Mower saftey switches

busterb · 07-25-2005, 09:17 PM

Boy. Talk about fun. My Wizard wouldn't crank. To get to switches, and there's 3 of them, I had to remove the gas tank, before that had to remove 2 engine covers, cut the gas line, before I found out I could drop the plate the tank was resting on.
I have parts all over my shed. Anyway I found the bad one, the clutch & brake. So I jumped it.
Then was too hot to finish, (98 today) so tomorrow I start to reassemble. If I remember where it all goes.

xoxoxoBruce · 07-25-2005, 09:40 PM

Screw the switches, just find the wires going to them. Jump them and you're good to go.
I do the switch on the clothes washer lid too.

Troubleshooter · 07-26-2005, 07:42 AM

And just remember folks, "Cape does not allow wearer to fly."

xoxoxoBruce · 07-26-2005, 07:50 PM

Nonsense, I saw a pilot wearing one just the other day.

footfootfoot · 07-26-2005, 10:09 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Troubleshooter

And just remember folks, "Cape does not allow wearer to fly."

Actually, wearer can fly in a single direction at 32fps squared, reaching speeds of up to 200mph (in a tuck).

Probably *plummet* is a better word choice.
And probably only once.

And I'm gonna have to use that one.

xoxoxoBruce · 07-27-2005, 04:06 AM

Another thing, this is the perfect place for a digital camera. Take lots of pictures, everything from 3 angles. You may not need them but it's free insurance.
What if you get stung by a bee, have a reaction, sit in the hospital for a day or so and have to stay out of the heat until the pills run out. Will you remember then?
Digicams, remember for you...when life intrudes.

Elspode · 07-27-2005, 12:29 PM

Wait a minute...you have a *Wizard* mower? I thought those things went out of production before all the idiot-proofing regulations took place.

Weren't those from Western Auto? Or was it Monkey Wards?

footfootfoot · 07-27-2005, 10:24 PM

Bruce that sounds like a great saw. I'm another one in favor of paying attention and developing safe work habits over letting some guard catch me off my guard. (was that as tortured as it seemed?)

I even hate child proof caps. I have a toddler (officially lead free now) and I make sure I don't keep dangerous chemicals where he can get at them, capped or not.

From a natural selection standpoint they only weed out the kids smart enough to figure out how to open the things.

Maybe I'll sing a different tune one day, but I'll keep my eye on him for now.

By the way, I picked up a can of charcoal lighter fluid today. On the side of the can was a very flashy picture of a race car. I could give a shit, but guess who went mental and wanted to pick up, carry around, probably try to squirt in his eye, etc? The Bedwe'er. (No, you can't have the can with the car on it, even though you are allowed to play with every other thing that has a car on it.)

WTF are those people thinking? Hey guess what? IT'S LIGHTER FLUID! WTF does that have to do with race cars? Not a whole lot. Why not have a sesame street character on the friggin can?

/rant

Elspode · 07-27-2005, 11:04 PM

Long ago in my youth, I worked in a cabinet shop. We had the occasional injury from air powered staple/nail impalement, router bites on the fingers and table saw incidents, but mostly, it was a realistically safe environment, all things considered. Then OSHA came in.

This was in the mid 70's, before such governemental things got really loopy, but even then, they made us put guards on *everything*. The biggest joke of them all was the tablesaw guard, which essentially made the saw useless, and about ten times as dangerous, since the stock you were feeding through had to push the frigging guard out of the way before it could be cut, and then it had to pass by the mounting rail that the pivoting guard bracket was mounted on. That damned thing caused more bindups of the stock going through than I would have even thought possible...bindups invariably resulting in the stock either being propelled backward into the operator at admirable velocity, or getting sideways altogether and exploding (flakeboard sheets were especially good at this) in a shower of high speed fragments.

The only way to stay safe when working with big saws, table routers, etc is to see the enemy and compare its location with that of your hands. Bruce is 100% correct.

wolf · 07-28-2005, 12:34 AM

Some may recall that I told my own Lawn Mower Horror Story over in the WTF thread ...

footfootfoot · 07-28-2005, 07:40 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by wolf

Some may recall that I told my own Lawn Mower Horror Story over in the WTF thread ...

Horror nothing! that sounds like a mower worth owning. It also sounds like it is right out of Frankenhooker.

