Signs you are dealing with a 'Rooter'

bogman_bass

CloughCasey1 wrote: »

That lathe incident was horrific!

You can’t unsee things like that

bogman_bass

whelan2 wrote: »

Reusing milking gloves.

Ooooh! Look at you Mrs moneybags!

bogman_bass

The auld lad did a new one the other day
Opening bales with a tenon saw!

893bet

_Brian wrote: »

Somebody sent me a WhatsApp of a poor guy getting pulled into a lathe. Jesus I can’t be seeing this stuff.

As for grinders I had a red hot chip of metal straight in the eye from not wearing goggles. Major panic to have it removed in hospital. I was so lucky not to loose the sight in my eye and had a scar visible on the eyeball for about ten years afterwards. Very painful and very scary.

I have become much more eye protection aware.

Had another close miss last week when a piece of barbed wire that I was tying snapped and flew. Hit me in face and I escaped.

Heed the warning. Safety glass now part of the fencing kit for tensioning wire.

893bet

bogman_bass wrote: »

The auld lad did a new one the other day
Opening bales with a tenon saw!

My old lad can’t mind a knife. He is forever with old blunt blades of old mowers. Hardship.

curiousinvestor

893bet wrote: »

My old lad can’t mind a knife. He is forever with old blunt blades of old mowers. Hardship.

Seen that all too often. Total rooting, taking 5 min to cut a bit of plastic.
I use a spring loaded Stanley blade, I.e. the blade retracts .
I try to deter people from d Stanley blade though....

the_pen_turner

whats wrong with a stanley knife

Base price

bogman_bass wrote: »

The auld lad did a new one the other day
Opening bales with a tenon saw!

I did the very same thing yesterday evening. I couldn't find the stanley knife and my pocket knife was in a different pair of trousers. I found a tenon saw in the back of the jeep and it worked perfectly

curiousinvestor

the_pen_turner wrote: »

whats wrong with a stanley knife

One slip and its fairly serious. A tight corner , over reaching or getting a fright from a cow/ bull at the barrier ....
A new Stanley blade , u may not even feel the cut.
Plenty stories of bad injuries , but worse nerve damage from them.

the_pen_turner

curiousinvestor wrote: »

One slip and its fairly serious. A tight corner , over reaching or getting a fright from a cow/ bull at the barrier ....
A new Stanley blade , u may not even feel the cut.
Plenty stories of bad injuries , but worse nerve damage from them.

That's not the knives fault. You shouldn't be using a knife like that.
A sharp normal knife is just as sharp as a stanley blade if not sharper.

the_pen_turner

the_pen_turner wrote: »

whats wrong with a stanley knife

Non retractable ones are banned on many sites, with good reason, you can do huge damage quickly by accident. Self retracting options are less likely to do damage.

the_pen_turner wrote: »

That's not the knives fault. You shouldn't be using a knife like that............

Most accidents are caused when someone does something they shouldn't do.

whelan2

bogman_bass wrote: »

Ooooh! Look at you Mrs moneybags!

Ah come on now. Covered in crap from one milking and then reuse them

Quazzie

Augeo wrote: »

Non retractable ones are banned on many sites, with good reason, you can do huge damage quickly by accident. Self retracting options are less likely to do damage.



Most accidents are caused when someone does something they shouldn't do.

I've often had a retractable stanley knife open in my pocket to expose the blade. Could do serious damage down there. :eek:

NcdJd

bogman_bass wrote: »

The auld lad did a new one the other day
Opening bales with a tenon saw!

There's also the piece of old cutlery or a sharp stone on tilled ground which I on occasion had to use.

Cutting twine or plastic pallet straps with a saw can be a very slow job.

curiousinvestor

the_pen_turner wrote: »

That's not the knives fault. You shouldn't be using a knife like that.
A sharp normal knife is just as sharp as a stanley blade if not sharper.

I never said it was the knives fault. Its not a chainsaws fault if it cuts someone either !!! I feed at 5 barriers at all sides of my yard. I am not putting an "normal" knife in my pocket, and go walking around. d yard was fine and slippery this morning at 6am, n d dark.
There is nothing to cut plastic and net from hay like a Stanley blade, I not saying it d best or safest, but its what I use. I wont let my daughter use it for e.g. I have a few edged mower blades in d tractor for her. !!

Kevhog1988

curiousinvestor wrote: »

I never said it was the knives fault. Its not a chainsaws fault if it cuts someone either !!! I feed at 5 barriers at all sides of my yard. I am not putting an "normal" knife in my pocket, and go walking around. d yard was fine and slippery this morning at 6am, n d dark.
There is nothing to cut plastic and net from hay like a Stanley blade, I not saying it d best or safest, but its what I use. I wont let my daughter use it for e.g. I have a few edged mower blades in d tractor for her. !!

