Ouch!

If you think that you are having a bad day, take a look at what can happen when you uncover a big mirror on a sunny day.

Cheers!

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Wow!! Just missed!!

Walt

If you were standing just three inches more to your left, you would have been in real trouble there buckaroo!
When I was building my 36" I had the roll off roof open about two feet to let in some light. It was cloudy, so I thought it was ok. I smelled something burning, couldn't figure what, until I saw smoke coming up off the indoor/outdoor/office carpet. The mirror burned a 6" diameter hole in the carpet about four feet to the side of the scope. I can imagine how dangerous that would be at big star parties with hundreds of scopes set up out in the open daylight.

Never seen an astronomer in hotpants.

Alex

You almost got yourself a free cauterized vasectomy. Personally, I'd let my urologist do that kind of work for me.
Reminds me of when I was a kid with shoulder length hair and was working at my drillpress one day without a ponytail. I quickly found myself in a reverse tug-of-war with the drill press as my long golden locks wound around the chuck. Fortunately my hair pulls out easier than my scalp tears off. In the next moment I was being face slapped by my twirling blond brush and had a 1" square bald spot.