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Offline Lewis Brookshire III

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Any ideas.......
« on: February 17, 2008, 07:27:00 PM »
how this happens???  :knothead:  

 


This was the last knife out of three I was taking out of the fire place to put in the oil and it slipped out of my clamps!!! Man I am a idiot! LOL
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Offline Lewis Brookshire III

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« Reply #1 on: February 17, 2008, 07:28:00 PM »
It was funny my wife was down stairs and when she was coming up I said, "You are gonna be SO mad at me".....she said...HAHA no Im not Sweetheart cause your the one thats gonna have to pay to replace it! Sighhhhhh
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Offline brettlandon

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« Reply #2 on: February 17, 2008, 07:39:00 PM »
:(  What a bummer!  :(    The good news is no one was hurt (thanks in no small part to an understanding wife).  :)

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Offline Lewis Brookshire III

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« Reply #3 on: February 17, 2008, 07:43:00 PM »
Yeah I know. The carpet flamed up as soon as the RED hot blade touched it. Luckily I was wearing a THICK oven mit and just tapped it out, but as you can see I re-droped the blade two more times trying to pick it up so fast! LOL
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Offline catfishon

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« Reply #4 on: February 17, 2008, 07:51:00 PM »
just continue the pattern on the rest of the floor???  :)

Offline LAR43

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« Reply #5 on: February 17, 2008, 08:54:00 PM »
A nice fireproof throw rug in front of the stove?

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Offline Leftieshot

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« Reply #6 on: February 17, 2008, 09:34:00 PM »
That burn has a nice shape.  Now show us the blade.  I feel for you man!

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« Reply #7 on: February 17, 2008, 10:16:00 PM »
Why did you drop it 3 times???? Time to buy a rug for in front of the fire place.
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Offline Lewis Brookshire III

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« Reply #8 on: February 17, 2008, 10:19:00 PM »
Read three posts up RGK, I panicked!! LOL

The blade on the bottom is the infamous blade. Hey at least I have a permenant template on hand if i want to make another! LOL

 
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Offline Leftieshot

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« Reply #9 on: February 17, 2008, 11:37:00 PM »
Yep, you were caught playin in the fire!

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« Reply #10 on: February 18, 2008, 05:24:00 AM »
:scared:    "[dntthnk]"  <><
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Offline Butts2

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« Reply #11 on: February 18, 2008, 03:02:00 PM »
Yessir ! I would not have been able to start this thread, cause my wife would have put me in a pine box. I drop stuff just like that all the time, except its after I have consumed 2 or 3 adult beverages.
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« Reply #12 on: February 25, 2008, 09:57:00 PM »
I'd use a different quench medium next time  :scared:  Too bad it's carpet in house & not in work shop.  Sorry...Doc
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Offline Lewis Brookshire III

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« Reply #13 on: February 26, 2008, 08:25:00 AM »
LOL, Yeah Doc someone told me too try Carpet fiber as a quench medium so I figured I would give it a shot. Funny thing is the fibers pretty much disolved as soon as the blade touched them, I dont thin it helped the blade cool slowly but hey what do I know!! HAHAHA
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Offline amicus

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« Reply #14 on: February 26, 2008, 01:52:00 PM »
I like Catfishon's Idea LOL
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Offline GMASIUK

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« Reply #15 on: February 26, 2008, 06:28:00 PM »
Your wife is gonna kill you. You better sleep in the garage. LOL

Offline Leo L.

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« Reply #16 on: February 26, 2008, 06:52:00 PM »
That looks pretty bad. Shouldn't cost too much to fix though.  That new piece of carpeting should blend right in.

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« Reply #17 on: February 26, 2008, 07:22:00 PM »
you could install a couple rows of ceramic tile in front of the fireplace, or if you have a piece of that carpet, it could be pieced in there. just a couple of suggestions from a flooring guy. dcl

Offline Ray Hammond

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« Reply #18 on: February 27, 2008, 10:03:00 AM »
now you know why people's homeowners insurance premiums are so high- I feel for you friend but you really ought not be doing industrial activities inside your home.

Last Thanksgiving 27 homeowners burned down their house by deep-frying turkeys inside their garage so they wouldnt have to be "out" in the weather.

Even without that going on...you should have a fireproof mat in front of that fireplace anyway, so you ought to do that.

If your contractor left you any spare pieces of carpet, and he should have, you can patch that and no one will know- go to DIY.COM and it will show you how to patch carpet.
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Offline Lewis Brookshire III

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« Reply #19 on: February 27, 2008, 10:11:00 AM »
Thanks Ray, but sometimes we all do things not thinking anything will go wrong! HAHA

Its all fun to joke about it now but you are right.

But I will tell you this much there will be NO Heat treating in the house anymore!

As soon as it happened I could only think of burning the whole house down just to make a few knives. I am in the process of building a outside treating system now.

Oh and a nicely placed firerug is now covering the "Dork scene" as my wife calls it! HAHAHA
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