Why not get a pocket knife?. Never have nay issue with using one once i give it a sharpen every so often.

Lime Tree Farm

whelan2 wrote: »

Reusing milking gloves.

We are not milking cows here. but they blooming well aren't single use here unless they've sprung a leak, disinfectant wash, and a rub all over of a surgical spirit wipe when injecting animals.

Lime Tree Farm

893bet wrote: »

I have become much more eye protection aware.

Had another close miss last week when a piece of barbed wire that I was tying snapped and flew. Hit me in face and I escaped.

Heed the warning. Safety glass now part of the fencing kit for tensioning wire.

even without tension that barbed wire seems to have a life of it's own waiting to spring back and slap you in the face.

_Brian

Lime Tree Farm wrote: »

even without tension that barbed wire seems to have a life of it's own waiting to spring back and slap you in the face.

Always towards the face, never away.

curiousinvestor

Kevhog1988 wrote: »

Why not get a pocket knife?. Never have nay issue with using one once i give it a sharpen every so often.

I have one,not a bad one either, but the locking mechanism didn't work once, it allowed the blade close in on my fingers, no injury at all , but it would have been a different story , with a bit more force and if it was edged

Base price

NcdJd wrote: »

There's also the piece of old cutlery or a sharp stone on tilled ground which I on occasion had to use.

Cutting twine or plastic pallet straps with a saw can be a very slow job.

A bit of newly broken roof slate off the old shed was my back up knife for many years - as sharp as a stanley blade.

whelan2

Base price wrote: »

A bit of newly broken roof slate off the old shed was my back up knife for many years - as sharp as a stanley blade.

Even a stone sharpened off a concrete wall

Lime Tree Farm

Base price wrote: »

A bit of newly broken roof slate off the old shed was my back up knife for many years - as sharp as a stanley blade.

Rolling out 9 strand el fence wire I've had to resort to banging it between 2 stones to split it, when nothing else was to hand. Works a treat.

Base price

whelan2 wrote: »

Even a stone sharpened off a concrete wall

We reuse disposable gloves here all the time. It's only when one gets torn is it thrown away.

lakill Farm

worked with a butcher for years.

He always always said that you would cut yourself quicker with a blunt knife compared to a sharp one as your forcing the blade and more chance of it slipping.

Only use the yellow Stanley fatmax knives here. blade retracts and folds in half and easy to spot or locate .

the_pen_turner wrote: »

That's not the knives fault. You shouldn't be using a knife like that.
A sharp normal knife is just as sharp as a stanley blade if not sharper.

Base price

If you haven't got the right sized spanner to open a nut/bung pop in a cent or two cent coin into a larger spanner and it will get the job done

Feisar

Augeo wrote: »

Non retractable ones are banned on many sites, with good reason, you can do huge damage quickly by accident. Self retracting options are less likely to do damage.

Spend the day scoring and snapping plasterboard and come back to me on retractable knives.

The Rabbi

Quazzie wrote: »

I've often had a retractable stanley knife open in my pocket to expose the blade. Could do serious damage down there. :eek:

Remove the warning labels and let natural selection take it's course.:D

NcdJd

Lime Tree Farm wrote: »

Rolling out 9 strand el fence wire I've had to resort to banging it between 2 stones to split it, when nothing else was to hand. Works a treat.

Yabba dabba rooting ha

Albert Johnson

lakill Farm wrote: »

worked with a butcher for years.

He always always said that you would cut yourself quicker with a blunt knife compared to a sharp one as your forcing the blade and more chance of it slipping.

Only use the yellow Stanley fatmax knives here. blade retracts and folds in half and easy to spot or locate .

This thread has reminded me of different aspects of my childhood that I'd forgotten, the hardship some lad's subjected themselves to and no need for it. I was the only young lad locally that had much interest in all things agricultural that wasn't driving tractors or similar. There was a lot of older bachelor type operators locally at the time and there was always plenty of work with cattle, patching fences and general rooting at whatever lunacy they had in mind. Hardship wasn't the word and I swear some of them had no interest in doing something unless it was awkward and if it wasn't they'd find a way to make it difficult.

As for the fatmax knives there a serious tool and I'm never without one. There well designed and ergonomic although as with all Stanley stuff there dear enough for what they are and you wouldn't want to be loosing them too often. I do get them with work occasionally and have a few replacements ready and waiting in the drawer but there not something you'd wear out.