On Tue, Apr 23, 2013 at 5:22 PM, IVP wrote: >> In most cases, if you have a brushed motor and the motor runs with >> a low torque, the carbon brushes are to be blamed in almost all cases. > > I'll be stripping it down shortly to find out > > Then again, this local story in today's paper has me wondering whether > I should fix it after all > > http://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=3D1&objectid=3D1087931= 9 > > Ooo-er, poor man. Never heard of someone killed like that > > I'm reasonably careful about not being in the firing line when using a > grinder or metal cutter just in case the blade disintegrates. I had a > woodturner friend who got a chisel through his heart. As a turner > myself, contingency and risk management plans often occur to me, > particularly after something like a chisel jamming shocks one back > to reality I heard some stories like that, a little while back: Some weeks back, while I was at the nearby workshop to have a heatsink cut to proper shape, the guy over there mentioned that a while back a grinder/cutting wheel disintegrated and a large flying portion of it, took away the ear lobe of another person doing some welding work nearby. Regards, Manu --=20 http://www.piclist.com/techref/piclist PIC/SX FAQ & list archive View/change your membership options at http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/piclist .