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Bill Henry-

Bill Henry-

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The thermostat on my old Seal Masterpiece 500T went nuts this morning.

Before I noticed, the temperature pegged out at 350° and vaporized the foam filling of a 3/16” thick piece of Bienfang. The poster is now mounted on two sheets of construction paper. Wow!

No harm, no foul!– the poster was easily replaced and I had a spare thermostat, but the results were <u>really neat</u>.
 
I had the heating unit go out on one side of my press a number of years ago. I was mounting an over-sized something, I can't remember what. One side was perfect, the other side was COOKED.
 
In my framing youth we shrink wrapped stuff. (I don't remember what stuff.) One day we turned on the shrink wrap thing and it threw out flames. It was just like a real flame thrower. Well we never shrink wrapped again. :rolleyes:
 
The Grumble is very Warped, lately.

We could start a list of Things That Might Catch Fire in a Frame Shop.

I've had a flaming thermostat on my Vacuseal press and a shrink wrap gun that exploded.

Not very original, but quite spectacular at the time.
 
I'm glad somebody else brought up the warped slant of the G lately..........not a bad thing.


To continue with things that can catch fire in the frameshop............mine didn't but the gentleman who changed the belts on my saw yesterday told me I let waaaaaay too much cut away and sawdust build up in my saw bin. He told me that all it would take was a spark from one of the metal frames I was cutting and it would be a smoldering bonfire waiting to happen. :eek:
 
Don't try to soften dried out Treasure Gold in the microwave!

If I don't explain further you'll think it was me. If I write that it was a friend of mine well, you'll think it was me.

Think what you will, just don't put Treasure Gold in the microwave. Though the description I got was more of sparks than flames.

[ 09-19-2003, 01:11 PM: Message edited by: Meghan MacMillan ]
 
So... Who is this guy, Mell Ting?? :rolleyes:
 
Originally posted by Emibub:
He told me that all it would take was a spark from one of the metal frames I was cutting and it would be a smoldering bonfire waiting to happen. :eek:
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Let's see....when was the last time I saw sparks when cutting aluminum.....um....well.....uh.....never. Has anybody else ever seen aluminum spark? I don't think it can.

No need to replace the poster, Bill. I was laminating an oversized poster on foamcore in my combination press once and didn't have a piece of foam overlay large enough so just stuck 2 pieces together. Needless to say I ended up with a dent going down the middle of the poster. So I stuck the piece back in and baked it at 300º for about 20 minutes and ended up with a very thin laminated poster with no dent which I then mounted normally to another piece of foam core. Worked fine.
 
Originally posted by Frank Larson:
Let's see....when was the last time I saw sparks when cutting aluminum.....um....well.....uh.....never. Has anybody else ever seen aluminum spark? I don't think it can.
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Oh well, color my face red. I'm just repeating what the very nice guy told me............ Made sense at the time. Just call me gullible. Won't be the first or last time I'm a dope. Of that I am sure.
 
Let's see....when was the last time I saw sparks when cutting aluminum.....um....well.....uh.....never.
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In defense of the earnest, but gullible, Emibub, this could be a serious risk if you attempt to cut-down a metal frame without removing the corner hardware. ;)
 
Ever saw into wood that had a nail in it?
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Just once.

I got a cheapo magnetic "stud finder" which I use every time to scan the bevel of a used, unjoined or disassembled frame. The magnet will shutter each time it comes near an embedded brad or V-nail.

A great saw/chopper blade saver costing only a few bucks at the hardware store.
 
Yeah, I think I want to change my comment as being "gullible" to being misinformed. Gullible would imply he was trying to pull one over on me and honestly I think the guy was just encouraging me to keep the bin clean of debris.....

Not to say I am not gullible.........it wasn't one of the words I would have used to describe myself in the past, but boy oh boy, I'm thinking now if you look it up in the dictionary my picture would be placed under the description. I certainly have allowed myself to be gullible once or twice the past year or so......
 
Hey Gang never see sparks from aluminum moulding. Next time you cut one turn the lights down really low or shield your blade from any light. Well Mr Ed pucker my cheeks
Most people don't know there are sparks on the inside of every electric motor. It happens where the brushes touch the armature. Metal to metal high speed almost always get some sparks.
 
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