Comments on: Doh! A DIY Construction Site Tilt-A-Whirl http://toolmonger.com/2007/04/13/doh-a-diy-construction-site-tilt-a-whirl/ All tools. All the time. Your source for news, information, and reviews of hand tools, power tools, and tools of all kinds. Sat, 05 Jul 2008 21:40:28 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.2 by: Don http://toolmonger.com/2007/04/13/doh-a-diy-construction-site-tilt-a-whirl/#comment-56935 Thu, 26 Apr 2007 16:12:08 +0000 http://toolmonger.com/2007/04/13/doh-a-diy-construction-site-tilt-a-whirl/#comment-56935 All amusements aside ("it's all fun and games until YOUR eye is put out"), this is a good example of people not understanding the great difference between the energy levels in the organic and mechanical domains. Sure you can bash your thumb with a hammer, but you aren't likely to mistakingly fire 6 nails into your skull with a good old steel and ash claw hammer. Hanging by the arms from some fixed object is safe enough (depending on how far you like to fall), but having a machine accelerate that suspension point while you're hanging is madness. For an example, a friend of mine many years ago worked as a seismic surveyor in the oil patch, and they make great use of serious 4wd vehicles. One day he reached for a grab iron on the side of the truck as it crawled past at very low speed, as he had done many times before. This time the truck hit a bump a the exact moment he clasped the handle, and pop, he needed surgery to keep his shoulder from dislocating several times a day. All amusements aside (”it’s all fun and games until YOUR eye is put out”), this is a good example of people not understanding the great difference between the energy levels in the organic and mechanical domains. Sure you can bash your thumb with a hammer, but you aren’t likely to mistakingly fire 6 nails into your skull with a good old steel and ash claw hammer. Hanging by the arms from some fixed object is safe enough (depending on how far you like to fall), but having a machine accelerate that suspension point while you’re hanging is madness.

For an example, a friend of mine many years ago worked as a seismic surveyor in the oil patch, and they make great use of serious 4wd vehicles. One day he reached for a grab iron on the side of the truck as it crawled past at very low speed, as he had done many times before. This time the truck hit a bump a the exact moment he clasped the handle, and pop, he needed surgery to keep his shoulder from dislocating several times a day.

]]> by: ba614 http://toolmonger.com/2007/04/13/doh-a-diy-construction-site-tilt-a-whirl/#comment-51445 Sat, 14 Apr 2007 18:36:30 +0000 http://toolmonger.com/2007/04/13/doh-a-diy-construction-site-tilt-a-whirl/#comment-51445 Yipee!!! Looks like FUN to me I'd have to do it Yipee!!!

Looks like FUN to me

I’d have to do it

]]> by: Dazrin http://toolmonger.com/2007/04/13/doh-a-diy-construction-site-tilt-a-whirl/#comment-51239 Fri, 13 Apr 2007 23:56:19 +0000 http://toolmonger.com/2007/04/13/doh-a-diy-construction-site-tilt-a-whirl/#comment-51239 Yikes. Even without seeing the next guy...it looked like it tried to tear this guys hands off. Yikes.

Even without seeing the next guy…it looked like it tried to tear this guys hands off.

]]> by: bc http://toolmonger.com/2007/04/13/doh-a-diy-construction-site-tilt-a-whirl/#comment-51216 Fri, 13 Apr 2007 21:34:42 +0000 http://toolmonger.com/2007/04/13/doh-a-diy-construction-site-tilt-a-whirl/#comment-51216 damn. don't think i would try this... damn. don’t think i would try this…

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