Silliest/stupid thing I did was in highschool working on our racing barstool , I was testing the drive train and powered up the 5hp electric motor(which was hit with full power of 48v) , when that happened the 11" wheels (solid rubber tires) ended up expanding off the rims of the drive wheels and went zooming off the rim across the shop and up the wall and taking out 3 of the light fixtures <br><br>The look of the teacher was priceless ( he had been trying to get new lights in the shop ) had to do a lot of clean up for a week but we won the race we where in a couple of weeks later <br><br>Jim<br><br><span style="font-family:Prelude, Verdana, san-serif;"><br><br></span><span id="signature"><div style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;color: #999999">-- Sent from my HP TouchPad</div></span><span style="color:navy; font-family:Prelude, Verdana, san-serif; "><hr align="left" style="width:75%">On 24 Jun 2013 4:00 PM, Jason Cobill <jason.cobill@gmail.com> wrote: <br></span><div dir="ltr"><div><div><div><div><br></div> Experiments gone wrong? Tools gone out of control? What's the dumbest thing you should have caught before you nearly set your house on fire? What did you learn from it?<br>
<br></div> Me first: I plugged in a table saw without checking the switch first - it was on. And it was covered in 2x4s and sheetwood scraps, which it proceeded to launch across the garage and nearly take out a window.<br>
</div> It _should_ have been off, but I _should_ have checked. So now I check. Every. Time.<br><br></div> -Jason Cobill<br></div>