Sunday Follies

Starting out great today! Getting ready to glue down the running board covers... Have about four full cans of spray adhesive to do the job (won't need but one I think)... Since these cans have been on the shelf for who knows how long, I decided to shake them up good beforehand... Since I don't know how much I am going to need, ALL the cans are going to get shaken up. Probably good for the shelf cans anyways. Have this can shaker wobbly thing gizmo that chucks in the drill press and a coil spring with a ring on the end holds the can in place on the bracket. I usually just hook the can in and pull down the drill press quill handle and hook the ring into the quill handle. It just sits there and shakes away. Have been using it for rattle cans for years. Saves on the ol' elbow... Anywhoo... It's shaking away while I sand on the running board to roughen up the surface and all of a sudden there's this 'CLANG' and I look up to see the drill press launch this can of spray adhesive like a live mortar round. The clang was the quill handle falling out (it vibrated loose). That let the can spin with the shaker and it reached escape velocity from the spring. It was like slow motion...watching that can sail gracefully across the shop toward the back window of the Hawk, the glass windows of the shop, and a bunch of other stuff. My thought was 'This is gonna be a pita to clean up...almost as bad as the gallon of primer lid fiasco, or the POR15 explosion.... There's this bonk, boink, bang, clink, clunk sound...and all is quiet (except for the whir of the drill press).. Shut that off and went a'hunting. Amazing.. Except for a little dent in the base... Everything is a-ok... No destruction...no pic's...sorry. That signaled an immediate coffee break. Jeff (hence the post) Rice