Guys I need help with the risk assessments! I was almost at the end and now my old laptop is simply dead! I lost all my work! Can someone help with the risk assessment? The first that we need is for the pillar drill! Speaking of that… I bought a new belt and I’m going to buy a proper interlock! Do we need something else to get it going for good? @unknowndomain @Dermot @joeatkin2
Unless you’ve truly murdered your laptop, we should be able to pull the data off the hard drive.
I have the terrible feeling that is right the hard drive that is dead!
I highly recommend doing this sort of thing in google docs - you’ll never lose a file, and you can have multiple people collaborate on a document.
Never use it before… BUT i Should start…
Sure and also we could try and get your hard drive out?
What do you mean? Take it out and try it on another machine?
Yep. Often worth doing.
I have a USB box… Ill give it a try!
Anyway, what else beside new belt and beltguard interlock?
On the drill press, we should check HSE, but I think thats it, plus we need a chuck key, and a strong chain in case it gets left in.
I was thinking about putting the Chuck key on the interlock, don’t know how yet but someone going to do it
Neat idea.
The belt is pretty ragged…
Does it need a guard?
Also: any particular types of clamp needed?
Just thinking out loud…
Tether the chuck on a length of insulated steel cable. Brush contact at the top of the spindle. If a circuit is formed, lock the motor.
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Or have a hall effect switch on a little pocket that the chuck key has to be stored in.
Or an RFID tag reader with tag on the key to avoid someone just leaving a bit of bar in the pocket…
Nice CAD, btw. Can see those years of training paid off.
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I already bought a new belt…
The belt guard needs interlock!
Looks like the chuck does not need a guard (in my advice is more dangerous than usefull)
For Woodwork does not strictly need a special clamping system, but in case we wanted it we have already a dedicated vice (in somewhere in the dark deepness of the snug)
We need to bolt a sacrificial piece of wood to the metal table (easy and fast job).
The idea of the interlocked chuck key looks silly to me, but if we really really want it is kind of easy… Just 2 little metal supports were to hung the key that close a circuit
I have already found a suitable size key and tied to the drill with a little chain!
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Have stated making the mk1 interlock but my cad skills are letting me down
Hoping to have it done by the weekend