Now how many of you wear earplugs at loud concerts ???

H^) harry

Gene Stopp wrote:

> I must say I have never gotten a dremel rotary saw to stay together longer
> than a couple of seconds. You can't hold the tool steady enough. Makes great
> "old cowboy movie bullet ricochet" noises too. There must be a skill to it,
> else they wouldn't exist. I stopped trying.
>
> Tim speaks much wisdom. Had a co-worker once who was hammering nails into
> studs in his garage, and the head of the hammer shattered (brittle metal)
> and you-know-what happened. He had to go to UCLA medical and they sucked out
> the piece with a huge electromagnet. eeeeeeewwwwwwwwwww Another guy was at
> home and a spring sproinged out of a sofa bed and scored a direct hit. Both
> fellas have mono vision now.
>
> And now with kids I am extra paranoid, since I freak out thinking about what
> danger they could get themselves into, and knowing that they rely on *me* to
> take care of myself.
>
> - Gene
>
> DUDE! ALWAYS ALWAYS ALWAYS WEAR EYE PROTECTION WHEN USING A DREMEL TOOL!!!
> A shattered abrasive disk spinning a few thousand RPM will bury itself very
> deep into your eyes. This is NOT a risk worth taking! I'd recommend a good
> pair of shop glasses, or even better, a full face shield (transparent, flips
> down, etc etc). Yes, these will cost a few bucks, but how much is your
> eyesight worth?
>
> I wear eye protection when using ANY cutting tool (even a hacksaw), but I
> would very highly recommend it when using any motorized tool (especially
> drills), and I would all but beg you to use it when using a high-RPM tool
> like a Dremel.
>
> Tim (got both eyes and plans to keep them) Servo
>