I’ve had a lot of successful mods and builds but I’ve also had a few screw-ups here and there…I’m sure everyone has. That’s what this thread is dedicated too…I’ll be more than happy to post the first one. This happened last night when a bit broke in my dremel…
Well, I was looking at my newly arrived Proxxon rotary tool in its case. My cat was looking too. She placed her paws on the open lid in order to get a better look. The lid pushed down which caused the bottom to flip up, burying the ultra fine engraving bit deeply into the back of my finger. It was hard to pull back out. Lots of blood.
I screwed up a fence picket layout today, one end space was about half of the other end. Caught before nailing but led to lots of pencil eraser wear. Pride took a beating- I’m known for perfect layouts first time everytime.
Was trying to remove a very stuck XP-L HI MCPCB from an X6 by twitsting it over the wires to try and pop it off. The pliers slipped, and damaged the emitter. :cry:
Attempted to part off a mag tube with too wide a tool too fast and not enough grip. Fail…
I’m thinking of making a deep set of aluminum jaws bored specifically for mags to avoid this problem in the future.
I dissembled old Magcharger in hope I could easily mod it… I guess I am not that good as I thought I am…
It is the most complicated flashlight on the planet or I am to dumb to mod it (probably other).
So now I have disassembled parts and puzzle “how to” all day in my head.
When turning tubes, always have something in the tailstock going inside. It may or may not save the workpiece but at least it will not go flying across the shop if it gets loose from the chuck.
I ordered the wrong part for my Niece’s car. 5 different ones for that year and I guessed wrong, trying again today! Glad she doesn’t need the car right away.