Lewis
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Mamod near misses/acidentsRight guys post here when you have has accidents / near misses with mamods or other engines 
me
burned my arm on the crome on a mec1
mm2 almost blew up piston was pushing of the side and safety valve was fully up
steam wagon the whistle and thread blew out and made a big dent and the wagon roof
cylinder came of sr1a during run and the pin almost hit me lukily it hit the shed and left a hole in the wood 
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Mamodman123
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Cylinder and piston rod flew off my SW1
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James
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set the living room carpet on fire
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Mamodman123
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The attraction to model steam is that element of danger or unexpected disaster
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MTA
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burnt hole in carpet, cylinder flew off MM1, many burns, almost forgot to replace jet oiler cap on Wilesco Roller, narrowly avoiding hot oil being spurted out everywhere.... The list goes on
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Lewis
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| James wrote: | | set the living room carpet on fire |
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SPOKESMAN
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Never had an accident or disaster . . . . so far . . . .
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Lewis
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not even a burn mike ?
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SPOKESMAN
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| lewisop1991 wrote: | | not even a burn mike ? |
The odd finger . . . thats it.
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Lewis
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forgot to mention for me
i unsrewed the water plug when it was still in pressure the plug went flying and the water/steam burnt me badly
also i set the end of a meths bottle on fire and it came out like a jet of fire melted the bottle and MY FINGER i had a massive brown piece of skin for weeks then it went black Trust me it absolutely knacked
never set meths on fire in the bottle im so stupid
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Mamodman123
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We're all human Lewis, just one of those things
When the cylinder came off my SW1 it happened because it happened!
Was going a fair old speed though
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Lewis
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remeber once when i lit the burner and the meths was on my hand
i think you can tell what happened next
really though i should be more carefull
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Steely
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The governor drive belt flew off in a run and hit me on the head. My SL1 burst into flames, including track. Bowman pipes got stuck and so much pressure built up that the safety valve sort of blew up and lots of steam gushed out right in front of me.......happy times.
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Lewis
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| steely wrote: | | The governor drive belt flew off in a run and hit me on the head. My SL1 burst into flames, including track. Bowman pipes got stuck and so much pressure built up that the safety valve sort of blew up and lots of steam gushed out right in front of me.......happy times. |
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Steely
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It flies off everytime, but it usually misses me.
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Lewis
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newellsmamods
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se3 fell off the shelf in the workshop and was saved by hitting me on the head, then contiueed down to my slippered foot, after i stopped bounceing around swearing my head off the se3 was undamaged....such is life
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Mamodman123
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| newellsmamods wrote: | | se3 fell off the shelf in the workshop and was saved by hitting me on the head, then contiueed down to my slippered foot, after i stopped bounceing around swearing my head off the se3 was undamaged....such is life |
Stroke of luck........ for the SE3 anyway Adam
Could have saved yourself some cash there! right place at the right time 
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Wallace
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No accidents here, just burnt fingers from whistle/throttle operation.
Occasionally get hot water on me when emptying boilers, esp my MM1 or MM1, which after a run I turn upside down, turn flywheel opposite to pump water out of boiler through exhaust.
Is it possible to run and have fun with a mamod without getting burnt?
Nah
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tmuir
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No harm whilst running an engine but when cracking open an old verticle boiler I wiped the solder off the boiler onto a wet cloth then rotated the cloth to get a clean bit and wiped the semi molten solder onto my hand....
Glad it was only soft solder not silver solder, soft melts at about 200C, silver at about 600C.
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Wallace
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Christ, now that would hurt
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Mamodman123
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| tmuir wrote: | No harm whilst running an engine but when cracking open an old verticle boiler I wiped the solder off the boiler onto a wet cloth then rotated the cloth to get a clean bit and wiped the semi molten solder onto my hand....
Glad it was only soft solder not silver solder, soft melts at about 200C, silver at about 600C. |
yes I imagine soldering up your hands is a bad idea
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Dauntless
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| SPOKESMAN wrote: | | lewisop1991 wrote: | | not even a burn mike ? |
The odd finger . . . thats it. |
same here luckily 
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Griffin
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The odd burn't finger here too.
When I was about 10 years old I saw my friend try and refill a lit meths burner on his TE1a . Luckily the meths in the 'plastic' bottle did not ignite.
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MooseMan
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Not a Mamod story, but when my Bowman 234 flew off the track and rolled over, I grabbed it with my bare fingers without a moment's thought....as somebody later said, you can always grow new skin, but where are you going to get a 234 like that....
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Mamodman123
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| MooseMan wrote: | | Not a Mamod story, but when my Bowman 234 flew off the track and rolled over, I grabbed it with my bare fingers without a moment's thought....as somebody later said, you can always grow new skin, but where are you going to get a 234 like that.... |
LOL new skin
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sparky
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