Swagger
Putting boot to ass since 1967!
Got my bell rung this afternoon.
Was facing a 4lb slug of 6061, an operation I've done a thousand times when the lathe jaw let go and launched the work piece at my head. I don't know why, maybe it actually broke. Would be interesting to know the velocity of impact, but my left cheekbone stopped it from flying across the room. I don't remember the actual impact, but found myself sitting on the floor covered in blood.
Laid my cheek open (literally) from my lip to just under the eye.
Didn't realize it till I got up and took a.peak in my inspection mirror, cut thru my cheek and could.see my teeth thru my face.
Neato
Internal muscle stitches plus some inside my mouth, some more outside and some for the upper gums just for good measure and I'm back home. Vision in my left eye is blurry but more than likely from swelling......I hope.
No real reason for this post except to distract myself until the pain meds kick in. They haven't done shit thus far.
So you math wizards out there.....
5" diameter, spinning on axis at 5200rpm, flying approximately 20 inches at roughly 45 degree angle.......how much force was the impact?
Was facing a 4lb slug of 6061, an operation I've done a thousand times when the lathe jaw let go and launched the work piece at my head. I don't know why, maybe it actually broke. Would be interesting to know the velocity of impact, but my left cheekbone stopped it from flying across the room. I don't remember the actual impact, but found myself sitting on the floor covered in blood.
Laid my cheek open (literally) from my lip to just under the eye.
Didn't realize it till I got up and took a.peak in my inspection mirror, cut thru my cheek and could.see my teeth thru my face.
Neato
Internal muscle stitches plus some inside my mouth, some more outside and some for the upper gums just for good measure and I'm back home. Vision in my left eye is blurry but more than likely from swelling......I hope.
No real reason for this post except to distract myself until the pain meds kick in. They haven't done shit thus far.
So you math wizards out there.....
5" diameter, spinning on axis at 5200rpm, flying approximately 20 inches at roughly 45 degree angle.......how much force was the impact?