Back in the workshop

**jow104** · 13th March 2005, 11:05 PM

I estimate I have been out of my workshop since around 14 th December last, and today the 13 th March finally got back in. Temperature was 5c but put the heater on and took it up to a moderate 10c

Heard on the grapevine that temps are 35c in Aus.

Have the boys in Queensland started work again yet?

Anyway put the P/T blades back in and reset the drive belt and did a test run and very happy with the result except two screws have stripped their threads on the safety bar assembly (white metal trouble).

So we have 5c in UK and you have 35c in aus

**Harry72** · 14th March 2005, 12:59 AM

That'll be 35 in the shade, good to hear your back in the shop... wish my shop was 10c!

**AlexS** · 14th March 2005, 11:10 AM

Heading for about 28 C in Sydney today - just heading up to Brooklyn for a sail.

It's a basterd of a life

**jow104** · 15th March 2005, 02:12 AM

Anyone seen a length of 3x1" down in Aus?

I put a pice of timber through my router table with the router bit on the wrong side of the plank.

**barnsey** · 15th March 2005, 12:00 PM

Oh No

Better be careful - the frogs over the ditch will reckon they're being attacked by someone catapaulting lumps of 3X1 :eek:

Still they'll probably blame the entire western european union so just stay low

See you've been down under too long! Now everything is upside around on ya

And 5C - I don't even drink me scotch that cold

It's sunny here on the Gold Coast 27C, a gentle NE'ster around 5 kn mind you it got down to 21 C overnight.

'Shard work livin' here but I guess some of us have to live in paradise

Now go and stand on the otherside of the router so you get reaclimatised - oh and put your lj's on and a heavy overcoat as a bit extra protection

Jamie

**jow104** · 15th March 2005, 06:43 PM

Thanks Jamie for advice and weather news. Our forecasters say that the winter weather should end today, winds have been northerly for past 3 months but going SW during the next few hours, so be putting away the thermals but getting out the waterproofs :mad:

But seriously after 3 months out of the workshop its easy to forget the priorities and safe workings with machinery.

**barnsey** · 15th March 2005, 10:40 PM

Originally Posted by jow104

Thanks Jamie for advice and weather news. Our forecasters say that the winter weather should end today, winds have been northerly for past 3 months but going SW during the next few hours, so be putting away the thermals but getting out the waterproofs :mad:

I thought they'd given the weather bureau the chop over there. They just print "" and if it's better than that - what a bonus!! :eek: :eek:

Seriously - there's another thread here at the moment - SAFETY.

What happened with you affirms your statement that being away from it for awhile watered down your perspective on the dangers involved.

That should be a lesson to all of us. When you walk in to the workshop, switch on "brain", first consideration "SAFETY", now where is the light switch? Next step "SAFETY" .

If that step "SAFETY" doesn't happen every second time you run a risk of missing something and doing someone a nasty - might be you but god forbid it were to be someone else.

OK I'll get off the soapbox now. It was a light hearted answer that had a much deeper undertone and I was just trying to bring attention to something we have all been guilty of

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