07-25-2005, 09:17 PM	#1
busterb NSABFD Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: MS. usa Posts: 3,908	Mower saftey switches Boy. Talk about fun. My Wizard wouldn't crank. To get to switches, and there's 3 of them, I had to remove the gas tank, before that had to remove 2 engine covers, cut the gas line, before I found out I could drop the plate the tank was resting on. I have parts all over my shed. Anyway I found the bad one, the clutch & brake. So I jumped it. Then was too hot to finish, (98 today) so tomorrow I start to reassemble. If I remember where it all goes. __________________ I've haven't left very deep footprints in the sands of time. But, boy I've left a bunch.

07-25-2005, 09:40 PM	#2
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	Screw the switches, just find the wires going to them. Jump them and you're good to go. I do the switch on the clothes washer lid too. __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

07-26-2005, 07:42 AM	#3
Troubleshooter The urban Jane Goodall Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Florida Posts: 3,012	And just remember folks, "Cape does not allow wearer to fly." __________________ I have gained this from philosophy: that I do without being commanded what others do only from fear of the law. - Aristotle

07-26-2005, 07:50 PM	#4
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	Nonsense, I saw a pilot wearing one just the other day. __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

07-27-2005, 04:06 AM	#6
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	Another thing, this is the perfect place for a digital camera. Take lots of pictures, everything from 3 angles. You may not need them but it's free insurance. What if you get stung by a bee, have a reaction, sit in the hospital for a day or so and have to stay out of the heat until the pills run out. Will you remember then? Digicams, remember for you...when life intrudes. __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

07-27-2005, 12:29 PM	#7
Elspode When Do I Get Virtual Unreality? Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Raytown, Missouri Posts: 12,719	Wait a minute...you have a Wizard mower? I thought those things went out of production before all the idiot-proofing regulations took place. Weren't those from Western Auto? Or was it Monkey Wards? __________________ "To those of you who are wearing ties, I think my dad would appreciate it if you took them off." - Robert Moog

07-27-2005, 10:24 PM	#8
footfootfoot To shreds, you say? Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: in the house and on the street-how many, many feet we meet! Posts: 18,449	Bruce that sounds like a great saw. I'm another one in favor of paying attention and developing safe work habits over letting some guard catch me off my guard. (was that as tortured as it seemed?) I even hate child proof caps. I have a toddler (officially lead free now) and I make sure I don't keep dangerous chemicals where he can get at them, capped or not. From a natural selection standpoint they only weed out the kids smart enough to figure out how to open the things. Maybe I'll sing a different tune one day, but I'll keep my eye on him for now. By the way, I picked up a can of charcoal lighter fluid today. On the side of the can was a very flashy picture of a race car. I could give a shit, but guess who went mental and wanted to pick up, carry around, probably try to squirt in his eye, etc? The Bedwe'er. (No, you can't have the can with the car on it, even though you are allowed to play with every other thing that has a car on it.) WTF are those people thinking? Hey guess what? IT'S LIGHTER FLUID! WTF does that have to do with race cars? Not a whole lot. Why not have a sesame street character on the friggin can? /rant __________________ The internet is a hateful stew of vomit you can never take completely seriously. - Her Fobs

07-27-2005, 11:04 PM	#9
Elspode When Do I Get Virtual Unreality? Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Raytown, Missouri Posts: 12,719	Long ago in my youth, I worked in a cabinet shop. We had the occasional injury from air powered staple/nail impalement, router bites on the fingers and table saw incidents, but mostly, it was a realistically safe environment, all things considered. Then OSHA came in. This was in the mid 70's, before such governemental things got really loopy, but even then, they made us put guards on everything. The biggest joke of them all was the tablesaw guard, which essentially made the saw useless, and about ten times as dangerous, since the stock you were feeding through had to push the frigging guard out of the way before it could be cut, and then it had to pass by the mounting rail that the pivoting guard bracket was mounted on. That damned thing caused more bindups of the stock going through than I would have even thought possible...bindups invariably resulting in the stock either being propelled backward into the operator at admirable velocity, or getting sideways altogether and exploding (flakeboard sheets were especially good at this) in a shower of high speed fragments. The only way to stay safe when working with big saws, table routers, etc is to see the enemy and compare its location with that of your hands. Bruce is 100% correct. __________________ "To those of you who are wearing ties, I think my dad would appreciate it if you took them off." - Robert Moog

07-28-2005, 12:34 AM	#10
wolf lobber of scimitars Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Phila Burbs Posts: 20,774	Some may recall that I told my own Lawn Mower Horror Story over in the WTF thread ... __________________ wolf eht htiw og "Conspiracies are the norm, not the exception." --G. Edward Griffin The Creature from Jekyll Island High Priestess of the Church of the Whale Penis

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