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Old 02-11-2020, 01:15 AM   #21
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Default Re: Cleaning the center bearing.

One night on second shift,myself and another apprentice got the job of
inspecting bearings in two machines returned for overhaul. They were put
thru a solvent degreaser and inspected. We finished around midnight and had
an hour to kill. I decide to spin up one of the rejected bearings whereupon it
slipped from my fingers and threw a few sparks on the concrete,took off,hit a
rubber fatigue mat ,flew over a surface grinder and thru a glass block wall
then dropped seven floors to the ground.

Then my work partner decides to launch one down the 100 ft+ aisle and it
hit the metal partition resulting in a really loud bang leaving a nice dent.
The supervisor upon hearing the noise enters the aisle as the second bearing
approached. It looked like a guided missile changing course when he dodged
and went right up his pant leg stopping at his crotch. He started yelling and
the lathe operator hollers " what did you expect its a ball bearing".
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Old 02-11-2020, 01:23 AM   #22
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