I'm In Bondage to This Prison Bus

[o1marc]

Originally Posted by plfking

I remember seeing this at a trade show when it first came out, and wondering just how big the inventor's balls were when it came time to prove the concept.

I used to work with a guy that had his fingers saved by this device.....not just once, but twice over a 5 year period. I *think* he was fired after the second occurrence.

He didn't need balls, he used a piece of sausage.

[Rusty]

Originally Posted by plfking

I remember seeing this at a trade show when it first came out, and wondering just how big the inventor's balls were when it came time to prove the concept.

I used to work with a guy that had his fingers saved by this device.....not just once, but twice over a 5 year period. I *think* he was fired after the second occurrence.

I put a lot of faith in technology- my car, for one. I just could never be convinced of that level of trust.

I used to run a cnc machine in a cabinet shop & one of my duties was to make templates for the shaper guy. Tough, old Mexican dude missing tops of 3 fingers. A shaper is 5-hp router table w/ a spinning bit the size of a baseball that he'd freehand-feed wood into. Cajones.

I asked him what it feels like when the blade removes the fingers- he said it feels real hot- heat sensation.

[plfking]

Originally Posted by Rusty

I just could never be convinced of that level of trust.

Same here. No matter how much I KNEW it would work, there's no way I could have finally stuck my finger in there.

Would've probably tried to hire someone to do it......wonder how much that would have cost?

[dan-fox]

I can go both ways on the SawStop. No argument that it improves safety. But, the guy who invented it lawyered his competition (a garage inventor - one man band) out of business, and lawyered his contraption into the EPA regs. I don't like people who work like that.

His solution adds several hundred dollars to the cost of the saw, and you have to buy it from him, which is hundreds more. The competing idea was an electronic box that used back EMF to stop the motor when something the temperature of a live human was detected within an 1/8th inch of the blade. Granted, it took 100-125 msec to stop the blade, but would you wear a band-aid in return for not having to buy a replacement shotgun cartridge for $70 plus a new sawblade? Not to mention having to buy a new table saw to get the safety device in the first place.

[o1marc]

Originally Posted by dan-fox

I can go both ways on the SawStop. No argument that it improves safety. But, the guy who invented it lawyered his competition (a garage inventor - one man band) out of business, and lawyered his contraption into the EPA regs. I don't like people who work like that.

His solution adds several hundred dollars to the cost of the saw, and you have to buy it from him, which is hundreds more. The competing idea was an electronic box that used back EMF to stop the motor when something the temperature of a live human was detected within an 1/8th inch of the blade. Granted, it took 100-125 msec to stop the blade, but would you wear a band-aid in return for not having to buy a replacement shotgun cartridge for $70 plus a new sawblade? Not to mention having to buy a new table saw to get the safety device in the first place.

That saw wouldn't work in anything over 97° weather, i'm sure the teeth get hotter than that in seconds after cutting. Theory doesn't sound viable.

[dan-fox]

Good point. I'll see if I can get better info from the source. I've got it bookmarked at home. Perhaps it's a break-the-beam type of thing, but I seem to remember that it could discriminate between a finger and a screwdriver (and material being pushed through the sawblade).

[Gdog 5651]

Talking about belief in your product weather its true or not I saw a video of a guy drinking the effluent from his septic tank to prove how well the treatment system worked did not have a chlorine injector on it.

[Robin97396]

And we honor him postimously for believing in his product.

[spenceronehalf]

My perspective on a few things Skoolie related: screws and fasteners, insulations, and wiring decisions.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4_yeoJWdz_I&t=6s

[Jdawgsfanasty]

Originally Posted by plfking

Same here. No matter how much I KNEW it would work, there's no way I could have finally stuck my finger in there.

Would've probably tried to hire someone to do it......wonder how much that would have cost? [emoji2]

That depends on how hard they tweaking...

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[spenceronehalf]

Having pulled these cargo boxes down to make room for my black tank, I ended up transplanting them to another place on the bus.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tWbAFLJUfGE&t=1s

In my experience, under-bus storage is never completely dry when driving in serious rain, so I'll likely use them for things that can get wet: the RV dump hose is down there now, but my dream is to store tools in tubs down there one day.

[spenceronehalf]

Did a bit more work on the prison bus ...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z-KX...ature=youtu.be

[spenceronehalf]

An overview of how I built my flipping folder of a couch. Plans should be up soon for those who like such things:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lpyw9YPOoD0

[spenceronehalf]

Hi all,

I drew up some plans for the folding couch I posted about last time:

https://etsy.me/2t7JLpi

Spencer

[spenceronehalf]

Tuned up the receptacles and switches on the prison bus ... starting to feel like home.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HrCQqspYl-s

[spenceronehalf]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2FA-...ature=youtu.be

[o1marc]

What didn't work on the door?

[spenceronehalf]

Originally Posted by o1marc

What didn't work on the door?

The joints just weren't as tight as I was hoping for ... I think I've gotta use router bits or chisels from now on. On the table saw, the tenons just end up too messy.

Next time!

[o1marc]

Biscuits and glue?

[spenceronehalf]

Originally Posted by o1marc

Biscuits and glue?

I should have gone that route, as my biscuit joiner usually dials things in really well! Instead, I was trying to do grooves and tenons ... dang imprecision caught up with me!