Cliff_Johns
Elite Member
As a general rule, you should keep things that have a spring action in their sprung condition. Surprises, when it comes to heavy equipment (or even light equipment) are usually bad.
I was removing my Imatch. Not a big deal, but I'd left the little arms up -- the ones you snap down to lock the attachment into place. There is quite a bit of spring in them, so when I leaned over one to reach something, it tilted just enough to snap down with quite a bang, metal on metal. Had a finger been under it, the finger would have been smashed. I would have lost a nail if not part of my finger.
I've always had that rule about leaving springs sprung, but I neglected to follow it.
Noise scared me and my dog, but the dog forgot all about it in minutes. Me, it reminded me of my rule. So I thought I would remind everyone else too. Public service for the day.
Cliff
I was removing my Imatch. Not a big deal, but I'd left the little arms up -- the ones you snap down to lock the attachment into place. There is quite a bit of spring in them, so when I leaned over one to reach something, it tilted just enough to snap down with quite a bang, metal on metal. Had a finger been under it, the finger would have been smashed. I would have lost a nail if not part of my finger.
I've always had that rule about leaving springs sprung, but I neglected to follow it.
Noise scared me and my dog, but the dog forgot all about it in minutes. Me, it reminded me of my rule. So I thought I would remind everyone else too. Public service for the day.
Cliff