OT - I Did It Again - Yep, Another Farm Accident...

Ed S. · Jul 14, 2013

The piece of metal is part of a stud that used to belong inside a tool I was using to drive out the sickle section rivets in my Hesston 6400 hay cutter. The cheap ("Land of Almost Right") metal just didn't stand up to the forces required, and when it let go, the roughly 1/8" x 1/4" piece of shrapnel went flying into my arm (the doc had her surgical tweezers buried about 3/4" in my arm at one point while fishing around for it).

Didn't really hurt that bad (once I got over the realization what had happened). I was wearing safety glasses, gloves, etc. and had the mower cutting head properly supported on jack stands - basically had taken all the correct safety precautions, but still got bit.

Got home and finished replacing the sickle sections (drilled out the rest of the rivets), and got the hay cut this afternoon.

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Greg 2N (TX) · Jul 15, 2013

Sure glad you're OK,

Take a deep breath and relax,

And call us in the morning,

Greg

36 Coupe · Jul 15, 2013

Might be a good time to change to screws and nuts to mount the sections.

NoNewParts · Jul 15, 2013

glad you are ok
It's always violent, unexpected, and usually painful when a tool lets go.
and with today's tool 'steel' it happens too often.
My son stopped over when I was pounding something with
a little 3 lb sledge (import)
90 degrees and I had goggles over my prescription safety glasses.
steamed up, couldn't see much.
He asked why I had both on.
I showed him the cheap hammer end.
all chipped up with pieces missing.
Don't have a clue where or when they went, but at least they ain't in my eyes.

GB in MT. · Jul 15, 2013

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Good Grief, ED;
You need to go find yerself, one of those 'Bomb-Squad' suits!!!!
Next thing we know, we will be seeing a pic, of you sticking out of a bail of hay, on either end!!!!
Talk about, 'getting into yer work'!!!!!!......OR, in this case,....the work is getting into YOU!!!

Your file here, is starting to get pretty scary!!!!

AND, NO.....the next time you visit here....I don't want to see all yer scars!!!

Gary :roll: [/i:84224d443c][/b:84224d443c]

ZANE · Jul 15, 2013

Sure glad that thing didn't hit you in one of them articles as one of my helper friends said when that happened to another friend while knocking out a master pin from a dozier track with two big hammers.

The best way to change the sections in a sickle blade is to remove it from the machine and place each section down in a vice that is closed almost tight with the blade back pointing up and just strike the section with a big hammer to shear out the rivets. Easy as pie and no danger unless you hit a finger. Helps to have a helper hold the blade in the vice. I bet I've knocked out at least a thousand secitons that way. An old farmer showed me how to do it years ago when I was working in the Ford dealership.

Zane

souNdguy · Jul 15, 2013

glad it wasn't worse for ya!

JMOR · Jul 15, 2013

(quoted from post at 08:49:55 07/15/13) Sure glad that thing didn't hit you in one of them articles as one of my helper friends said when that happened to another friend while knocking out a master pin from a dozier track with two big hammers.

The best way to change the sections in a sickle blade is to remove it from the machine and place each section down in a vice that is closed almost tight with the blade back pointing up and just strike the section with a big hammer to shear out the rivets. Easy as pie and no danger unless you hit a finger. Helps to have a helper hold the blade in the vice. I bet I've knocked out at least a thousand secitons that way. An old farmer showed me how to do it years ago when I was working in the Ford dealership.

Zane

ane, my Dad used that method & it did work real slick.

oldtanker · Jul 15, 2013

(quoted from post at 04:19:32 07/15/13) glad you are ok
It's always violent, unexpected, and usually painful when a tool lets go.
and with today's tool 'steel' it happens too often.
My son stopped over when I was pounding something with
a little 3 lb sledge (import)
90 degrees and I had goggles over my prescription safety glasses.
steamed up, couldn't see much.
He asked why I had both on.
I showed him the cheap hammer end.
all chipped up with pieces missing.
Don't have a clue where or when they went, but at least they ain't in my eyes.

Think maybe it's time for a new hammer. Pieces start flying off and it just gets worse.

Rick

R Geiger · Jul 15, 2013

We always did like Zane's method, easy quick and safe. I did put a piece of metal thru an ear lobe when I was a kid splitting wood with poorly maintained splitting wedge!

old · Jul 15, 2013

The owners manual I have for a Ford 515 sickle mower say to do it the way your talking abut. Works great. Me I cheat any more I use the bolts to replace the old pain in the back side rivets and that way can change a section out in the field in less then 5 minutes and be back up and running fast

old · Jul 15, 2013

Well you just gave me another reason to tell people they should switch from the old pain in the back sides and in this case arm rivets and go with the new section bolts. That way you can replace a section in just a few minutes and not pay doctor bills LOL Hope you keep it clean and all so it heals fast.

Hobo,NC · Jul 15, 2013

BTDT same deal but in my belly,,, I dug it out myself...

Its rare I get a scratch wrenching other than bumping my head on the lift BUT turn me loose working with wood and I bleed all over the place....

Colin King · Jul 15, 2013

Ugh! Glad it wasn't worse and that you were able to get back out to put the hay down.

Colin, MN

Royse · Jul 15, 2013

(quoted from post at 08:49:55 07/15/13) Sure glad that thing didn't hit you in one of them articles as one of my helper friends said when that happened to another friend while knocking out a master pin from a dozier track with two big hammers.

The best way to change the sections in a sickle blade is to remove it from the machine and place each section down in a vice that is closed almost tight with the blade back pointing up and just strike the section with a big hammer to shear out the rivets. Easy as pie and no danger unless you hit a finger. Helps to have a helper hold the blade in the vice. I bet I've knocked out at least a thousand secitons that way. An old farmer showed me how to do it years ago when I was working in the Ford dealership.

Zane

That's the way my dad taught me too.
Still using our JD #37 sickle mower. (this past weekend in fact)
Still changing sections (we called them knives) the same way.

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