marka12161
Stainless
- Joined
- Dec 23, 2016
- Location
- Oswego, NY USA
Today i was setting up to cut the mill-scale off of some 1 1/4" square x 16" long bar stock on the 16" cincinnati universal shaper. I failed to confirm the back-gear was engaged and turned the machine on with 157 strokes/min selected (highest speed setting) with the machine set up for its' maximum stroke length. Fortunately my hand never left the ram engagement switch but even so, the machine made two full strokes before i was able to shut it down. It's not bolted to the floor. In those two strokes, two things happened:
1. It scared the hell out of me
2. It walked back 1/2"
Other than soiled underwear, there was no damage to man, machine or shop.
I'm not new to working around man-eating equipment or situations where independent verification is a good idea. I've had all kinds of training on the dangers of complacency and have been a bit of of a safety evangelist and yet, i made what i consider to be an inexcusable mistake. The fact that there was no real consequence was just dumb luck.
From now on, i shall be verifying correct gear settings prior to engaging the ram.
1. It scared the hell out of me
2. It walked back 1/2"
Other than soiled underwear, there was no damage to man, machine or shop.
I'm not new to working around man-eating equipment or situations where independent verification is a good idea. I've had all kinds of training on the dangers of complacency and have been a bit of of a safety evangelist and yet, i made what i consider to be an inexcusable mistake. The fact that there was no real consequence was just dumb luck.
From now on, i shall be verifying correct gear settings prior to engaging the ram.