Fire in the hole (shed)

**Bodgy** · 24th April 2006, 09:28 PM

Thought I may share this with fellow tragics;

Happily grinding off some plane irons, to square, on the bench linisher. Lots of sparks, like Guy Fawkes really, finished, examined on the 30X loupe - perfect. Out with the Nip waterstones and first 1000 then 6000. All under control - yep. Shiney, jewel -ike bevels - Yo!

Noticed a funny smell, wasn't me, wasn't my Rugger Bugger son, smelt like burning, Sure 'nuff the bench linisher was smouldering. Whilst I try and keep all tools clean, the guards must have gathered some sawdust which the pyrotechnics set on fire.

Panic, rampant and uncontrolled.

I tried to remove the guards at the end end of the belt, got 3 screws successfully out but the 4th would not budge (I think I stripped the Phillips head, in the process). Meanwhile smoke is billowing, exponentially, the plastic covers are melting, and I'm somewhat perplexed.

Never fear, I had just popped my first pre-prandial beer (Pilsner Urquel for reference). Beer - is there nothing it can't do? (Attrib; H Simpson, context: Duff Brewery)

Quelle Horreur: The position of the guards meant that I could not pour the beer over the fire.

When the going gets tough, the tough get going!

I took a generous mouthful, of this East European nectar, and bountifully sprayed the offending area, like a RAMSEY water cannon in Honiara.

Worked like a charm, although the offending linisher is now parked outside the shed, in case of recidivisism - what can one expect from a K-Mart tool?

A salutary lesson!

**Groggy** · 24th April 2006, 09:35 PM

There's something about today...

It must have been a tough decision - save tools - waste beer, save tools - waste beer, save tools - waste beer, save tools - waste beer, save tools - waste beer.

aww heck, splurt!

**bitingmidge** · 24th April 2006, 09:44 PM

Reminds me of a thing I saw Jack Absolom (outback artist and mate of Pro Hart's) do.

He always left a can on the dashboard. A warm can, given a bit of a shake, is even more effective at spreading beer flavoured CO2 laden H2O, works just like a fire extinguisher on even largish small fires.

He reckons the best thing about it was you could say to the missus, "I'm just popping out to get a carton of fire extinguishers love" and she never minded.

Glad all worked out for you today though.

cheers,

P

**Justin** · 24th April 2006, 11:02 PM

I hope you unplugged it before you gave it the pilsner kiss, 240 volts through the beer and into your gob would have been very effective shock therapy....

**Iain** · 24th April 2006, 11:12 PM

I remember in the RAAF we were shown how to use fire extinguishers, the red variety (water) for electrical fires, just point them at the fire the wrong way up and they only fire CO2, up the other way and the gas propels the water.
But, what a waste of a good properly brewed beer, just enjoy it and let the insurance company pick up the tab for the rest

**Driver** · 24th April 2006, 11:25 PM

Bodgy

You clearly acted in haste!

Had you drunk the beer, you could then have swiftly reycled it (in the traditional manner, of course) directly onto the conflagration. In this way, you would have had an opportunity to savour the flavour as well as extinguishing the linishing.

Glad to learn that you didn't come to harm.

Col

**benji79** · 25th April 2006, 11:54 AM

Ive had some homebrews that may have made it a bigger fire

**scooter** · 25th April 2006, 12:03 PM

Lyrical, Col, brought tears to the eyes

Bl00dy hell, Bodg, what a dilemna. Nice improv

Cheers...........Sean

**TTIT** · 25th April 2006, 01:03 PM

You've convinced me Bodgy! Until I remember to buy myself an extinguisher, I'm going to keep a warm tinnie on the bench!

**fletty** · 25th April 2006, 08:56 PM

Driver's method would have been even more interesting if the 240volt was still connected!
Fletty

**Bodgy** · 25th April 2006, 09:21 PM

To my endless shame, I recall that the linisher was still plugged in when I gave it the Pilsener shower.

Had I followed Driver's advice, I could possibly have got 240 right up the old fella.

Thankfully, dear reader, not only were my kidneys not up to Driver's accelerated benchmark, but I also have an Earth Leakage switch on the shed circuit.

Hence, Percy lives to fight another day, and the linisher powers on, somewhat battle scarred, but ready to grind and hump, respectively - Yo!

**silentC** · 26th April 2006, 09:28 AM

ready to grind and hump, respectively

So Percy grinds and the linisher humps? You want to see a doctor. Or a mechanic. Or both...

**CameronPotter** · 26th April 2006, 09:55 AM

Nice story and I can't fault your beer choise either!

And Driver, as for your internal mechanisms - well, you must have it down to a fine art to be so speedy!

**Eddie Jones** · 26th April 2006, 04:42 PM

I thought it was a misprint, but no, there it was again. And again.

Soooo..... OK, I'll be the one to ask

What the hell is a Linisher?

**silentC** · 26th April 2006, 05:05 PM

It's a machine which linishes of course

Originally Posted by WikiPedia

To linish is an engineering term that refers to the process of using grinding or belt sanding techniques to improve the flatness of a surface. The flatness may be two-dimensional, i.e. with the view of achieving a flat plate, or one-dimensional, e.g. with the view of achieving a perfectly cylindrical shape. The machine that does this may be called a linisher or a linish grinder. The technique may also be used, with finer grades of grindstone or sanding belt, to polish a surface.

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