Devine intervention or luck

[newt]

I was shooting some lemon wood today using my LN bronze no4, moved to far on the back stroke let go to pick up a square and it dropped on the floor. Intense panic. I partly broke the fall with my foot, however up until yesterday it was a bare concrete floor, but SWIMBO insisted this morning to place a rug underneath the bench so my feet stayed warmer. Not a mark on the plane, it did not even go out of adjustment. Lucky :lol:

 

[Karl]

SWMBO's not called Meg (as in Mystic) is she :lol:

Nice save, at any rate.

Cheers

Karl

 

[wizer]

Divine Luck, surely? :lol:

 

[Anonymous]

My kind fo luck

 

[Pete W]

How long before your hearbeat settled back to normal :shock:

 

[Philly]

Pete
That was plane luck............
Philly :lol:

 

[woodbloke]

Pete - a close run thing :wink:...good job Pam thinks of everything :lol: - Rob

 

[Corset]

Sounds like you were shooting a bit close to the wind.

 

[Paul Chapman]

Good job that behind every clumsy woodworker there's a forward-thinking woman :lol: Well done Pam :wink:

Cheers :wink:

Paul

 

[bugbear]

this morning to place a rug underneath the bench so my feet stayed warmer. Not a mark on the plane, it did not even go out of adjustment. Lucky :lol:

I heartily recommend something like this:

http://www.axminster.co.uk/product.asp? ... e=1&jump=0

comfortable, warm, and easier to sweep (e.g. filings or shavings) than a rug.

BugBear

 

[Racers]

Hi,

They had similar stuff in Maplins on offer for £9.99 its very comfy but its now gone up to £14.99 but if there is one near you then you could save the postage.
http://www.maplin.co.uk/Module.aspx?Mod ... s&doy=17m1

Pete

 

[newt]

I think I will always now have something soft on the floor, I have never dropped a plane before, and I was lucky thanks to Pam. Is your floor unprotected, even a sheet of cardboard could save the day, think hard about it.

 

[DaveL]

Well I dropped a Stanley block plane on the floor and broke the cheek, just glad it was not a LN, glad yours lived to tell the tale.

I have since put down a laminate floor and have just bought some of that rubber matt from Axminster for infront of the bench.

The Maplin stuff works out the same price per tile, theirs is packs of 6 while the Axminster pack only has 4 in it.

 

[Paul Chapman]

I think I will always now have something soft on the floor

Good idea. I think I'll do the same following your experience. Like you, I have a concrete floor :shock:

Cheers :wink:

Paul

 

[Wood Monkey]

SWIMBO insisted this morning to place a rug underneath the bench so my feet stayed warmer

I recently covered up my concrete floor with a chipboard floor. I did this partly coz I had similar fears about dropping a plane on it.

Spookily, SWMBO had similar words of encouragement. Something like “I don’t know why you don’t move into that blinking workshop. When are you going to finish the bathroom…”

Jon....