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Marco Roberts · Post by **Marco Roberts** » Tue Jul 14, 2009 9:29 am

muchalucha wrote:know what you mean about the fail safes , instead of stopping , when power is lost , 12kg of metal blasts around the kitchen floor . lol

Hmm yes remember that with 100kg..
Turned on Monolith without turning on the transmitter first. Got a random signal and span on the spot, clipping my toes. That was painful. But if it conected a few inches more it would of broken my foot.

Did Mr Lawrie run to my rescue....no....he just sat there as I was rolling around in pain. Rehersing the end of robot wars saftey procedures.

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muchalucha · Post by **muchalucha** » Tue Jul 14, 2009 11:41 am

i had the fialsafes to move it to (what i thoguht was neutal) but in fact , when it lost signal it went full throttle , it didnt hit me but it smashed in a piece of the kitchen cabinets , i have since glued the pots on the failsafes to the right postion lol.

malivoirec · Post by **malivoirec** » Sat Jul 18, 2009 11:46 am

My overal once was set on fire whan a spark landed on it from cutting metal using a band saw. My teacher still cannot explain why it happened as it was annealed steel and the saw was using plenty of fluid.