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Jim P 03-20-2011 07:59 PM

I'm thinking the VOR antenna through the lip may just be the winner on this thread for sure!:eek:

bret 03-20-2011 08:20 PM

YES! I agree, antenna through the lip......so far

flion 03-21-2011 06:25 AM

For all who drilled themselves, I hope you all followed proper procedure and clecoed each hole after drilling...:p

Danny King 03-21-2011 07:17 AM

Lost Blood
 
I left plenty of blood on Don Mc Namara's shop floor before I learned that he failed to debur the razor sharp holes in his stainless steel firewall. He drew a circle around the blood spots, and put my name on them. What a guy!

jimbower 03-21-2011 07:48 AM

I've spent 11 years on my build and have done all of the usual things. However the one that still hurts after several weeks is when I was trying to drive out a temporary wing bolt with a pin punch and heavy hammer. I missed the punch and hit myself in the hand. It hurt too much to curse!

Experimental Chaos 03-21-2011 07:59 AM

It's all part of the fun!
 
While working as an A&P years ago (in the ?70s) I dropped something between the cylinders of a Cherokee I was working on. So, I uncoiled a length of safety wire, and bent a hook in the end to retrieve the part, I THEN straightened the coils out and somehow got the ?hook? in the meaty part of my thumb, well past the bend. I couldn?t get it out, so I cut the long end off to about 6 inches, and went to our parts man, and repeatedly pointed out that it was bent into a hook. ?Look, you push it down here and you can see the end of the hook over here, it?s bent into a HOOK it has to come out like this, got it.? ?Got it? yank! ?Damn, that was bent into a hook!? about that time my boss walked in and said, ?you look a bit pale, maybe you should sit down for a minute.??. I wish I could say that, that was the worst thing that ever happened to me working on airplanes?.ya, I wish?.but we?re talking about safety wire.:p

SeanB 03-21-2011 07:37 PM

While installing the plexi lenses for my Duckworks landing lights, I was pulling with all my might on the tape handle they have you make in the instructions, when SNAPPPP it came loose and I took a good shot from my own right fist square in the forehead and across the bridge of my nose. Couldn't remember my own name for a second, but recovered....I think.

Drilled fingers...a few times.

Cracked my shin open on the RV-10 step.

Was changing bits in my Sioux drill with the hose still on. Really was tcranking on the chuck key to get the #40 bit to stay put when I bumped the trigger. 3/4 rotation of my hand around the chuck and I fortunately got away unscathed.

Experimental Chaos 03-22-2011 06:36 AM

How smart am I?
 
When I first got my pneumatic rivet squeezer and was trying to figure out how to defeat the trigger safety??somewhere I?ve got a picture of my black thumb nail. Fortunately I didn?t have it adjusted, so the closed gap was such that it only mashed my thumb, instead of crushing it, the way it would if it were adjusted for most riveting situations. I?ve left safety in place, but still catch myself changing dies now and then with the air still hooked up! Makes me wonder if I should be allowed around airplanes, sometimes. :eek:

aerhed 03-22-2011 09:36 AM

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Cracked my shin open on the RV-10 step.

So that's why one of the steps has a flat spot.

Caummisar 11-29-2011 08:33 AM

Blood, dirt and aluminum
 
I have an acquaintance that is a retired commercial airline pilot. He is fond of saying that in his entire aviation career he never mixed blood, dirt and aluminum! After hearing this SEVERAL times, I had to retort, ?I do that EVERY WEEKEND, building my plane.? :)


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