Axle stand warning

[JPB]

You never play the violin again.

Have Seasick Steve build you one. Sure & you won't need too many fingers to play that. Problem solved, my work here done.

[TerryG]

Or play left handed.

[Cambronne]

Small problem...I didn't play the violin before.

[TerryG]

You could take it up, its safer than working on a car

[GHT]

The Day of the Jackall, that's what you need. Seriously, an MG Y type jackall system.
https://www.flickr.com/photos/robmcrorie/14480048481/

[JPB]

Small problem...I didn't play the violin before.

There's just no helping some folk.

You could take it up, its safer than working on a car

Not the way Mariko Sen Ju plays it isn't! Seriously, that wiggle, Ooooh!

[Cambronne]

Small problem...I didn't play the violin before.

There's just no helping some folk.

You could take it up, its safer than working on a car

Not the way Mariko Sen Ju plays it isn't! Seriously, that wiggle, Ooooh!

We mustn't forget Sharon Corr, who plays a mean fiddle

[hornchurchmale]

I use axle stand often. I always shake car sideways before even considering getting under it ( just in case it isn't supported correctly or weight is off balance.
I tend to use jack where possible 'locked' in lift position but just touching car not load bearing. or and sometimes as well as any hell I have removed being placed under car near sill areas. simply to reassure myself IF? an axle stand where to suddenly fail..I may get a fright but not ( hopefully) seriously hurt.

[megadethmaniac]

I have 4 axle stands and a pair of car ramps. The consensus is if you are working with stands have a fall back position, which for me will be the ramps under the middle of the car so even if 1 or 2 of the stands let go you still have a fighting chance of being able to sort out the problem yourself and walk way from it.

[JPB]

....We mustn't forget Sharon Corr, who plays a mean fiddle

Yeah, 'cos that's the main reason for anyone to be searching for images of her on the web!
Damn, she's one geet fit burd very pretty young(ish) woman and fortunately, this safety-related thread remains free of images to support that claim as I couldn't find one single photo in which she was, erm, "dressed against the cold.."

I have 4 axle stands and a pair of car ramps. The consensus is if you are working with stands have a fall back position, which for me will be the ramps under the middle of the car so even if 1 or 2 of the stands let go you still have a fighting chance of being able to sort out the problem yourself and walk way from it.

Indeed so. I have a useful collection of old railway sleepers for much the same purpose though nowadays, as getting underneath a car myself on a regular basis isn't such fun as it once was, I find that paying someone to come and help is the way forward. My mate - whose mobile workshop is almost better equipped than the state-of-the-art student facilities at work - uses airbags to lift a vehicle, then puts substantial steel structures under there and lets a little air out of the bags so the object car is supported as solidly as it possibly could be outside of a properly equipped workshop.
Now if we could get him to take such comprehensive precautions against fire, everything would be just grand, and Les wouldn't have the crusty bits all over his arms, chest and head.