dont burn your hand on hot glue... trust me my hand was screwed up right before basketball season...
Tjsingle
exacto knife blades and skin don't mix
If you can read this... thank a teacher. If you are reading this in english... thank a veteran
When in doubt. grab a hammer.
If it moves and isn't supposed to, get a hammer
If it doesn't move and is supposed to, get a hammer
If it's broken, get a hammer
If it can't be fixed with a hammer... DUCK TAPE!
Don't try to solder soft white metal parts together.
Don't use a styrofoam cup to hold laquer thinner.
teen steam fan wrote:exacto knife blades and skin don't mix
Unless you're emo. Then they are best friends.
Alex
That solid wooden chair with the wide, substantial seat you're about to stand on to reach something is about to develop a split along one leg up into the back that causes the legs on one side to buckle under, pulling out the dowels and ripping the glue joints, and causing an additional split to form, thus enhancing the buckle effect...
Never carry an open bottle of paint (or other gunk) over a floor surface that cannot be cleaned easily.
If you do, then somehow, some way, your feet will act as thought they've never worked together before and a spill that makes the Exxon Valdez look like amateur-hour will ensue.
Craig
DMW
No project is complete until you have shed blood over it.
( This from 15+ years of assembling computers. X-Acto knives are gentle lambs compared to PC Components. )
Mark Gosdin
That little detail that fell over on the mountain is ALWAYS going to be 3" from the farthest over that you can reach even on a stepladder.
Tom
Tom View my layout photos! http://s299.photobucket.com/albums/mm310/TWhite-014/Rio%20Grande%20Yuba%20River%20Sub One can NEVER have too many Articulateds!
kog1027 wrote: No project is complete until you have shed blood over it.
If that were true, my layout would have been complete ages ago!
Carmine, CEO, CE, and Chief Bottle Washer - the Pacific Belt RR, in HO scale
Founded by myself, 1975!
How are we going to get new recruits, when we ourselves are being priced out of the hobby!! Take your trains out of the box and play with them! That's why they were made!
loathar wrote:After warning folks about the dangers of opening stuck paint bottle lids with pliers, I just had one shatter in my hand and cut the crap out me two days ago.
What is the alternative? I've been using this technique for decades with only one shattered jar, fortunately with no bloody effects. However, I've learned that there are instances when the paint is beyond recovery and toss out jars out when "reasonable" pressure on the pliars is insufficient to remove cap from jar.
Mark
Guilford Guy wrote:X-acto knives, and swiss army knives are not substitutes for Screw Drivers!
You must have been desparate to attempt this!
wcu boy wrote:Don't cut atlas track with Xuron rail nippers without a pair of safety glasses on. The remnants of a piece of rail can end up in your eye. I know so. It happened to me and I was lucky not to have lost my vision in my right eye. It was quick task in which I did not think would be an issue without my safety glasses. I am very lucky to not be blind in one eye.
Non-vain people (those that don't wear contact lenses) with poor close-up vision (usually due to age) are fortunate in that they must wear glasses to have a clue what they are doing.
Dean-58 wrote:Remember, don't have spare drill bits on hand because you'll never break one on a weekend or holiday, when the LHS is closed--right?
Have at least six of the same suitably-sized drills on hand before starting to drill holes for handgrabs on models HO scale and smaller!
When opening up a new bottle of CA glue, do so away from the work bench or things of value. Two nearly completed loco shells can get sprayed and ruined. Don't ask me how I know, It still hurts. Wearing safety glasses would be a great idea. I was Lucky on that one.
Wyomingrailfan, check your PM.
It takes an iron man to play with a toy iron horse.
phatkat64 wrote:While you're waiting for your soldering gun to heat up, don't test it with your fingers if you think it isn't getting hot!
Corollary: Don't test the tip of the hot melt glue gun by letting it fall off the table you're working on and onto your legs.
Also: Never wipe away sweat from your face just after gluing something with cyanocrylic adhesive. Corollary to that: Always wash your hands before going to the bathroom if you've eaten hot peppers.
de N2MPU Jack
Proud NRA Life Member and supporter of the 2nd. Amendment
God, guns, and rock and roll!
Modeling the NYC/NYNH&H in HO and CPRail/D&H in N
The track nail you just pulled out that flipped out of the pliers will be completely invisible... until you turn on the track power. It will then glow brilliant red as it lays there across the frog it landed on....
When the wisp of smoke catches your eye, don't attempt to brush it away with your bare hand... Hot metal fuses to your fleshy bits and hurts really bad!
Lee
Route of the Alpha Jets www.wmrywesternlines.net
Don't use 'green' lumber to build your benchwork. It WILL warp as it dries out later. I learned the hard way.
Dr. Frankendiesel aka Scott Running BearSpace Mouse for president!15 year veteran fire fighterCollector of Apple //e'sRunning Bear EnterprisesHistory Channel Club life member.beatus homo qui invenit sapientiam
wcu boy wrote:Don't cut atlas track with Xuron rail nippers without a pair of safety glasses on.
Or Kadee "air hoses". I was lucky enough to be wearing safety goggles.....never will cut without them again!
Robert Beaty
The Laughing Hippie
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The CF-7...a waste of a perfectly good F-unit!
Then it comes to be that the soothing light at the
end of your tunnel, Was just a freight train coming
your way. -Metallica, No Leaf Clover
When assembling any kit for the first time look to find the single most important parts. Put these in a brightly cover bag in a safe. You might not lose them.