Tools Carvers Use - Tiki Carving

T tikigap Tiki Socialite St Augustine, Florida Joined: Jan 19, 2006 Posts: 841	T tikigap Posted posted on Wed, Apr 5, 2006 8:03 PM Hey! Warning! I guess I did something wrong. I blew up my brand new (last weekend) Weecher Recip Handpiece tonight - and got jabbed in the gut by a #5 by 5/8 FlexCut chisel! It drew blood, and tore up one of my favorite aloha shirts! Trouble is, I have no idea what I did wrong! After 20 minutes of power carving, the chuck nut disintegrated, and the ball bearing flew out the other end, and the whole hand piece blew off the end of the flex shaft, and the chisel went for my belly! It was exciting... yawn. Now I have to stop carving while I await a replacement. Anybody have trouble like this before? [ Edited by: tikigap 2006-08-25 08:53 ]

Hey!

Warning! I guess I did something wrong. I blew up my brand new (last weekend) Weecher Recip Handpiece tonight - and got jabbed in the gut by a #5 by 5/8 FlexCut chisel! It drew blood, and tore up one of my favorite aloha shirts!

Trouble is, I have no idea what I did wrong! After 20 minutes of power carving, the chuck nut disintegrated, and the ball bearing flew out the other end, and the whole hand piece blew off the end of the flex shaft, and the chisel went for my belly! It was exciting... yawn.

Now I have to stop carving while I await a replacement.

Anybody have trouble like this before?

[ Edited by: tikigap 2006-08-25 08:53 ]

Post #225213 by tikigap on Wed, Apr 5, 2006 8:03 PM