[SEL] From a newsgroup: ...cranking

[peter ogborne]

OK you old timers.......cranking . The natural urge is to wrap your whole 
hand around the crank handle,i.e. the thumb on one side and the remaining 
fingers [ I still have four] on the otherside. When it kicks ,it puts that 
thumb in danger . Cranking with all four fingers and thumb on one side of 
the handle just does not feel as comfortable...........your thoughts?
----- Original Message ----- 
From: <FRM8198 at aol.com>
To: <sel at lists.stationary-engine.com>
Sent: Thursday, January 26, 2006 6:51 AM
Subject: Re: [SEL] From a newsgroup: Lookin For: Crank for 1.5hp Economy


>
> In a message dated 1/25/2006 11:47:10 A.M. Pacific Standard Time,
> fero_ah at city-net.com writes:
>
> It's not  the evil hand crank, or the heavy ackward engine, or the 
> spinning
> flywheels, or the moving crankshaft, or the ungarded gears.   It's a 
> person
> who got careless.
>
>
> Arnie,
> How true your words are!  I have the hand to prove it.   Yes, I tangled 
> with
> crankshaft on my Economy.  I forgot that the Economy  had an open 
> crankshaft.
> While trying to start it with an electric motor,  my hand slip into the
> crankshaft turning area.  Heck, it only took a trip  to the ER and ten 
> stitches
> this time.  This is the same hand that tried to  stop my 4¼" grinder.  I 
> spent
> two days in the hospital with this boo boo.
>
> Francis  Maciel
> Santa Maria, CA
>
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